CASE STUDY: CONGLOMERATE

Movies Made by Warner Bros.

Founders of Warner Bros.

Jack Warner

Sam Warner

Harry Warner

Albert Warner

About the Founders

Harry Morris Warner (December 12, 1881 – July 25, 1958) was a Polish-born American studio executive, one of the founders of Warner Bros., and a major contributor to the development of the film industry. Along with his three brothers Warner played a crucial role in the film business and played a key role in establishing Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc, serving as the company president until 1956.

Aaron "Albert" Warner (July 23, 1884– November 26, 1967) was an American film executive who was one of the founders of Warner Bros. Studios. He established the production studio with his brothers Harry, Sam, and Jack Warner. He served as the studio's treasurer, until he sold his stock in 1956.

Jack Leonard "J. L." Warner (August 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978), born Jacob Warner in London, Ontario, was a Canadian-born American film executive who was the president and driving force behind the Warner Bros. Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Warner's career spanned some forty-five years, its duration surpassing that of any other of the seminal Hollywood studio moguls.

Samuel Louis "Sam" Warner (August 10, 1887 – October 5, 1927) was an American film producer who was the co-founder and chief executive officer of Warner Bros. Studios. He established the studio along with his brothers Harry, Albert, and Jack Warner. Sam Warner is credited with procuring the technology that enabled Warner Bros. to produce the film industry's first feature-length talking picture, The Jazz Singer. He died in 1927, the day before the film's enormously successful premiere.

History of Warner Bros. The three elder brothers began in the movie theatre business, having acquired

a movie projector with which they showed films in the mining towns of Pennsylvania and Ohio. In the beginning, Sam and Albert Warner invested $150 to present The Life of an American Fireman and The Great Train Robbery. They opened their first theater , the Cascade, in New Castle, Pennsylvania in 1903. ( When this original theatre building in New Castle was in danger of being demolished, the modern Warner Bros. called the modern building owners, and arranged an agreement in hopes of saving it, between the Warner Bros and the modern owners. The owners noted the fact that they were taking phone calls from all over the country in reference to the historical significance of the humble building that should be saved historically.

In 1904, the Warners founded the Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Amusement & Supply Company, to distribute films. In 1912, Harry Warner hired an auditor named Paul Ashley Chase. By the time of World War I they had begun producing films, and in 1918 the brothers opened the Warner Bros. studio on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Sam and Jack Warner produced the pictures, while Harry and Albert Warner and their auditor and now controller Chase handled finance and distribution in New York City. It was during World War I and their first nationally syndicated film was My Four Years in Germany based on a popular book by former American Ambassador James W. Gerard. On April 4, 1923, with help from a loan given to Harry Warner by his banker Motley Flint,[they formally incorporated as Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated. However, as late as the 1960s, Warner Bros. claimed 1905 as its founding date.

Warner Bros. Production Movies

Movie Budget (million) Box Office

Man of Steel 225 291

The Dark Knight Rises

250 448

The Pacific Rim 190 101

Hangover 35 277

300 (2006) 65 210

Most Successful Film

Budget: $185 million Box Office: $533 million Released: 18th July 2008 Directed By: Christopher

Nolan Writer: Jonathan Nolan Cast: Christian Bale(Batman),

Heath Ledger(Joker)

Distribution

Distribution contains: Target audience Posters Trailers Websites Release date The number of prints and scale and

pattern of release. For example, wide release.

Internet downloads, DVDs,etc.