Bogart, Bugs, and Batman: How Warner Bros. built one of Hollywood's most powerful empires
were early hits for Warner Bros., connecting with audiences who were fascinated by stories of the shady underworld of organized crime and bootleggers that emerged during the prohibition era . They made huge stars of Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, and Paul Muni.
The impact of these films waned with the introduction of the Hays Code in 1934, which severely limited the kind of material Hollywood could include in its films, according to what industry censors considered acceptable. Warner Bros. continued to produce gangster films, though the violence and criminality was watered down to acceptable levels. Among these was, starring Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, and Humphrey Bogart, in his first leading role.
cartoon series from the early 1930s through 1944, when the studio officially bought out the company and renamed it Warner Bros. Cartoons.Among the directors who started with Schlesinger and wound up working directly for Warner Bros. were familiar names like Friz Freleng, Tex Avery, and Chuck Jones. Their first breakout character was actually Porky Pig, who made his initial appearance in the 1935 short “I Haven’t Got A Hat.
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