TIL: in the silent film era, the movie producers refused to credit actors' names, because they didn't want the actors to get famous and get leverage for better pay
TIL: in the silent film era, the movie producers refused to credit actors' names, because they didn't want the actors to get famous and get leverage for better pay
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There's always some greedy bastard trying to gatekeep the ladder while exploiting as many workers and creators as possible along the way.
21 0 ReplyUnited Artists came about as a reaction to this, founded by some of the biggest stars at the time: Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and others.
19 0 Replyanother thing TIL!
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Is this the reason why it's so hard to find what are names of those female singers in those hit songs from famous DJs.
5 0 ReplyThey were right
5 0 ReplyThey were right not to credit the actors?
5 0 ReplyNo, the latter half
10 0 ReplyThere thinking were right about the leverage the actors get by crediting them. As for not crediting obviously it's wrong.
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and this is why the producers union does have an agreement, but the Actors and the writers unions have not?
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