Warner Bros. today celebrates its centennial milestone as April 4, 2023, marks 100 years of its iconic contribution to film and television.
Its rich heritage stretches back to the four brothers, Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack Warner, born to Polish-Jewish immigrants, who founded the studio in 1923 and became mavericks of the film industry. They not only created some of Hollywood’s greatest movies and film stars, but they also were pioneers behind the innovative technology of the Vitaphone that synchronized sound and put them in the forefront as major players in Hollywood.
Sam Warner spearheaded the movement by applying the technology with sound effects and music, but no dialogue, in the 1926 film Don Juan, and then in two scenes from one of the first “talkies,” 1927’s The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson, that featured less than two minutes of dialogue. The use of dialogue changed the face of cinema and became a major breakthrough for Warner Bros, but Sam Warner, who co-created the technology, sadly passed away the day before The Jazz Singer premiere and never was able to experience his contribution to film on the silver screen. The film became a sensation and signaled the beginning of the era of “talking pictures” and the end of silent pictures. Its success allowed the surviving Warner brothers to buy First National, which had the largest theater chain in the country and a studio lot in Burbank. Warner Bros. Pictures would release the first “all talking” film, Lights of New York, in 1928 after the success of Jolson’s The Singing Fool (1928,) firmly establishing the age of the talking film.
As the decades went on, the studio would encounter many historical events and cultural shifts that also set Warner Bros. as the forerunner in social standards. The public outcry over the film I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) forced prison reforms throughout the United States. Warner Bros. also was the first major studio to pull out of Germany in 1934 and went on to produce anti-fascist films such as Black Legion (1937), starring Humphrey Bogart, which resulted in the Ku Klux Klan suing Warner Bros. The Klan claimed the film was made to disparage them but did not win at trial. Confessions of a Nazi Spy followed in 1939 and was among the first studio films to call out the threat of Nazis in the U.S.
The studio would go on to create timeless classics through the 1930s into the ’40s that include The Public Enemy, The Life of Emile Zola, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Yankee Doodle Dandy and Mildred Pierce and introduce the lovable animated characters from Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes.
Warner Bros. has released a huge portfolio of diverse films that exceeds 2,500 titles, including such classics as A Streetcar Named Desire, A Star Is Born, Rebel without a Cause, Bonnie & Clyde, Blazing Saddles, A Clockwork Orange, The Exorcist, Malcolm X, and contemporary franchises in The Matrix, Wonder Woman, Harry Potter and Batman. TV shows also have played an important role in Warner Bros’ history since the 1950s, with series including Cheyenne, Maverick, 77 Sunset Strip and Wonder Woman through to Friends and Abbott Elementary.
Take a look back through this curated gallery to celebrate this historic achievement of the studio that introduced us to legendary stars, and unforgettable film moments with rare images from each decade from the Warner Bros. archive that made the studio the iconic landmark that is Hollywood today.
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1923 – THE ORIGINAL WARNER BROTHERS WEST COAST STUDIO
Image Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images The exterior of the original Warner Brothers West Coast Studio in Hollywood, California.
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1923 – THE ORIGINAL WARNER BROTHERS WEST COAST STUDIO
Image Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images Canadian-born brothers Jack, Sam, and Albert Warner founded the film studio in 1923.
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1920s – WARNER BROS. LOGO
Image Credit: WBD Early WB logo from the 1920s
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1924 – JACK WARNER
Image Credit: Everett Collection Jack Warner (R) welcomes John Barrymore (ctr)to Hollywood for Beau Brummell, directed by Harry Beaumont (L).
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1920s – WARNER BROS. LOGO
Image Credit: WBD WB Silent Film Logo – On-screen logo from the 1920s.
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1924 – THE MARRIAGE CIRCLE
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Adolphe Menjou as Professor Josef Stock, Marie Prevost as Mizzie.
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1920s – RIN TIN TIN
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Publicity shot of Rin Tin Tin. The German Shepard starred in Tracked by the Police (1927) and debuted in 1923 with Where the North Begins.
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1925 – RIN TIN TIN
Image Credit: Warner Bros./Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images A 6am call is marked on a blackboard for canine film star Rin Tin Tin at Warner Bros studios, Hollywood, California, circa 1925.
