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The Essays
Introduction
1. Davids and Goliaths
Growing pains in the motion picture theater industry.
2. The War of Wages
The salary slash drive of 1927.
3. One Day’s Rest in Seven
The salary slash drive reaches the Twin Cities.
4. Bangs and Whimpers
The 1927 Twin Cities movie theater strike ends.
5. Breaking the Silents
The end of unionized movie theater labor.
Turn Out
the
Stars
When You Leave
Twin Cities
Movie Theaters in the
Sound Transition
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