Making History with Their Films and Talent
It all paid off in the end as the sound era began, and the Warner Brothers to this day continue to be one of Hollywood’s key studios. Their studio was one of the Big Eight studios during Hollywood’s Golden Age, making stars out of their contract actors.
The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American musical film and the first motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences. Directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros, with its Vitaphone sound-on-disc system, the movie stars Al Jolson. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
You might recognize the legendary names Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, and Errol Flynn. The studio produced classic films like ‘ Casablanca ’ (1942), ‘ A Streetcar Named Desire ’ (1951), ‘ My Fair Lady ’ (1964), and ‘ Bonnie and Clyde ’ (1967). If those aren’t groundbreaking films, then what is?
The next family is more modern, yet equally as influential…