General Discussion

So he was representing management and labor at the same time, and he knew too well which side his bread would be buttered on in the future. Older actors like Bob Hope and the Marx Brothers got the shaft, which is why Groucho ended up broke in old age. RR got SAG to sign an agreement giving actors very small residuals when movies made before a certain date were broadcast, which is why local stations aired so many old movies over and over; actors who started their careers later get bigger residuals because their movies were made after TV was already a going concern and movie contracts were likely to reflect that.

(Bob Hope was rich in his old age, but that was because he invested in CA real estate years before prices grew so high. His movies didn't provide him much money when they aired.)