Hollywood – Page 5 – People's World

‘Rust’ shooting was avoidable: Put worker safety center stage in Hollywood

November 3, 2021 By Chauncey K. Robinson

It can be hard to connect the glitz and glamour of Hollywood to the real-world work that makes it all possible. Yet it's now clear Tinsel town will have to reckon with its less-than-glamorous track record...

IATSE will not back down, calls a strike authorization vote

September 24, 2021 By David Trujillo

Negotiations are stalled.

Netflix’s ‘Hollywood’: Ambitious love letter to a tainted industry

April 29, 2020 By Chauncey K. Robinson

At a time when so-called “edgy” storytelling relies so heavily on tragic figures and miserable endings for the sake of “realism,” Hollywood’s attempt to give a little glimmer of joy is a breath of fresh air.

Liam O’Flaherty’s ‘Hollywood Cemetery’: Long censored exposé makes a comeback

March 21, 2019 By Jenny Farrell

For readers of People’s World, a special aspect: O'Flaherty puts the Daily Worker (called Proletarian Power in the novel), at its moral center.

How Frankenstein and Dracula created a union

October 31, 2018 By Tom Campbell

And Karloff wasn’t the only one who saw the worth of having a union in the workplace. Dracula star Bela Lugosi was also pro-union, and the two both actively organized actors and actresses on the sets...