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WarnerBros.Entertainment,Inc.HISTORY&DEVELOPMENT1STAR21903–25:Founding

ThecorporatenamehonorsthefourfoundingWarnerbrother——Harry,Albert,Sam,JackIn1904,theWarnersfoundedthePittsburgh-basedDuquesneAmusement&SupplyCompany,todistributefilmsThecompany’sfirstimportantdealwastheacquisitionoftherightstoAveryHopwood‘s1919Broadwayplay,《TheGoldDiggers》（淘金女郎）,fromtheatricalimpresarioDavidBelasco.Asthestudioprospered,itgainedfinancialsupportfromWallStreet

History&Development1925–35:Sound,Color,Style

WarnerBros.wasapioneeroffilmswithsynchronized（同步）sound,In1926,itbeganmakingfilmswithmusicandeffectstracks,mostnotably,inthefeatureDonJuan（唐璜）

starringJohnBarrymoreWarnerBros.tookthenextstepandreleasedTheJazzSinger（爵士歌星）starringAlJolson.Thismovie,whichhasverylittlesounddialoguebutdoesfeaturesoundsegments（片段）ofJolsonsinging,wasasensation（引起轟動(dòng)的人或事）.History&DevelopmentIn1928,WarnerBros.released《LightsofNewYork》《紐約之光》,thefirstall-talkingfeature.Duetoitssuccess,themovieindustryconvertedentirelytosoundalmostovernight.In1929,WarnerBros.released《OnwiththeShow》,thefirstall-colorall-talkingfeature.Andthefollowed《GoldDiggersofBroadway》《百老匯掘金女郎》gotabigsuccess.InFebruary1933,WarnerBros.produced《42ndStreet》《42街》,averysuccessfulmusicalthatsavedthecompanyfrombankruptcy.Inthewakeofthismovie'ssuccess,thestudioproducedfurtherprofitablemusicals.1931–1935:Pre-coderealisticperiod

Withthecollapseofthemarketformusicals,WarnerBros.,underproductionheadDarrylF.Zanuck,turnedtomoresociallyrealisticstorylines.History&DevelopmentCodeera

Thisperiodalsosawthedisappearanceofalargenumberofactorsandactresseswhohadcharacterizedtherealisticpre-Codeerabutwhowerenotsuitedtothenewtrendintomoralandidealizedpictures.

History&DevelopmentHistory&Development1930:BirthofWarner'scartoons

Warner'scartoonunithaditsrootsintheindependentHarmanandIsingstudio.From1930to1933,DisneyalumniHughHarmanandRudolfIsingproducedaseriesofmusicalcartoonsforLeonSchlesinger,whosoldtheshortstoWarner.WarnerBroseventuallyboughtSchlesinger'scartoonunitin1944asadivision,renameditasWarnerBros.Cartoons.WorldWarII

Amongthefilmsthestudiomadeduringthewarwere《Casablanca》《北非諜影》,《NowVoyager》《揚(yáng)帆》,《YankeeDoodleDandy》《勝利之歌》，《ThisIstheArmy》《從軍樂》,and《MissiontoMoscow》《出使莫斯科》，thelatterbecamecontroversialafewyearsafterwards.History&DevelopmentAfterWorldWarII:changinghands

DuringtheWorldWarII.Thegritty（堅(jiān)毅的）Warnerimageofthe1930sgavewaytoamoresensitivelook,especiallyinwomen'spicturesstarringDavis,deHavilland,andCrawford.OnJanuary5,1948,Warnerofferedthefirstcolornewsreel（新聞片）,coveringthe《TournamentofRosesParade》andthe《RoseBowlGame》By1949,withthesuccessoftelevisionthreateningthefilmindustrymoreandmore,HarryWarnerdecidedtoshifthisfocustotelevisionproductionHistory&DevelopmentNewowners

InNovember1966,Jackgaveintoadvancingageandthechangingtimes,sellingcontrolofthestudioanditsmusicbusinesstoSevenArtsProductions,runbytheCanadianinvestorsElliotandKennethHyman,for$32million.Thecompany,includingthestudio,wasrenamedWarnerBros.-SevenArts.Twoyearslater,theHymans,nowfedupwithJackWarner,acceptedacash-and-stockofferfromacompanycalledKinneyNationalCompanyformorethan$64million.

Ashleybecamethenewheadofthestudio,andthenamewaschangedtoWarnerBros.,Inc.onceagainHistory&DevelopmentHistory&DevelopmentSince1995In1995,WarnerestablishTheWBNetwork,findingapopularmarketinteenagers.In2006,WarnerandCBSParamountTelevisionjointlytolaunchTheCWTelevisionNetwork.Inrecentyears,manymoviecompanycooperatewitheachother.Overtheyears,WarnerBros.hashaddistributionorco-productiondealswithanumberofsmallcompanies.History&DevelopmentInthelate1990s,WarnerobtainedrightstotheHarryPotternovels,andreleasedfeaturefilmadaptationsofthefirstin2001,thesecondin2002,thethirdinJune2004,thefourthinNovember2005,andthefifthonJuly11,2007.ThesixthwasonJuly2009.Theseventhandfinaladaptationwasreleasedintwoparts:Part1inNovember2010andPart2inJuly2011.WarnerBros.celebratedits90thanniversaryonJune1,2008eventhoughthecompanycelebratedforits85thanniversaryforfilmsonly.In2009,WarnerBros.becamethefirststudioinhistorytogross（總共賺得）morethan$2billiondomestically（國(guó)內(nèi)）inasingleyear.STARJohnBarrymore（約翰·巴里摩爾）（1882.2.15~1942.5.29）Themostpopularmovie:賓虛《Ben-Hur:ATaleoftheChrist》(1925)大飯店《GrandHotel》(1932)晚宴《DinneratEight》(1933)化身博士《Dr.JekyllandMr.Hyde》(1920)二十世紀(jì)快車《TwentiethCentury》(193