Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of abbreviations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 . Hollywood freelance. How Actors and Extras Shaped the Film Industry 17
7. 2. Actors and the making of television’s first golden age 50
8. 3. Reuse and replace? Actors, Reruns, and the Cable Era 88
9. 4. New media, old labor conflicts. Voice Actors and Digital Professionalism 119
10. Conclusion 155
11. Postscript: actors and Covid- 19. What the Pandemic Teaches Us about Film and Television Labor 159
12. Notes 165
13. Selected bibliography 189
14. Index 197