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17 Facts About Warner Brothers

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Warner Brothers worked successfully in that post for two years and turned its losses into profits.

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Warner Brothers assigned Bacon to "more expensive productions including Footlight Parade, Wonder Bar, Broadway Gondolier", and Gold Diggers that saved the company from bankruptcy.

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In 1933, Warner Brothers was able to link up with newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan Films.

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Warner Brothers did not think Bogart was star material, and cast Bogart in infrequent roles as a villain opposite either James Cagney or Edward Robinson over the next five years.

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Warner Brothers's traveled to England and tried to break her contract.

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6.

Cagney claimed Warner Brothers had forced him to star in more films than his contract required.

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Jack Warner Brothers had little regard for the company's short film product and reputedly was so ignorant about the animation division of the studio that he was mistakenly convinced that the unit produced cartoons of Mickey Mouse, the flagship character of Walt Disney Productions.

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Warner Brothers responded by sending 150 telegrams to different film production companies, warning them not to hire her for any role.

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Jack Warner Brothers continued to refuse to meet Screen Actors Guild salary demands.

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Warner Brothers felt that Berle was not strong enough to carry a film and that people would not pay to see the man they could see on television for free.

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11.

In 1963, Warner Brothers agreed to a "rescue takeover" of Frank Sinatra's Reprise Records.

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12.

Jack Warner Brothers was outraged by the Hymans' sale, and decided to move into independent production .

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13.

Warner Brothers retired in 1973 and died from serious health complications of heart inflammation in September 1978.

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14.

Warner Brothers's titles were chairman of the board and Co-Chief Executive Officer.

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15.

Warner Brothers Communications merged in 1989 with white-shoe publishing company Time Inc Time claimed a higher level of prestige, while Warner Brothers Bros.

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16.

The Time Warner Brothers merger was almost derailed when Paramount Communications, launched a $12.

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Warner Brothers commissioned a new corporate typeface that is modeled upon the "WB" lettering.

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