See also: Warner
Warner Bros. Pictures is an American movie studio which belongs to Warner Bros. Entertainment, a company of the group Time Warner.
The Warner Brothers Studios were created in 1923 with Hollywood by four brothers: Jack, Sam, Harold and Albert Warner.
History of the studio
The beginnings (1903-1925)
August 1stThe sound, the color and the style (1926-1931)
The first star of the studio was the dog Rintintin which appeared in 26 films of Warner since “Man From Hell' S River” in 1924.In 1927, the Warner brothers took a serious financial risk while investing in a new technology: the talking film. They produced the Singer of Jazz with Al Jolson. The film met an enormous success and marked the passage of the era of silent film at the era of talking film. In 1929, Warner buys First National Pictures.
Pre-realistic period (1931-1935)
In the Thirties, Warner Bros. were characterized by the production from many black films with actors like James Cagney or Humphrey Bogart and were shown of glorifier the medium of the crime. They produced also many films of adventures and definitively associated the name of Errol Flynn with that of Robin of Wood.Birth of Cartoon Warner (1930)
See also: Warner Bros. Cartoons, Warner Bros. Animation
Warner launched his department animation 1930, under the direction of Leon Schlesinger, with films carried out by the old ones of Disney like Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, Jack King or Friz Freleng. It is with the arrival of Tex Avery that the cartoons of Warner start to be distinguished from competition. Today, with the characters like Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck are strongly associated with the brand image of Warner. All this team of creator and draftsman was gathers in a studio called Termite Terrace.
Looney Tunes is a series of cartoons of Warner Brothers who preceded the Merrie Melodies. At the origin, Warner Bros. wished to give to each one of these two series a personality distinct with the manner of the series from Walt Disney Silly Symphonies and Mickey Mouse. From 1934 to 1943, Merrie Melodies were colors whereas Looney Tunes were in black and white. Thereafter, the characters put in scene being the same ones, the two series differed hardly than by the music from their credits.
After the 2nd World war: Change of management
August 1stNew Owner
In 1989, it is bought for 14 billion dollars by the group Time, then amalgamates with AOL in January 2000. In addition to its own films, the catalog of rights of Warner includes/understands films of the Subway-Goldwyn-Mayer produced before 1985 and the majority of the productions RKO.
1995 with now
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Catalog of films
See also: List of films produced by Warner Bros. Pictures
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