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The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild 9780813571409

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The Writers

The Writers A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild

MIRANDA J. BANKS

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, AND LONDON

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Banks, Miranda J., 1972– The writers : a history of American screenwriters and their Guild / Miranda J. Banks. pages

cm

Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978‒0‒8135‒7139‒3 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978‒0‒8135‒7138‒6 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978‒0‒8135‒7140‒9 (e-book) 1. Motion picture authorship—United States—History.

2. Writers Guild of

America—History. 3. Motion picture industry—Employees—Labor unions—United States.

4. Television broadcasting—Employees—Labor

unions—United States.

5. Screenwriters—United States—Interviews.

I. Title. PN1996.B382 2015 812'.0309—dc23

2014014280

A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. Material used in chapter 5 was originally published

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