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1925 – THE ORIGINAL WARNER BROTHERS WEST COAST STUDIO
Image Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images The exterior of Warner Brothers Studios in Hollywood, California.
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1926 – THE WARNER BROTHERS
Image Credit: Everett Collection Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Will Hays, Sam Warner and Al Warner.
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1926 – CONSTRUCTION OF STUDIO
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Lot construction by First National, taken June 19th, 1926.
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1926 – CONSTRUCTION OF STUDIO
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Full aerial shot looking south at First National Studios lot nearing the completion of construction, taken June 23rd, 1926.
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1926 – SOUNDPROOF CAMERA BOOTH
Image Credit: Everett Collection Soundproof camera booth designed to allowed actors voices to be recorded while filming. Designed by Western Electric Company, the 1926 booth was mounted on wheels to allow movement. It is inspected by H.C. Humphrey (left) of Bell Telephone Laboratories and Charles E. Davis (right), a Warner Brothers cameraman.
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1926 – DOLORES COSTELLO
Image Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images Dolores Costello, the American silent screen heroine who worked for Warner Brothers. She is outside on location, applying powder to her face, between shots.
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1926 – DON JUAN
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 John Barrymore as Don Juan de Marana, Mary Astor as Adriana Della Varnese. The film featured synchronized music and sound effects -but no dialogue
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1927 – DOLORES COSTELLO
Image Credit: Everett Collection Dolores Costello, who travels around the Warner Bros. lot in her snappy racer.
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1927 – OLD SAN FRANCISCO
Image Credit: Warner Bros/Everett Anna May Wong, Warner Oland and Dolores Costello.
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1927 – THE JAZZ SINGER
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Al Jolson as Jakie Rabinowitz. The film was pioneering with sound adaption in 1927. Warner Bros. released the DVD special in 2007 for its 80 anniversary with a disclaimer stating that the film was a product of its time and reflective of stereotypes that were wrong then and are wrong now.
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1928 – WARNER BROS ACTRESSES
Image Credit: John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Image Mary Pickford (front center) is surrounded by fellow Warner Bros actresses during her tea party. Left to right: back row, Alice Day, June Collyer, Dorothy Gulliver, Gwen Lee, Molly O’Day, and Sally Eilers. Front row, Sue Carol, Lina Basquette, Mary Pickford, Lupe Velez, Flora Bramley, and Ann Christy.
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1929 – ON WITH THE SHOW!
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 On With The Show Flyer cover.
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1929 – ON WITH THE SHOW!
Image Credit: Everett collection Directed by Alan Crosland, starring Madeline Fairbanks, Lee Moran, Marion Fairbanks, Sam Hardy, Sally O’Neil and William Bakewell.
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1930 – WARNER BROS STUDIOS
Image Credit: Everett Collection Production supervisor Darryl F. Zanuck (cigar in hand) with directors from left: Michael Curtiz, Alan Crosland, John G. Adolfi, Robert Milton, Roy Del Ruth, Ray Enright, Alfred E. Green, Lloyd Bacon at Warner Brothers studio.
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1930s – 1950s – WARNER BROS. LOGO
Image Credit: WBD On-screen logo for theatrical releases from the 1930s through to the 1950s.
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1931 – THE PUBLIC ENEMY
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 James Cagney as Tom Powers, Phelps as Steve the Bartender.
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1931 – LIL DAGOVER
Image Credit: Imagno/Getty Images German actress Lil Dagover signs a contract with Warner Bros Pictures, which bounds her to Hollywood on April 24, 1931.
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1931 – LITTLE CAESAR
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Edward G. Robinson as Little Caesar and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Joe Massara.
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1932 – ELEANOR HOLM
Image Credit: Everett Collection Eleanor Holm, Olympic swimming champion, being photographed by Elmer Fryer, head still photographer at the Warner Bros. First National Studios where Eleanor is signed up under a long term contract.
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1933 – LOONEY TUNES
Image Credit: LMPC via Getty Images Buddy & Cookie, poster, poster art for Looney Tune animated shorts, from left: Cookie, Buddy, Towser.
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CIRCA 1930s
Image Credit: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce/United States Information Agency/PhotoQuest/Getty Images Aerial view of the enclosed sound stages and operating buildings of Warner Brothers’ First National Pictures, Burbank, California, late 1920s or 1930s. The photo was taken after Warner Brothers purchased the rival studio in September 1928.
