When Warners Brought Broadway to Hollywood, 1923-1939

by Martin Shingler

This book offers a different take on the early history of Warner Bros., the studio renowned for introducing talking pictures and developing the gangster film and backstage musical comedy. The focus here is on the studio's sustained commitment to produce films based on stage plays. This led to the creation of a stock company of talented actors, to the introduction of sound cinema, to the recruitment of leading Broadway stars such as John Barrymore...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137406577
• ISBN13: 9781137406576
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"