{"product_id":"david-thomson-warner-bros-2017","title":"David Thomson: Warner Bros [2017]","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, behind the scenes at the legendary Warner Brothers film studio, where four immigrant brothers transformed themselves into the moguls and masters of American fantasy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Jack [Warner] is lucky to have a man who has brought a lifetime of sitting in theaters, shellacked by the beams of the projectionist's light, and who has thought so deeply and eccentrically and opinionatedly and ultimately so brilliantly about him. We, his readers, are lucky too.\"-Leslie Epstein, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"For those new to Thomson's magic-carpet rides: Sit back, hold on and enjoy the view.\"-Tom Shone, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Warner Bros\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e David Thomson provides fascinating and original interpretations of Warner Brothers pictures from the pioneering talkie \u003ci\u003eThe Jazz Singer\u003c\/i\u003e through black-and-white musicals, gangster movies, and such dramatic romances as \u003ci\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEast of Eden\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBonnie and Clyde\u003c\/i\u003e. 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, James Dean, Doris Day, and Bugs Bunny. The Warner brothers' cultural impact was so profound, Thomson writes, that their studio became \"one of the enterprises that helped us see there might be an American dream out there.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout Jewish Lives: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jewish Lives is a prizewinning series of interpretative biography designed to explore the many facets of Jewish identity. Individual volumes illuminate the imprint of Jewish figures upon literature, religion, philosophy, politics, cultural and economic life, and the arts and sciences. Subjects are paired with authors to elicit lively, deeply informed books that explore the range and depth of the Jewish experience from antiquity to the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 2014, the Jewish Book Council named Jewish Lives the winner of its Jewish Book of the Year Award, the first series ever to receive this award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore praise for Jewish Lives:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Excellent.\" -New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Exemplary.\" -Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Distinguished.\" -New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Superb.\" -The Guardian","brand":"Thomson, David","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":54011721941331,"sku":"9780300197600","price":22.1,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":54011721908563,"sku":"XV80300197600","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/9780300197600.jpg?v=1781633295","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/david-thomson-warner-bros-2017","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}