EPISODE 102 -  “TALKIES, GANGSTERS, & BUGS BUNNY: THE WARNER BROTHERS JOURNEY” - 8/25/25

In this week’s episode, we’re turning the spotlight on the incredible journey of the Warner brothers—Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack—four ambitious siblings who rose from modest immigrant roots to create one of the most influential movie studios in the world: Warner Bros. Studios. Their story begins in the early 20th century, with a hand-cranked projector and a traveling film show, and evolves into a groundbreaking entertainment empire that would forever change the film industry. From their early struggles during the silent film era to their game-changing release of The Jazz Singer, in 1927, the first feature-length "talkie," the Warner brothers didn’t just adapt to change—they drove it. Join us as we trace the rise of Warner Bros., a studio born from risk, vision, and a relentless belief in the power of storytelling.  

SHOW NOTES: 

Sources:

Warner Brothers: Hollywood’s Ultimate Backlot (2014), by Steven Bingen;

Early Warner Brothers Studios (2010), by E.J. Stephens & Marc Wanamaker;

You Must Remember This:  The Warner Bros. Story (2008), by Richard Schickel & George Perry;

Hollywood Be Thy Name: The Warners Bros. Story (1994), by Cass Warner;

The Warner Brothers’ Story (1979), by Clive Hirschhorn;

Wikipedia.com;

TCM.com;

IBDB.com;

IMDBPro.com;

Movies Mentioned:

The Great Train Robbery (1903);

Dante’s Inferno (1911);

Peril on the Plains (1912); 

Raiders on the Mexican Border (1912);

My Four Years in Germany (1918);

Don Juan (1926); 

The Jazz Singer (1927);

Little Caesar (1931); 

The Public Enemy (1931);

Scarface (1932);

Baby Face (1933);

Female (1933); 

Marked Woman (1938);

Jezebel (1938); 

Angels with Dirty Faces (1938);

Captain Blood (1935); 

The Sea Hawk (1935); 

Charge of the Light Brigade (1936);

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938);

The Life of Emile Zola (1937);

Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939);

The Maltese Falcon (1941); 

Now Voyager (1942); 

The Big Sleep (1946);

High Sierra (1941); 

The Big Sleep (1946);

White Heat (1949);

You’re In The Army Now (1941); 

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942);

This Is The Army (1943);

Casablanca (1943);

Mission To Moscow (1943);

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951);

East of Eden (1955); 

Rebel Without a Cause (1955);

Giant (1956);

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