Warner Bros: The Making of an American Movie Studio - David Thomson

Behind 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 Brothersâ"Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jackâ"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 studioâs 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 brothersâ cultural impact was so profound, Thomson writes, that their studio became âœone of the enterprises that helped us see there might be an American dream out there.â

TITLE: Warner Bros: The Making of an American Movie Studio

AUTHOR: David Thomson

SKU: 9780300244557

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press

DATE PUBLISHED: 20190409

PLACE PUBLISHED: United States

PAGES: 232

DIMENSIONS: 210x140

WEIGHT: 231