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Domille@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years ago

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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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

Domille@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years ago
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  • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world
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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.

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    United Artists came about as a reaction to this, founded by some of the biggest stars at the time: Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and others.

    • Domille@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      another thing TIL!

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    They were right

    • Domille@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      They were right not to credit the actors?

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        No, the latter half

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        There thinking were right about the leverage the actors get by crediting them. As for not crediting obviously it’s wrong.

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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.

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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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