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My Filmviews: The Story Behind the Warner Bros. Logo

The history of Warner Brothers is an interesting one. The brothers Wonskolaser emigrated, together with their parents, from Russian controlled Poland to the United States. Their father changed their surname to Warner. When the brothers were older they started screening the movie The Great Train Robbery in a vacant store, which they called the Bijou. In 1903 they bought a small theater and turned it into a Nickelodeon called the Cascade, where people could watch movies for, as the name implies, a nickle. In 1904 they founded a distribution company and around the time of the first World War they started producing movies. They opened their studio in Hollywood in 1918 and slowly the company began growing and was the first studio to release a talkie in 1927 called The Jazz Singer. For more history on the Warner Brothers I suggest watching the documentary The Brothers Warner.

Through the years the studio logo went through changes as well.

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4 Comments, 4 Threads

  1. 1. jkl

    They opened their studio in Hollywood in 1918 to avoid paying fees to Edison for using films patented by him

    February 13, 2012 - 6:09 pm   Link to this Comment | Reply
  2. 2. Curt Newton

    What’s the story behind the Shaw Bros. logo? They kung-fued us.

    February 14, 2012 - 9:08 am   Link to this Comment | Reply
  3. 3. MoJoTee

    I’m not the only one on the Internet that is rather surprised that a story about a Logo, does not contain a picture, nor even a hyperlink to THAT Logo!!!

    One notes that your words fell quite short of one thousand worth also…

    Is this because of SOPA/DMCA legal actions from Warner Brothers about providing it?

    February 21, 2012 - 11:22 am   Link to this Comment | Reply
  4. 4. mzk1

    This isn’t the story – it’s a link to story elsewhere. Click on the title.

    February 22, 2012 - 11:41 am   Link to this Comment | Reply