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1933 – GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933
Image Credit: Warner Bros./Courtesy of Getty Images A large group of women in elaborate matching costumes play violins on a stage set in the violin chorus number from the film Gold Diggers Of 1933, directed by Meryn LeRoy.
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1933 – BETTE DAVIS
Image Credit: John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Actress Bette Davis sitting on a film set below a large spotlight, for Warner Bros Studios.
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1933 – FOOTLIGHT PARADE
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Dancers performing the musical number “By a Waterfall.”
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1934 – JOAN BLONDELL
Image Credit: John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Promotional shot of actress Joan Blondell, as she appears in the movie Kansas City Princess, for Warner Bros Studios.
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1934 – WARNER BROS DESTROYED BY FIRE
Image Credit: KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images A fire ravaged much of the Warner Bros. Hollywood studios in Los Angeles on December 14, 1934.
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CIRCA 1935 – SOUND MACHINE
Image Credit: Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images A projection machine, perfected by the Western Electric Company and Warner Brothers Pictures Inc., which could synchronize sound to moving pictures.
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CIRCA 1935 – DISC INSEPCTOR
Image Credit: Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images A Bell Telephone Laboratories technician looking at a wax disc, part of a new projection machine, perfected by the Western Electric Company and Warner Brothers Pictures Inc., which could synchronize sound to moving pictures.
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1935 – JAMES CAGNEY
Image Credit: John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Headshot of actor James Cagney, with Warner Brothers Studios.
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1935 – ACTING STUDENTS AT THE WARNER BROS SCHOOL IN HOLLYWOOD
Image Credit: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images American Actresses Nan Gray, Olivia De Haviland, Maxine Doyle, Dorothy Dare, June Martel And June Travis (From Top To Bottom) Lining Up At The Entrance To The Warner Bros Acting School In Hollywood, California On May 6, 1935.
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1935 – BEHIND THE SCENES OF “A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM”
Image Credit: Herbert/Archive Photos/Getty Images The lavish set of the Warner Bros film A Midsummer Night’s Dream, adapted from the play by William Shakespeare and directed by William Dieterle and Max Reinhardt, 1935.
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1935 – MICKEY ROONEY AND OTHER PLAYERS
Image Credit: Getty Images Film Stars at Broadcast. Under the microphone at the nationwide broadcast from Los Angeles of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Warner Bros. Executives and players. Left to right: Mickey Rooney, Olivia De Havilland, Dick Powell and Joe E. Brown.
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1935 – A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Frank McHugh as Quince, Hugh Herbert as Snout, Arthur Treacher as Ninny’s Tomb, James Cagney as Bottom, Dewey Richardson as Snug, and Otis Harlan as Starveling.
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1935 – GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Getty Images Dancers at pianos in a scene from the film Gold Diggers Of 1935.
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1935 – AMELIA EARHART & JUNE TRAVIS
Image Credit: Getty Images Amelia Earhart Putnam Teaches Flying. Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam, a famous aviatrix who flew both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans alone, shown in the front cockpit, as she teaches June Travis, film actress, how to fly for the warner Brothers production Ceiling Zero, at a Los Angeles airport. Miss Travis is at a dual control in the rear cockpit.
During an attempt at becoming the first woman to complete a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937, Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island.
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1936 – THE GREEN PASTURES
Image Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images American actor Rex Ingram portrays De Lawd in the film Green Pastures, a retelling of the Old Testament stories from an Afro-Caribbean perspective. The film was directed by William Keighley and Marc Connelly for Warner Brothers.
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1936 – BETTE DAVIS
Image Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images Bette Davis and film producer Jack L. Warner, one of the founders of Warner Bros. Pictures, hold Davis’s Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the Academy Awards, held at the Biltmore Bowl, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, March 5, 1936. Davis won her first Oscar for her role in the film Dangerous, which was produced by Warner.
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1936 – THE WALKING DEAD
Image Credit: Everett Collection Visitors to the set of Warner Bros. The Walking Dead; From left: cast members Boris Karloff, Edmund Gwenn, author H G Wells, producer/studio head/mogul Jack L. Warner.
