1) " Warners" -- As it applies to Warners Warner Bros. (the abbreviated name of Warner Bros. Entertainment) is one of the world's largest producers offilm and television entertainment. It is presently a subsidiary of the Time Warner conglomerate and headquartered in Burbank, California. Contents 1 Subsidiaries 2 History 3 Film library 4 Notable WB movies 4.1 1920s 4.2 1930s 4.3 1940s 4.4 1950s 4.5 1960s 4.6 1970s 4.7 1980s 4.8 1990s 4.9 2000s 5 External links Subsidiaries Warner Bros. includes several subsidiary companies, among them Warner Bros. Studios, Warner Bros.Pictures, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Home Video, Castle Rock Entertainment, Turner Entertainment and, technically, Hanna-Barbera Productions (although all H-B properties are managed directly by WB or the Cartoon Network ). History The first Warner Bros. enterprise, "Warner Brothers Studios," was co-founded in Hollywood, California, in 1923 by four brothers, Harry Warner (1881-1958), Albert Warner (1882-1967), Sam Warner (1887-1927) and JackWarner (1892-1978). The first major star of the studio was a dog, Rin Tin Tin. The canineactor is credited with saving the studio from bankruptcy. Rin Tin Tin made 26 films for Warner Brothers starting in 1924 with"Man From Hell's River." In 1927, the brothers took a big financial risk that paid off handsomely: they investedin the new technology of " sound," and they produced the movie The Jazz Singer, starring AlJolson. The movie was a sensational box-office hit, and it sparked the wave of "talking pictures" that ended the era of silent movies and made the Warner Bros. studio a force to contend with.During the 1930s, the Warner Bros. Studio became known for producing gritty, darkcrime films that were accused of glorifying the gangster lifestyle. Movie stars such as James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart rose to the heights of Hollywood...
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