On this day in 1937, Hollywood mogul Louis B. Mayer (pictured at left) recognized the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) as an official union. Union reps had told Mayer that 99% of his actors would walk off their film sets and studio lots the next morning if he didn't agree to work with the unions. It was, reportedly, a bluff, but it worked.The next day SAG membership increased by 400%.
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