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1937 – THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Paul Muni as Emile Zola. The film would win WB’s first Oscar for best Picture and won three in total.
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1937 – HUMPHREY BOGART
Image Credit: ohn Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Headshot of actor Humphrey Bogart, as he appears in the movie San Quentin for Warner Bros Studios.
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1937 – ABOVE THE LIMIT
Image Credit: Archive Photos/Getty Images Actors Humphrey Bogart and Allen Jenkins are stopped by a studio police officer on the Warner Bros and First National studio lot, for breaking the 8 mile an hour speed limit on their kick scooters.
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1937 – OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND
Image Credit: John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Portrait of actress Olivia de Havilland for Warner Bros Studios.
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1937 – READY, WILLING, AND ABLE
Image Credit: George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images Cameraman Sol Polito and dance Director Bobby Connelly give a final once-over before filming a scene from Ready, Willing and Able.
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1937 – ON THE SET OF “THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD”
Image Credit: Getty IMAGES Coaching Robin Hood Before The Big Fight…Director Michael Curtiz (seated left) rehearses with Errol Flynn who plays Robin Hood in Warner Bros. production, The Adventures of Robin Hood, the details of the fight he is about to put on in front of the Technicolor cameras, against 100 or more men-at-arms belonging to Prince John (Claude Rains) and Sir Guy of Gisbourne (Basil Rathbone).
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1937 – ON THE SET OF “THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD”
Image Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone and Claude Rains with director Michazl Curtiz on the set of his movie The Adventures of Robin Hood.
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1938 – THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Ian Hunter as King Richard the Lion Heart, Errol Flynn as Robin Hood (Sir Robin of Locksley), Olivia de Havilland as Maid Marian (Lady Marian Fitzwalter), Eugene Pallette as Friar Tuck and Alan Hale as Little John.
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1938 – LOLA LANE
Image Credit: Getty Images When a Film Player “Blows Up” Before Camera. Hollywood, California: Sometimes a film player makes a scene in front of the camera not exactly called for the script. Labeled “blow ups” these scenes usually occur after the player has “muffed” a line – that is, said the wrong thing at the wrong time. Photo shows Lola Lane, Warner Bros. player, muffs a line and is pictured catching her breath.
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1938 – WINNERS OF SWING DANCING CONTEST
Image Credit: Getty Images When Hollywood met Harlem. The Big Apple, shag steps and other varieties of swing dancing were in evidence as Hollywood met Harlem on stage 6 of Warner Brothers Studio. Contestants were vying for dance prizes as they provided entertainment. Photo shows: left to right, front row, Alberta Dawson, second prize; Celestine Davis, first prize; Gladys Taylor, third prize.
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1938 – SWING DANCING CONTEST
Image Credit: Getty Images Myrtle Quinland and Lucas Smith doing the Big Apple. They won third prize.
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1939 – CONFESSIONS OF A NAZI SPY
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Edward G. Robinson as Ed Renard standing next to Francis Lederer as Kurt Schneider.
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1939 – ON THE SET OF “DARK VICTORY”
Image Credit: Getty Images Bette Davis (left) and Geraldine Fitzgerald (right) walk a dramatic last mile while the mobile camera follows their progress for a scene in the Warner Brothers movie, Dark Victory, 20th January 1939.
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1939 – SECRET SERVICE IN THE AIR
Image Credit: Getty Images Brass (Ronald Reagan), Zelma (Rosella Towne), LeRoy (John Ridgeley) in Secret Service in the Air; a Warner Brothers, First National Picture.
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1939 – MAKEUP DEPARTMENT
Image Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images Olivia de Havilland leans against a sliding door while makeup artist Al Donner applies her lipstick with a brush on a Warner Brothers sound stage during the production of director Lloyd Bacon’s film, Wings of the Navy.
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1939 – MAKEUP DEPARTMENT
Image Credit: Warner Bros/Everett Collection The great wall of fake beards and moustaches in the Warner Brothers makeup department.
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1939 – LOONEY TUNES
Image Credit: Warner Bros/Everett A Day At The Zoo poster for Looney Tunes.
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CIRCA 1940s
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Studio tour at Warner Bros. Studio
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1940 – VIRGINIA MAYO
Image Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images Virginia Mayo, Warner Bros. portrait.
