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Warner Bros. : 100 years of storytelling / Mark A. Vieira ; research advisors: Alexa L. Foreman and Sloan De Forest.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : Running Press, 2023Edition: First editionDescription: vii, 360 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780762482375
  • 0762482370
Other title:
  • Warner Brothers : one hundred years of storytelling
Subject(s):
Contents:
The 1920s : a steep climb to the top -- The 1930s : strong women, tough men, and chorus -- The 1940s : defending the country and the industry -- The 1950s : gimmicks, epics, and desire -- The 1960s : an era fades -- The 1970s : the era of the auteur -- The 1980s : high concept and the bottom line -- The 1990s : merging, emerging, and surging -- The 2000s : media for the millennium -- The 2010s : it's a digital world, after all -- The 2020s : still Warners after all these years.
Summary: "In this official centennial history of the greatest studio in Hollywood, unforgettable stars, untold stories, and rare images from the Warner Bros. vault bring a century of entertainment to vivid life"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 384.8097 V658 Available 33111011284029
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In this official centennial history of the greatest studio in Hollywood, unforgettable stars, untold stories, and rare images from the Warner Bros. vault bring a century of entertainment to vivid life.



The history of Warner Bros. is not just the tale of a legendary film studio and its stars, but of classic Hollywood itself, as well as a portrait of America in the last century. It's a family story of Polish-Jewish immigrants--the brothers Warner--who took advantage of new opportunities in the burgeoning film industry at a time when four mavericks could invent ways of operating, of warding off government regulation, and of keeping audiences coming back for more during some of the nation's darkest days.



Innovation was key to their early success. Four years after its founding, the studio revolutionized moviemaking by introducing sound in The Jazz Singer (1927). Stars and stories gave Warner Bros. its distinct identity as the studio where tough guys like Humphrey Bogart and strong women like Bette Davis kept people on the edge of their seats. Over the years, these acclaimed actors and countless others made magic on WB's soundstages and were responsible for such diverse classics as Casablanca , A Streetcar Named Desire , A Star Is Born , Bonnie & Clyde , Malcolm X , Caddyshack , Purple Rain , and hundreds more.



It's the studio that put noir in film with The Maltese Falcon and other classics of the genre, where the iconic Looney Tunes were unleashed on animation, and the studio that took an unpopular stance at the start of World War II by producing anti-Nazi films. Counter-culture hits like A Clockwork Orange and The Exorcist carried the studio through the 1970s and '80s. Franchise phenomena like Harry Potter, the DC universe, and more continue to shape a cinematic vision and longevity that is unparalleled in the annals of film history. These stories and more are chronicled in this comprehensive and stunning volume.





Copyright © 2023 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Turner Classic Movies."

The 1920s : a steep climb to the top -- The 1930s : strong women, tough men, and chorus -- The 1940s : defending the country and the industry -- The 1950s : gimmicks, epics, and desire -- The 1960s : an era fades -- The 1970s : the era of the auteur -- The 1980s : high concept and the bottom line -- The 1990s : merging, emerging, and surging -- The 2000s : media for the millennium -- The 2010s : it's a digital world, after all -- The 2020s : still Warners after all these years.

"In this official centennial history of the greatest studio in Hollywood, unforgettable stars, untold stories, and rare images from the Warner Bros. vault bring a century of entertainment to vivid life"-- Provided by publisher.

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