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- Annual revenue: $43.6 billion (2005)
- Headquarters: Burbank, California
- Parent company: Time Warner Inc.
- Chairman and CEO: Barry Meyer
- Feature films in library: 6,650
- Television titles: 40,000
- Animated titles: 14,000
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Warner Brothers is one of the world's oldest and most-respected producers of film, television and music entertainment. Founded in 1923 by brothers Sam, Jack, Albert and Harry Warner, the studio revolutionized the movie industry with the 1927 release of the first "talkie," The Jazz Singer. Film Site: Film History
On January 20, 2009, the studio announced that it would lay off 800 employees, or roughly 10% of its total staff.Deadline Hollywood: Warner Bros Announces 800 Layoffs (January 20, 2009)
Early History
The Warner brothers did not begin producing films until 1918, but they had been distributing them for two decades prior to that, by traveling across Ohio and Pennsylvania exhibiting short silents such as The Great Train Robbery to audiences. When they realized they could make more money by creating films themselves, they moved to California and set up a small studio in Culver City.By 1928, the company had opened a large studio in Burbank where the headquarters remains to this day. Many of the best-known actors in history were hired as "contract players" for the early Warner Brothers, including Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, and Errol Flynn. By the 1930s, Warner Brothers had branched into animated films, creating the legendary characters of Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, among others, for its Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series.
Films
Some of the greatest films of all time have been produced by Warner Brothers, including The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, A Streetcar Named Desire, Rebel Without a Cause and My Fair Lady. Warner Brothers entered the fledgling market of television in the Fifties and has since produced iconic hit shows such as Dallas, The Waltons and Murphy Brown.-
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What 3rd party set top boxes work with Time Warner cable to receive unscrambled digital channels? 2 Answerstry here for help Unscrambling Conditional Access, Encryption http://www.allbusiness.com/media-telecommunications/data-transmission-broadband/6290295-1.h... read more
What should you do if you are attracted to your date's brother? 3 AnswersYou should finish the date without doing a thing and then walk away from both of them. There are too many fish in the sea to be a part of possibly turning one b... read more
Warner Cable is once again losing stations, Which companies are good and why? 6 AnswersI've had Comcast, Dish and Uverse. Comcast: twice lost that I returned equipment. I've paid for it twice. It's again in collections and I'm NOT paying it a... read more
Blues Brother: A good look for him? 2 AnswersHe looks good dressed as a Blues Brother. Though was he really wearing a white shirt and black tie? Kid Rock sings rock really well! I wonder if he woul... read more
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Let’s RE-Cast…THE FANTASTIC FOUR
Ah, if I had a dime for every woman who's said that to me, I'd have...well, probably a dime. At the very least.I guess emailing this to the studio couldn't be any worse than that time Sean Young showed up at the Warner Brothers lot dressed as Catwoman.Dan | http://thefaust.wordpress.com/ Original | Permalink (November 21, 2009 10:22 PM) -
‘New Moon’: A Hater’s Guide
[...] . They don't look like "real" movies. And the dialogue was terrible. I wish so badly that a better film studio (aka Warner Brothers) was involved in making these movies.Trish | http://popwatch.ew.com/ Original | Permalink (November 21, 2009 07:53 AM) -
Fringe and FlashForward fans: enjoy them while they last!
[...] but only if there’s a second Chuck… …who happens also to be (mostly) owned by Warner Brothers… …and who has won two Academy Awards – two more than any show on television… [...]Theoacme | http://tvbythenumbers.com/ Original | Permalink (November 20, 2009 10:28 PM) -
Not That I'll Be Going To See It...
[...] my parents and I went to a ton of movies in the 1990s, and my dad and I to some weekend-long Warner Brothers cartoon marathons. I don't know if it's still there but if I were still up in Boston that's where [...]November 20, 2009 2:00 PM | http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/ Original | Permalink (November 20, 2009 07:00 PM) -
Halo Waypoint Saturday Feature: The Duel [Halo Legends]
[...] artistic viewpoints, which is kinda the point or a project like this and again, is the same as when Warner Brothers hired 5 or 6 anime studios to make the Animatrix and Batman:Gotham Knight. A lot of these [...]fearing | http://kotaku.com/ Original | Permalink (November 20, 2009 05:07 PM)
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