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1940 – BARBARA STANWYCK
Image Credit: Everett Collection Barbara Stanwyck, Warner Bros. portrait by Scotty Welbourne.
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1941 – THE MALTESE FALCON
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade, Peter Lorre as Joel Cairo, Mary Astor as Bridgid O’Shaughnessy/Miss. Wonderly/Miss. LaBlanc, and Sydney Greenstreet as Kasper Gutman.
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1941 – HUMPHREY BOGART
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Courtesy of Getty Images Promotional portrait of American actor Humphrey Bogart from The Maltese Falcon, in the film directed by John Huston.
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1941 – ANN SHERIDAN
Image Credit: Everett Collection Ann Sheridan, Warner Bros. portrait.
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1941 – RITA HAYWORTH
Image Credit: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images Portrait actress Rita Hayworth, then a rising Warner Bros star, in Hollywood.
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1941 – SERGEANT YORK
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Sergeant York became Warner Bros. biggest hit to date until My Fair Lady premiered 23 years later. Cooper would win the Oscar for Best Actor in the role of Alvin C. York.
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1942 – CASABLANCA
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Paul Henreid as Victor Laszlo, Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund, Claude Rains as Captain Louis Renault and Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine. The film went on to win Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.
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1942 – CASABLANCA
Image Credit: Warner Bros./Getty Images Poster for the classic American dramatic film Casablanca starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman and directed by Michael Curtiz.
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1942 – INGRID BERGMAN
Image Credit: John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman in a promotional shot for Warner Bros. Studios.
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1942 – WARNER BROS LOGO
Image Credit: Warner Bros./Everett Collection Warner Bros. logo
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1942 – WARNER BROS CHORUS GIRLS
Image Credit: Everett Collection Due to World War II, Warner Bros. chorus girls have liquid ‘stockings’ sprayed on, as nylons are no longer available, November 1942.
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1942 – JOAN BRODEL
Image Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images A 17-year-old Joan Leslie, the stage name of Joan Brodel the American leading lady of the 1940s, on the set of Yankee Doodle Dandy, taking lessons from Beth Clopton, her teacher.
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1942 – AIR RAID DRILL PRACTICE
Image Credit: Getty Images Director Michael Curtiz, actor Dennis Morgan, actress Bette Davis, a studio workman, actress Irene Manning (L to R) are pictured as they chatted during a practice air raid drill on the Warner Bros. movie lot, in the first of a series of practice drills. They’re shown in a specially-constructed shelter.
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1942 – ON THE SET OF “PRINCESS O’ROURKE”
Image Credit: Archive Photos/Getty Images Co-stars Olivia de Havilland and Robert Cummings playing cards on the set of the Warner Bros film Princess O’Rourke.
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1942 – HUMPHREY BOGART
Image Credit: Getty Images Chick Chandler, Humphrey Bogart, Richard Travis and Murray Alper play a strenuous game of cards between scenes for Warner Bros. production, The Big Shot.
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1942 – ANN CORCORAN
Image Credit: Everett Collection Warner Bros. starlet Ann Corcoran, war-training as a steel-cutter in the company’s machine shop, May 1942.
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1942 – YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 James Cagney as George M. Cohan. The film would earn Cagney an Academy Award for Best Actor.
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1943 – VIRGINIA PATTON
Image Credit: Everett Collection Newly signed Warner Bros. starlet Virginia Patton posing for a portrait.
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1943 – THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS
Image Credit: Everett Collection Warner Bros. starlets Joy Barlow, Dorothy Schoemer, Sylvia Opert, Lucille La Marr, Dorothy Dayton, Harriette Haddon, Mary Landa, Harriet Olsen, Janet Barrett and Nancy Worth.
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1944 – TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Archive Photos/Getty Images Humphrey Bogart with Lauren Bacall in a still from the film To Have and Have Not, directed by Howard Hawks.
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1944 – LAUREN BACALL
Image Credit: John Engstead/John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Lauren Bacall, in a promotional shot for Warner Bros. Studios.
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1944 – ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
Image Credit: Warner Brothers-First National/Getty Images Josephine Hull and Jean Adair talking to Cary Grant in a scene from the film Arsenic And Old Lace, 1944.
