Warner Bros. - 1940s

Warner Bros. Entertainment is one of the world's largest producers of film and television entertainment. It is currently a subsidiary of the Time Warner conglomerate, with headquarters in Burbank, California, U.S.A.. Warner Brothers includes several subsidiary companies, among them Warner Bros. Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures, WB Television, Warner Home Video, Castle Rock Entertainment, Turner Entertainment, Dark Castle Entertainment, DC Comics, and Cartoon Network Studios - formerly known as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. Including:

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The corporate name honors the four founding Warner brothers, Harry Warner (1881-1958), Albert Warner (1883-1967), Sam Warner (1887-1927) and Jack L. Warner (1892-1978). The three elder brothers began in the exhibition business in 1903, having acquired a projector with which they showed films in the mining towns of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Within a few years this led to the distribution of pictures across a four-state area. By the time of World War I they had begun producing films, and in 1918 the brothers opened the Warner Brothers studio on S ...

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The corporate name honors the four founding Warner brothers, Harry Warner (1881-1958), Albert Warner (1883-1967), Sam Warner (1887-1927) and Jack L. Warner (1892-1978). The three elder brothers began in the exhibition business in 1903, having acquired a projector with which they showed films in the mining towns of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Within a few years this led to the distribution of pictures across a four-state area. By the time of World War I they had begun producing films, and in 1918 the brothers opened the Warner Bros. studio on Suns ...

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Warner Bros., Warner Bros. - History, Warner Bros. - Film library, Warner Bros. - Notes on Source Material, Warner Bros. - Notable WB movies, Warner Bros. - 1920s, Warner Bros. - 1930s, Warner Bros. - 1940s, Warner Bros. - 1950s, Warner Bros. - 1960s, Warner Bros. - 1970s, Warner Bros. - 1980s, Warner Bros. - 1990s, Warner Bros. - 2000s

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Over the years, a series of mergers and acquisitions have helped Warners (the present-day Time-Warner subsidiary) to accumulate a diverse collection of movies, cartoons, and television programs. In the aftermath of the 1948 anti-trust suit, uncertain times led Warners in 1956 to sell its 650 of its pre-1948 films and cartoons to a holding company which became Associated Artists Productions (AAP). Two years later AAP sold its holdings to United Artists (UA), which held them until 1981, when MGM bought UA. Three years later Turner Broad ...

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Warner Bros., Warner Bros. - History, Warner Bros. - Film library, Warner Bros. - Notes on Source Material, Warner Bros. - Notable WB movies, Warner Bros. - 1920s, Warner Bros. - 1930s, Warner Bros. - 1940s, Warner Bros. - 1950s, Warner Bros. - 1960s, Warner Bros. - 1970s, Warner Bros. - 1980s, Warner Bros. - 1990s, Warner Bros. - 2000s

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