Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)

Overview

Works:	3,560 works in 8,193 publications in 6 languages and 251,295 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Film adaptations Musical films Detective and mystery films Film noir Gangster films Historical films Thrillers (Motion pictures) Western films Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Roles:	Producer, prn, Distributor, isb, pre
Classifications:	PN1997, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

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

Celluloid soldiers : the Warner Bros. campaign against Nazism by Michael E Birdwell( )
The Warner Bros. story by Clive Hirschhorn( Book )
You must remember this : the Warner Bros. story by Richard Schickel( Book )
Warner Bros : the making of an American movie studio by David Thomson( 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 )
Hollywood be thy name : the Warner Brothers story by Cass Warner Sperling( Book )
Ronald Reagan in Hollywood : movies and politics by Stephen Vaughn( Book )
HollywoodTV : the studio system in the fifties by Christopher Anderson( Book )
The Warner Brothers by Michael Freedland( Book )
Warner Bros. : Hollywood's ultimate backlot by Steven Bingen( Book )
Here's looking at you, kid : 50 years of fighting, working, and dreaming at Warner Bros. by James R Silke( Book )
A new deal in entertainment : Warner Brothers in the 1930s by Nick Roddick( Book )
Warner Brothers directors : the hard-boiled, the comic, and the weepers by William R Meyer( Book )
Warner Brothers by Charles Higham( Book )
Tabloid, Inc. : crimes, newspapers, narratives by V. Penelope Pelizzon( Book )
The brothers Warner by Cass Warner( Visual )
From the headlines to Hollywood : the birth and boom of Warner Bros. by Chris Yogerst( Book )
The film finds its tongue by Fitzhugh Green( Book )
The women of Warner Brothers : the lives and careers of 15 leading ladies : with filmographies for each by Daniel Bubbeo( Book )

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

My fair lady by George Cukor( Visual )

60 editions published between 1964 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 5,311 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Arrogant, irascible, and misogynistic professor of phonetics Henry Higgins believes that the accent and tone of one's voice determines a person's prospects in society. He boasts to a new acquaintance, Colonel Hugh Pickering--also an expert in phonetics--that he could teach any woman to speak so "properly" that he could pass her off as a duchess at an embassy ball. He chooses as an example a sassy, young working-class London flower seller from the slums, Eliza Doolittle, who has a strong Cockney accent. Can Higgins turn Eliza into a duchess? And will Eliza care to remain a lady for long? When the humble flower girl blossoms into the toast of London's elite, her teacher may have a lesson or two to learn himself

The searchers by John Ford( Visual )

69 editions published between 1956 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,200 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Wayne plays ex-Confederate soldier Ethan Edwards, an Indian-hater who believes more in bullets than words. He's out to find his young niece, who's been taken captive by the renegade Comanches who massacred her family

A streetcar named Desire by Elia Kazan( Visual )

52 editions published between 1951 and 2014 in English and held by 4,136 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

Rebel without a cause by Nicholas Ray( Visual )

50 editions published between 1955 and 2013 in English and Spanish and held by 3,604 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

Bonnie and Clyde by Arthur Penn( Visual )

42 editions published between 1967 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 3,572 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who robbed banks across the country during the Depression era

The Maltese falcon by John Huston( Visual )

73 editions published between 1941 and 2015 in 5 languages and held by 3,463 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. He encounters a gallery of high-living lowlifes who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the jewel-encrusted falcon

The music man by Robert Preston( Visual )

22 editions published between 1962 and 2013 in English and held by 2,757 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A con man in the guise of a traveling salesman gets off the train in River City, Iowa. He convinces the town to finance a children's marching band instead of a pool hall

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

35 editions published between 1966 and 2016 in English and held by 2,667 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A couple is invited to the home of a professor and his sharp-tongued wife, and are treated to verbal battles by their hosts

The big sleep by Howard Hawks( Visual )

54 editions published between 1945 and 2016 in English and held by 2,541 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love

The treasure of the Sierra Madre by John Huston( Visual )

30 editions published between 1947 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 2,511 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Two down-and-out Americans in Mexico meet a grizzled old prospector who piques their interest with stories of his gold-hunting experiences. The Americans gather a stake and set off with the old prospector in search of fortune

Casablanca by Michael Curtiz( Visual )

50 editions published between 1942 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 2,458 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Entering Casablanca is easy, getting out is much harder, especially if your name is on the Nazis' most-wanted list. At the top of the list is Czech Resistance leader Victor Laszlo, whose only hope is Rick Blaine, a cynical American who sticks his neck out for no one - especially Victor's wife Ilsa, the ex-lover who broke his heart. So when Ilsa offers herself in exchange for Laszlo's safe transport out of the country, the bitter Rick must decide what's more important

Strangers on a Train by Alfred Hitchcock( Visual )

38 editions published between 1951 and 2013 in English and held by 2,412 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

Giant by George Stevens( Visual )

30 editions published between 1956 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 2,246 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Based on Edna Ferber's epic novel of a wealthy Texas cattle rancher who marries a strong-willed Virginia woman and the problems they encounter with politics and prejudices of the time. Bonus features include multiple documentaries

Frank Capra's Arsenic and old lace by Joseph Kesselring( Visual )

9 editions published between 1991 and 2010 in English and held by 2,036 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Mirthful murder Cary-ed off in slapstick, slap-happy style! Cary Grant and a stellar cast romp through this classic farce based on Joseph Kesselring's 1941 Broadway hit and breezily directed by Frank Capra. Frazzled drama critic Mortimer Brewster (Grant) has two aunts (Josephine Hull and Jean Adair) who ply lonely geezers with poisoned libations, on sociopathic brother (Raymond Massey) who looks like Boris Karloff, one bonkers brother (John Alexander) who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt, one impatient new bride (Priscilla Lane) -- and only one night to make it turn out all right. In this circus' center ring is Grant, twisting his face into a clown's gallery of flabbergasted reactions and transforming his natural athletic grace into a rubber-legged comic ballet. You'll die laughing. - Container

East of Eden by Elia Kazan( Visual )

24 editions published between 1954 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,997 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The saga of three generations of the Trask and Hamilton families in the early 1900's in Northern California

Key Largo by John Huston( Visual )

36 editions published between 1948 and 2018 in 3 languages and held by 1,925 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A disillusioned returning World War II veteran has lost the will to fight ... until he arrives at a rundown hotel in Key Largo. There a mobster holes up against a raging storm, holding the veteran, the hotel owner and the owner's widowed daughter-in-law at gunpoint

42nd Street by Lloyd Bacon( Visual )

28 editions published between 1933 and 2015 in English and held by 1,902 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The movie musical that introduced the choreography of Busby Berkeley, 42nd Street also contains the classic plot involving a tyrannical director, egotistical leading lady and wide-eyed ingenue, all set to a standout musical score

Yankee Doodle Dandy by Michael Curtiz( Visual )

20 editions published between 1942 and 2014 in English and held by 1,812 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

Mildred Pierce by Michael Curtiz( Visual )

21 editions published between 1945 and 2015 in English and held by 1,753 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

After her cheating husband leaves her, Mildred Pierce proves she can become independent and successful, but cannot seem to win the approval of her spoiled daughter

The adventures of Robin Hood by Michael Curtiz( Visual )

29 editions published between 1938 and 2009 in English and Italian and held by 1,702 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest dedicated to fight against tyranny

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