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001			ocn992962534
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005			20180722224935.0
008			170619s2017 ctua b 001 0deng d
010			_a 2016956162
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020			_a9780300197600 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0300197608 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)992962534
092			_a384.8097 _bT482
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aThomson, David, _d1941- _eauthor. _914410
245	1	0	_aWarner Bros : _bthe making of an American movie studio / _cDavid Thomson.
264		1	_aNew Haven : _bYale University Press, _c[2017]
264		4	_c©2017
300			_aviii, 220 pages : _billustrations ; _c22 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aJewish lives
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	8		_aBehind the scenes at the legendary Warner Brothers film studio, where four immigrant brothers transformed themselves into the moguls and masters of American fantasy Warner Bros charts the rise of an unpromising film studio from its shaky beginnings in the early twentieth century through its ascent to the pinnacle of Hollywood influence and popularity. The Warner Brothers-Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack-arrived in America as unschooled Jewish immigrants, yet they founded a studio that became the smartest, toughest, and most radical in all of Hollywood. David Thomson provides fascinating and original interpretations of Warner Brothers pictures from the pioneering talkie The Jazz Singer through black-and-white musicals, gangster movies, and such dramatic romances as Casablanca, East of Eden, and Bonnie and Clyde. He recounts the storied exploits of the studio's larger-than-life stars, among them Al Jolson, James Cagney, Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Humphrey Bogart, James Dean, Doris Day, and Bugs Bunny. The Warner brothers' cultural impact was so profound, Thomson writes, that their studio became "one of the enterprises that helped us see there might be an American dream out there."
505	0		_aAn introduction: families and stories -- The greatest moment? -- What are brothers for? -- Family dinner -- Mustache -- For liberty? -- Rinty -- Mama, darling -- Now -- My forgotten man -- Be somebody -- Bette v. Everyone -- Contracts and company -- Unafraid? -- Bogart -- After the war, before the end -- Jacob's ladder.
610	2	0	_aWarner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967) _xHistory. _9259365
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
830		0	_aJewish lives. _9302351
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