History might not be repeating itself, but it certainly rhymes.
As the film industry contends with a simultaneous actors and writers strike, now is the perfect time to take a step back into history and revisit the story of when this kind of conflict last occurred. In 1960, a modestly successful actor named Ronald Reagan, who was then a liberal Democrat, was serving his second stint as president of the Screen Actors Guild. Reagan spearheaded the effort to ensure actors would receive residual payments when movies they appeared in were broadcast on television.
In his memoir, An American Life, Reagan doesn’t write much about the 1960 strike, perhaps because his actions at the time were so diametrically opposed to the conservative politics he later espoused. But he does assert that his time as SAG president in the 1940s and 50s had a profound effect on his future.
How Did the 1960 SAG Strike Change Hollywood for the Better? Ronald Reagan’s negotiations with the studios during the strike of 1960 essentially led to two important outcomes. First, it was decided that actors appearing in films made before 1960 would not receive any residuals if their films were broadcast on television. Some actors who were no longer regularly appearing in films at that time, or whose careers were winding down, were bitter about this compromise.
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