Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)

Overview

Works:	3,224 works in 7,112 publications in 5 languages and 126,771 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Film adaptations Musical films Detective and mystery films War films Historical films Gangster films Film noir History Romance films
Roles:	Producer, prn, Publisher, pre, Distributor, isb
Classifications:	PN1997, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)

You must remember this : the Warner Bros. story by Richard Schickel( Book )
Inside Warner Bros. (1935-1951)( Book )
Warner Brothers presents: the most exciting years--from the Jazz singer to White heat by Ted Sennett( Book )
Here's looking at you, kid : 50 years of fighting, working, and dreaming at Warner Bros. by James R Silke( Book )
Warner Bros. : Hollywood's ultimate backlot by Steven Bingen( Book )

A new deal in entertainment : Warner Brothers in the 1930s by Nick Roddick( Book )
Warner Brothers by Charles Higham( Book )
The brothers Warner by Cass Warner Sperling( Visual )
Those crazy, wonderful years when we ran Warner Bros. by Stuart Jerome( Book )
The Warner Brothers by Michael Freedland( Book )
Hollywood be thy name : the Warner Brothers story by Cass Warner Sperling( Book )
The best of Warner Bros. by Thomas G Aylesworth( Book )
You must remember this : the Warner Bros. story by Richard Schickel( Visual )
Here's looking at you, Warner Bros. : the history of the Warner Bros. Studio ; directed, written and produced by Robert Guenette ; in association with the Wolper Organization( Visual )
The Warner Bros. story by Clive Hirschhorn( Book )
Dream merchants : making and selling films in Hollywood's golden age by Jan-Christopher Horak( Book )
When Warners brought Broadway to Hollywood 1923-1939 by Martin Shingler( Book )
Warner Bros : the making of an American movie studio by David Thomson( Book )
From the headlines to Hollywood : the birth and boom of Warner Bros. by Chris Yogerst( )
The Brothers Warner : the intimate story of a Hollywood Studio family dynasty by Cass Warner Sperling( Book )

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Most widely held works by Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)

My fair lady by George Cukor( Visual )

58 editions published between 1964 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,230 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A Cockney waif is transformed by Professor Henry Higgins into an elegant lady

Rebel without a cause by Nicholas Ray( Visual )

44 editions published between 1955 and 2013 in English and Spanish and held by 2,373 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Jim Stark, the teenage son of a well-to-do family, is overcome by loneliness, frustration and anger, which leads to violence when he seeks approval of a gang of high-school hoodlums

Casablanca by Michael Curtiz( Visual )

54 editions published between 1942 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 1,932 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In World War II Morocco, seething with European refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon, only a world-weary and bitter nightclub owner can help his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis

Yankee Doodle Dandy by Michael Curtiz( Visual )

16 editions published between 1942 and 2014 in English and held by 1,637 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A rousing musical depicting the life of George M. Cohan--playwright, entertainer, and composer

Cats & dogs by Lawrence Guterman( Visual )

14 editions published between 2001 and 2007 in English and Spanish and held by 1,445 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A look at the top-secret, high-tech espionage war going on between cats and dogs, which their humans are blissfully unaware of. The film follows Mr. Tinkle's (a cat) plan to destroy a new vaccine, that if developed, would eliminate all human allergies to dogs, and allow cats to rule the world. Lou, a beagle puppy accidentally becomes the dog-agent assigned to stop the cat plan

Bonnie and Clyde by Arthur Penn( Visual )

35 editions published between 1967 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 1,436 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Adrift in the depression-era Southwest, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker embark on a life of crime. Includes original theatrical trailer

Herman Melville's Moby Dick( Visual )

5 editions published between 1993 and 2015 in English and held by 1,337 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A stirring sea saga of one man's obsession for revenge upon the enormous white wale that has defeated Captain Ahab once before

The Maltese falcon by John Huston( Visual )

64 editions published between 1941 and 2015 in 5 languages and held by 1,328 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

After the death of his partner, San Francisco private eye Sam Spade is dragged into a quest for a priceless statuette

El orfanato = The orphanage by J. A Bayona( Visual )