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1944 – WARNER BROS COMMISSARY
Image Credit: Everett Collection Bette Davis, lunching in the Warner Brothers commissary, during a break filming Mr. Skeffington.
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1945 – WARNER BROS STRIKE
Image Credit: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images Warner Bros Workers Strike In Hollywood.
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1945 – WARNER BROS STRIKE
Image Credit: Everett Collection Labor unrest at the Warner Brothers studio.
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1945 – MILDRED PIERCE
Image Credit: Getty Images Ann Blyth and Joan Crawford star in the Warner Brothers’ drama, Mildred Pierce which was directed by Michael Curtiz. This would be Crawford’s first starring role in a Warner Bros. picture and her performance won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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1946 – ANDREA KING & BOB ALDA
Image Credit: Getty Images Because of the flu epidemic, Warner Bros. stars Andrea King and Bob Alda rehearsed their love scenes for The Beast with Five Fingers while wearing masks to prevent the spreading of germs. Caution is thrown to the winds when the final take is made.
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1946 – PLASTER CAST
Image Credit: Keystone Features/Getty Images A sculptor in the Warner Brothers Plaster Shop works on the busts of Winston Churchill, Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin.
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1946 – ACCIDENT LOG
Image Credit: Keystone Features/Getty Images A nurse from Warner Brothers Film Studios Hospital checks the daily departmental accident record for the studio.
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1946 – CLOCKING IN
Image Credit: Keystone Features/Getty Images Employees of the Warner Brothers Film Studios messenger department punch their time cards beneath studio portraits of actress Martha Vickers.
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1946 – THE BIG SLEEP
Image Credit: Warner Bros./Getty Images Promotional poster for the film, The Big Sleep, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, directed by Howard Hawks.
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1946 – HUMPHREY BOGART & LAUREN BACALL
Image Credit: John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Actors and spouses Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall being presented with a portrait of Bogart, for Warner Bros Studios.
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1946 – HUMPHREY BOGART & LAUREN BACALL
Image Credit: John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Actor Humphrey Bogart signing his new contract agreement, watched by wife Lauren Bacall and a group of witnesses, for Warner Bros Studios.
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1946 – IDA LUPINO
Image Credit: Everett Collection Ida Lupino, Warner Bros. portrait.
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1946 – WARNER BROTHERS PARTY
Image Credit: Everett Collection Harry Lewis, Ronald Reagan, Jack L. Warner, Gig Young, Wayne Morris at Warner Brothers party for its contract actors returning from wartime military service
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1947 – RONALD REAGAN & LOIS MAXWELL
Image Credit: Everett Collection Ronald Reagan, visited the on-set of The Voice of the Turtle, by Warner Brothers starlet Lois Maxwell. She would go on to portray Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond Franchise.
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1947 – WARNER BROS STUDIO
Image Credit: Gene Lester/Getty Images Exterior view of the long concrete building housing Warner Bros. First National Pictures in Los Angeles.
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1948 – HUMPHREY BOGART BEHIND THE SCENES IN “KEY LARGO”
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Getty Images Humphrey Bogart points a gun outside a set window in a scene from the film Key Largo.
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1948 – KEY LARGO
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Edward G. Robinson as Johnny Rocco, Humphrey Bogart as Frank McCloud, Claire Trevor as Gaye Dawn, John Rodney as Deputy Clyde Sawyer, and Lauren Bacall as Nora Temple.
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1948 – WARNER BROS LOGO
Image Credit: Warner Bros./Everett Collection Warner Bros. logo.
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1948 – THE TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Tim Holt, Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston.
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1948 – ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Doris Day as Miss Georgia Garrett.
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1949 – LOONEY TUNES
Image Credit: LMPC via Getty Images Warner Brothers Cartoon, poster, from left: Elmer Fudd, Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Tweety Pie, Sniffles the Mouse.
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1949 – PATRICIA NEAL
Image Credit: Archive Photos/Getty Images American actress Patricia Neal stars in the Warner Bros. film The Fountainhead.
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1949 – INGRID BERGMAN & ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Image Credit: Transatlantic Pictures/Warner Bros./Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images Ingrid Bergman with British director and producer Alfred Hitchcock on the set of his movie Under Capricorn.
