When Warners Brought Broadway to Hollywood, 1923-1939

• Main Author: Shingler, Martin (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Screen Industries and Performance
• Subjects: Motion pictures-United States.; Motion picture acting.; Motion pictures-History.; Theater.; United States-Study and teaching.; American Cinema and TV.; Screen Performance.; Film History.; Theatre and Performance Studies.; American Culture.

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 t...