Screen Cartoonist Guild strike against Walt Disney Studio, 1941
Dublin Core
Title
Screen Cartoonist Guild strike against Walt Disney Studio, 1941
Subject
20th century
California
Hollywood
Disney
Strikes
Wage Cut
Layoffs
California
Hollywood
Disney
Strikes
Wage Cut
Layoffs
Description
This source is a black and white photograph showing members of the ‘Screen Cartoonists Guild’ protesting outside of the RKO palace theatre that is showing Disney’s ‘The Reluctant Dragon’. The marchers include both men and women holding up signs. Due to the failures of Pinocchio and Fantasia, the Walt Disney Company began to lay off some of its employees and wage cuts were applied. However, disarray fell due to the wage gaps and privilege allowances occurring between the top animators and the rest of the work force. Consequently, many of the employees walked out and went on strike in May 1941. The strike lasted five weeks. This source reveals the political unrest that occurred in the area.
Creator
Unknown, Los Angeles, California
Publisher
University of Southern California Library
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15799coll54/id/698/rec/44
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15799coll54/id/698/rec/44
Date
May 1941
Contributor
Lucy Kenealy
Rights
University of Southern California Library for social studies and research
Language
English
Type
Visual - photgraph
Identifier
20th century California
Files
Collection
Citation
Unknown, Los Angeles, California, “Screen Cartoonist Guild strike against Walt Disney Studio, 1941,” The American Pacific Rim: Colonisation, Conflict and Connections, 1800-Present, accessed May 10, 2024, https://theamericanpacificrim.omeka.net/items/show/273.