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The Disney animators' strike was a 1941 American film industry work stoppage where unionized employees of Walt Disney Productions picketed and disrupted film production for just under four months. The strike reflected anger at inequities of pay and privileges at Disney, a non-unionized workplace.
The strike ended with a victory for the Guild and defeat for Disney and the company union known as Federation of Screen Cartoonists (FSC), following the end of the strike. [5] [23] [24] The strike resulted in half the studio's employees leaving for other studios, such as David Hilberman and John Hubley, who formed United Productions of America ...
After the meeting, Disney fired Babbitt and 16 other pro-union artists. [6] The 1941 Disney animators strike began the next day. As animators marched in front of the Disney studio in Burbank, Littlejohn, who was a pilot, flew overhead and, in his words, "wiggled my wings" at the picketers, who "wiggled their signs back at me."
Art Babbitt worked for the Disney studio throughout the 1930s and up to 1941, years in which he and Walt were driven to elevate animation as […] “How the Hell Can Walt Run a Studio Without Us?”:
In May 1941, Sorrell called for a strike against the Disney film studio. [11] The strike was supported by the newly formed Screen Cartoonist's Guild, and the cooperation resulted in the organization of the Conference of Studio Unions (CSU), which Sorrell proceeded to lead. [12] In 1945, Sorrell lead the CSU strike that led to Hollywood Black ...
Walt Disney testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee claiming that communists once 'took over' his studio. Bettmann/Getty ImagesThe family-friendly, controversy-averse Walt ...
1960 Writers Guild of America strike: 148 days [12] (Film) 156 days [12] (TV) [19] 1960 1960 Actors Strike 42 days [20] [21] 1952 1952 Actors Strike 79 days [22] 1945 Set decorators Hollywood Black Friday strike 231 days 1942-1944 1942–1944 musicians' strike: 834 days (the longest of all Hollywood strikes) 1941 Disney animators' strike: 115 ...
These 11 movie titles all include the cultural disclaimer: Fantasia (1940) Dumbo (1941) Mickey Mouse Club (1950’s) Peter Pan (1953) Lady and the Tramp (1955)