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Book SynopsisTrade Review“
Jake S. Friedman has done an impressive job of research, to put it mildly. Without knowing the sequence of events it’s impossible to understand how this bitter strike came about. Add to that the perceived insults, slights, and resentments and you have the stuff of great drama.” —
Leonard Maltin, film critic and historian, author of
Of Mice and Magic “Author Jake S. Friedman takes us on
a deep dive into Hollywood history delivered in a style that reads like a film noir page turner. I could not put this book down.” —
Don Hahn, producer of
Beauty and the Beast and
The Lion King “Gangsters, backroom deals, murder, and . . . cartoons? I’ve long been interested in the 1941 Disney strike, and Jake S. Friedman’s book does not disappoint.
Well written and thoroughly researched—a great read!” —
Pete Docter, director of
Monsters Inc.,
Up,
Inside Out, and
SoulTable of ContentsAuthor’s Note
Prologue
Part I: Innovation
1. My Father Was a Socialist
2. Poor and Starving
3. The Value of Loyalty
4. Arthur Babbitt: Hell-Raiser
5. Fighting for His Salary
6. You Can’t Draw Your Ass
7. The Disney Art School
8. Three Little Pigs
9. Enter Bioffsky
10. The Cult of Personality
11. A Feature-Length Cartoon
12. Bioff Stakes His Claim
13. A Drunken Mouse
14. Disney’s Folly
15. Defense Against the Enemy
Part II: Turmoil
16. A Growing Divide
17. The Norconian
18. A Wooden Boy and a World War
19. Dreams Shattered
20. Hilberman, Sorrell, and Bioff
21. The Federation Versus the Guild
22. The Guild and Babbitt
23. Disney Versus the Labor Board
24. The Final Strike Vote
25. Strike!
26. The Big Stick
27. The 21 Club
28. Willie Bioff and Walt Disney
29. The Guild and the CIO
30. Not the Drawing
31. The Final Goodbye
32. And They Lived
Epilogue
Notes
Index
