bBehind the scenes at the legendary Warner Brothers film studio, where four immigrant brothers transformed themselves into the moguls and masters of American fantasybbr br iWarner Brosi charts the rise of an unpromising film studio from its shaky beginnings in the early twentieth century through its ascent to the pinnacle of Hollywood influence and popularity. The Warner Brothers--Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack--arrived in America as unschooled Jewish immigrants, yet they founded a studio that became the smartest, toughest, and most radical in all of Hollywood.br br David Thomson provides fascinating and original interpretations of Warner Brothers pictures from the pioneering talkie iThe Jazz Singeri through black-and-white musicals, gangster movies, and such dramatic romances as iCasablancai, iEast of Edeni, and iBonnie and Clydei. He recounts the storied exploits of the studio's larger-than-life stars, among them Al Jolson, James Cagney, Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Humphrey Bogart, Jam