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CIRCA 1950 – LOONEY TUNES
Image Credit: Movie Poster Image Art/Getty Images A poster showing Warner Bros Looney Tunes characters Bugs Bunny, Speedy Gonzalez, Wile E Coyote, Road Runner, Daffy Duck, and Sylvester.
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1950 – ROCK HUDSON
Image Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images Rock Hudson, Warner Bros. portrait.
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1950 – COSTUME DEPARTMENT
Image Credit: CBS via Getty Images Left to right, Warner Bros. Studios costume designer Milo Anderson, and actress Rosemary DeCamp (seated) with a new dress, created for her in the studio wardrobe department. June 1, 1950.
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1950 – BURT LANCASTER
Image Credit: Everett Collection Warner Brothers portrait of Burt Lancaster.
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1950 – MARLON BRANDO WARDROBE TEST
Image Credit: Everett Collection Marlon Brando wardrobe test shot for A Streetcar Named Desire.
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1951 – A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Image Credit: Warner Bros/Getty Images Actor Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh on the set of the movie A Streetcar Named Desire.
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1951 – STRANGERS ON A TRAIN
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Farley Garnger as Guy Haines, Robert Walker as Bruno Antony.
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CIRCA 1950s
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Publicity shot of Wade Preston (Colt 45), Will Hutchins (Sugarfoot), James Garner (Maverick), and Clint Walker (Cheyenne).
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1952 – CATTLE TOWN
Image Credit: Everett Collection Rita Moreno, portrait for the film Cattle Town.
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1952 – FIRE AT WARNER BROS STUDIOS
Image Credit: Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images Warner Brothers studio fire.
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1952 – FIRE AT WARNER BROS STUDIOS
Image Credit: Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images Warner Brothers studio fire.
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1952 – FIRE AT WARNER BROS STUDIOS
Image Credit: Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images Warner Brothers studio fire.
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1952 – FIRE AT WARNER BROS STUDIOS
Image Credit: Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images Actress Virginia Mayo; Art Handley (fire inspector), 16 May 1952.
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1952 – FIRE AT WARNER BROS STUDIOS
Image Credit: Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images Warner Brothers fire, 9 July 1952.
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1952 – FIRE AT WARNER BROS STUDIOS
Image Credit: Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images Warner Brothers fire, 9 July 1952.
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1952 – ARSON INVESTIGATION AT WARNER BROS STUDIOS
Image Credit: Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images Arson investigation of Warner Brothers fire, 10 July 1952.
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1952 – ARSON INVESTIGATION AT WARNER BROS STUDIOS
Image Credit: Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images Arson investigation of Warner Brothers fire, 10 July 1952.
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1953 – HOUSE OF WAX
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 House of Wax was shot in 3D and was the first film with a stereo soundtrack to have a wide release. It starred Vincent Price and Paul Picerni.
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1954 – JAMES DEAN
Image Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) James Dean poses for a photo on the set of the Warner Bros film East Of Eden.
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1954 – A STAR IS BORN
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Judy Garland as Esther Blodgett/Vicki Lester, James Mason as Norman Maine.
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1954 – ANN ROBINSON
Image Credit: Warner Bros. courtesy of Getty Images American actress Ann Robinson (left) learns to shoot in the proper fashion from real policewomen Pat Wright and June Howard as shooting instructor Sergeant Roy Bean looks on. Robinson is preparing for her role as Officer Grace Downey in the film Dragnet directed by Jack Webb.
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1954 – ON THE SET OF “DIAL M FOR MURDER”
Image Credit: arner Bros. Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images Director and producer Alfred Hitchcock, actress Grace Kelly and actor Robert Cummings on the set of the movie Dial M for Murder.
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1954 – JAMES DEAN
Image Credit: Everett Collection James Dean, Richard Davalos, on the Warner Bros. back lot.
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1955 – JAMES DEAN
Image Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Actor James Dean and director Nicholas Ray discuss a scene from the Warner Bros film Rebel Without A Cause at the Griffith Park Observatory.
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1955 – REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
Image Credit: Warner Bros./Courtesy of Getty Images James Dean holds Natalie Wood in a scene from Rebel Without A Cause, directed by Nicholas Ray.
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1955-1963 – CHEYENNE
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Clint Walker as Cheyenne Bodie in the TV series Cheyenne.
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1955-63 – CHEYENNE
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Clint Walker as Cheyenne Bodie.
