Relations with among the remaining brothers grew increasingly hostile with the youngest, Jack, swindling his brothers out of control of the company in 1956, leaving him exclusively in control. Unfortunately, the Warner Brothers themselves would become increasingly fractious, especially with the early death of Sam, the true innovator of the family who took important gambles such as commissioning The Jazz Singer with synchronized sound with scenes of spontaneous dialogue, in 1927. In The '60s, it released such Censorship Bureau-busting hits as Bonnie and Clyde and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which allowed the studio to find footing in the counterculture movement. Also during this era, they founded Warner (Bros.) Records, which eventually became the basis of the giant Warner Music Group, encompassing Atlantic Records and Elektra Records, among many other labels. In The '50s, WB became the go-to studio for widely acclaimed adaptations of plays and musicals that had been popular on Broadway. WB became well known for its socially-conscious dramas and hard-hitting gangster films in the 1930s and its many Film Noir pictures in The '40s, not to mention unleashing Looney Tunes on the world. Among the company's early innovations was to popularize true synchronized sound films like The Jazz Singer which began the sound era of Hollywood.

After formally incorporating in 1923, it elevated itself to the top tier of film studios by purchasing Vitagraph in 1925 and First National Pictures in 1928. was even larger than that in the past, with operations in books, magazines, cable systems and music (see below) as well as ownership of America Online, although that would be another entire page.Įarly historyThe company traces its roots back to brothers Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack Warner (their name comes from an Anglicization of either Wonskolaser or Wonsal). Discovery conglomerate, which also owns cable networks like CNN, Cartoon Network/, HBO and the Discovery Channel among others. It is the co-flagship brand and co-namesake of the Warner Bros.

(pronounced 'Warner Brothers', and frequently abbreviated as 'WB') is one of the world's largest and best-known producers of film, television, and video game entertainment. Entertaining the world and celebrating every story since 1923.

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