1 edition published in 2008 in Spanish and held by 1,157 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A woman purchases the orphanage she spent her own childhood in, hoping to restore and reopen the long abandoned facility as both a home for herself and her husband and son, and a school for disabled children. However, her son's imagination seems to run wild in their new home, as he becomes increasingly involved with a group of seemingly imaginary friends

Must love dogs by Gary David Goldberg( Visual )

3 editions published between 2005 and 2009 in English and held by 1,139 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sarah Nolan is divorced, demoralized and dateless - until her sister posts her profile on perfectmatch.com. Now she has a lot of dates, mainly with weirdos, weepers, lechers and jocks. Then she meets Jake, a soulful boat builder whose idea of true love comes straight from the movies. Jake is attractive, smart and maybe a bit too intense for Sarah, so she passes him by. But in passing him up, she may be passing up a real chance for love

Strangers on a Train by Alfred Hitchcock( Visual )

32 editions published between 1951 and 2013 in English and held by 1,116 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A psychotic socialite confronts a pro tennis star with a theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder ... a theory that he plans to implement

Key Largo by John Huston( Visual )

35 editions published between 1948 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,088 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco holds at gunpoint hotel owner Nora Temple, her invalid father-in-law, and ex-Gl Frank McCloud

Around the world in eighty days( Visual )

1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 1,086 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Phlegmatic, punctual Englishman Phileas Fogg believes in progress, science, and intellectual deduction. When a member of the Reform Club challenges him on the impossibility of completing a round-the-world tour in eighty days, he wagers his entire fortune to prove that he can do it. He is accompanied by his valet Passepartout, and followed by Mr. Fix, a detective who believes he is a notorious bank robber. Shot in 70mm, using the Todd-AO process (an extremely high definition widescreen film format), the film is notable for its picturesque, exotic scenery, international cast, and the plethora of stars in cameo appearances, all highly innovative at the time

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Mike Nichols( Visual )

28 editions published between 1966 and 2016 in English and held by 1,078 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A freewheeling, headlong slide into the corrosive hell of a marriage twisted by years of hatred and humiliation

Camelot by Warner Home Video (Firm)( Visual )

8 editions published between 1967 and 2012 in English and held by 1,003 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Merlin taught King Arthur well. He establishes the perfect kingdom of Camelot, the best knights in the world at the Round Table, and even finds himself a kind, loving wife in Queen Guenevere. Then, along comes the French knight, Lancelot. At first hated by all, he eventually proves himself and becomes the King's best friend and the best knight of the Round Table. He also becomes the Queen's lover, no matter how guilty both feel. Alas, Camelot cannot last. For Mordred, the king's treacherous illegitimate son, catches on, and works to undo everything Arthur worked for

A streetcar named Desire by Elia Kazan( Visual )

47 editions published between 1951 and 2013 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 985 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Set in the French Quarter of New Orleans during the restless years following WWII, this is a story of Blanche DuBois, a fragile and neurotic woman on a desperate prowl for someplace in the world to call her own. An uncensored version of the story of a repressed widow who visits her sister in New Orleans and is raped and driven mad by her brother-in-law

The letter by William Wyler( Visual )

21 editions published between 1940 and 2016 in English and held by 907 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Set on a rubber plantation in Malaya, this story centers on a woman's reasons for killing a man who was a close family friend

Rope by Alfred Hitchcock( Visual )

8 editions published between 1948 and 2012 in English and held by 903 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime

The nun's story by Fred Zinnemann( Visual )

10 editions published between 1958 and 2018 in English and held by 872 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Audrey Hepburn portrays a nun whose life journey takes her from the staff of a mental asylum to a surgical nurse in the Belgian Congo. She returns to Belgium as WWII breaks out and is torn between the needs of the Resistance and the church's neutrality

Battle of the Bulge( Visual )

6 editions published between 1984 and 2007 in English and held by 859 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In December of 1944 the defeat of Nazi Germany seemed imminent after five tragic years of war. But suddenly, the Allies were faced with a ferocious surprise attack by the Germans on the Belgian front. With deadly new tanks, fresh troops and a cunning commander, the Third Reich was about to make one last vicious assault that could easily turn the tide of World War II and perhaps history

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