The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild
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Woman in the Window, The, 36
Women, The, 32
Women’s Caucus (WGA), 184
Wood, Audrey, 88
Wood, Bob, 175
Wood, Sam, 84
Woods, Frank E., 160, 264
work-for-hire practice, 12, 19, 160, 237
World War II, 63–64, 72, 73–79, 81–82, 89; veterans and SWG, 85, 87
writer-directors, 55, 89, 144, 157, 162, 164, 226; African American, 183, 184; WD-40, 226
writer-producers, 121, 140, 144–145, 150–152, 156, 166, 168–169, 171, 192, 218
Writers, the (club), 33, 34, 39
Writers Guild Foundation, 75, 135, 143, 289n67
Writers Guild Library, 266, 289n67
Writers Guild of America (WGA, WGAE, WGAw): Contract Adjustments Committee (CAC), 191, 209; formation, 134–135, 150; functions and role, 1–2, 8–11, 16–18, 137, 152, 189, 191, 197, 227, 235, 294n43; hyphenates and, 157–158, 164–165, 168–171, 183; international efforts, 240–241; newsletters, 155, 182, 184, 188; in 1970s and 1980s, 157–171, 179–191; in 1990s and 2000s, 195–230, 240–242; opposition to deregulation, 201–202; Political Action Committee, 217; possessory credit negotiations, 161–165; producer representation, 152; pseudonym stipulations, 161; responses to new media industries and platforms, 137–138, 140, 198–199, 203–207, 217–218, 229, 235; television’s bargaining power, 239–240; “Union Blues,” 188–189; WGAE and WGAw branches, 9, 123, 134–135, 137, 149, 159, 187, 195–197, 210, 211, 212–214, 216, 220–221, 230, 240; women and minorities, 150–151, 179–184, 235–236; Women’s Committee, 181–182; Writer Access Project, 236. See also screenwriters; Screen Writers Guild of America; strikes
Writers Guild Oral History Project, 24–25, 157, 262, 272n66
Writers United, 211, 212–213
Writers War Board, 75
Wyatt, Justin, 153
Wyler, William, 99, 100
Yglesias, Raphael, 219, 264
Ylse, 229
Yorkin, Bud, 156–157, 177
You Are There, 111
You Bet Your Life, 134
Young, David, 213, 218, 227
Young, Nedrick, 112, 114, 264
Young, Waldemar, 35, 264
Young Adult, 237
Young Mr. Lincoln, 86
Your Show of Shows, 128, 141
Your Show Time, 122
YouTube, 211–212, 214, 225
Zane Grey Theater, 8
Zanuck, Darryl F., 79, 82, 89, 98, 100
Ziegfield Follies, 40
Zucker, Jeff, 226
Zweibel, Alan, 235, 264
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MIRANDA J. BANKS is an assistant professor of Visual and Media Arts at Emerson College, where she teaches film and television history and media industries studies. She is co-editor of Production Studies: Cultural Studies of Media Industries (2009). Her work has appeared in Television & New Media, Popular Communication, and Montage/AV. She studied at Stanford University as an undergraduate and earned her MA and PhD from the Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media at UCLA.