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1955 – ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Image Credit: Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images Alfred Hitchcock eats al fresco during his time at Warner Bros.
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1955 – JAMES DEAN WARDROBE TEST
Image Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images James Dean poses for a wardrobe test for the Warner Bros film ‘Giant’ on June 1, 1955. Dean would pass away 4 months later at the age 24 in an auto accident on September 30, 1955, near Cholame, California.
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1955 – JAMES DEAN & ELIZABETH TAYLOR
Image Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Actors James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor chat on the set of the Warner Bros film Giant in 1955 in Los Angeles, California. Dean has on the jacket he wore in his previous film Rebel Without A Cause.
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1956 – GIANT
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Director George Stevens would win the Academy Award for Best Director and starred James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor.
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1956 – ELIZABETH TAYLOR
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Getty Images Elizabeth Taylor in publicity portrait for the film Giant.
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1956 – MARILYN MONROE & JACK WARNER
Image Credit: Getty Images Jack Warner, pres. of Warner Bros. Studios, gives actress Marilyn Monroe a welcome kiss after announcing that she will appear in a movie version of The Sleeping Prince with British drama star Laurence Olivier for Warner Bros. Warner announced that the movie will be produced jointly by Marilyn Monroe Productions and Olivier, who will star and direct the movie for Warners.
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1956 – NATALIE WOOD
Image Credit: Everett Collection Natalie Wood, Warner Bros. portrait.
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1956 – THE SEARCHERS
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Getty Images Ken Curtis holds a guitar while he stands behind and looks at Vera Miles in a scene from the film The Searchers.
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1956 – THE SEARCHERS
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 John Wayne as Ethan Edwards, Jeffrey Hunter as Martin Pawley.
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1957-1962 – MAVERICK
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 James Garner as Bret Maverick in the TV series Maverick.
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1957 – WARNER BROS. STUDIOS
Image Credit: John Bryson/Getty Images Aerial view of 2 TV Westerns being filmed at once on the Warner Bros. lot.
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1957 – ON SET OF “THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL”
Image Credit: arner Brothers/Getty Images Marilyn Monroe as the top of the clapper board snaps, speaks her opening lines in the film The Prince And The Showgirl.
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1957 – THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Getty Images Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier in a scene from the film The Prince And The Showgirl.
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1957 – THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Getty Images Laurence Olivier embraces Marilyn Monroe in a publicity portrait for the film The Prince And The Showgirl.
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1958-1964 – 77 SUNSET STRIP
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Edd Byrnes as Gerald Lloyd Kookson III “Kookie”, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. as Stuart Bailey and Roger Smith as Jeff Spencer in the TV series 77 Sunset Strip.
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1958 – TAB HUNTER
Image Credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Tab Hunter, Warner Bros. Publicity Portrait for the Film, Damn Yankees.
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1958 – LAWMAN
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Title card from the TV series Lawman.
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1959 – THE NUN’S STORY
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Peter Finch as Dr. Fortunati and Audrey Hepburn as Sister Luke.
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1959 – RIO BRAVO
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 John Wayne, Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson.
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1959 – WARNER BROS STUDIO
Image Credit: John Bryson/Getty Images TV Exec. Oren Haglund (R), discusses production concerns with assistants in the scheduling center of Warner Bros. TV studio.
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1959 – ON THE SET OF “RIO BRAVO”
Image Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images Angie Dickinson and Dean Martin on location at Old Tucson Studios, in a publicity still for the 1959 Warner Brothers film Rio Bravo, produced and directed by Howard Hawks.
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1959 – ON THE SET OF “RIO BRAVO”
Image Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images American actor John Wayne on the set of Rio Bravo, directed and produced by Howard Hawks.
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1959 – AUDREY HEPBURN
Image Credit: Warner Bros/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images Audrey Hepburn, Warner Bros. Publicity Portrait.
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1960 – WARNER BROS STUDIO
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Triangle billboard (at the corner of Olive Ave., Pass Ave., and Warner Blvd.)
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1960 – OCEAN’S 11
Image Credit: Warner Bros./Getty Images Promotional portrait of the cast of the film, Oceans 11; (left-right): Richard Conte, Buddy Lester, Joey Bishop, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, Akim Tamiroff, Richard Benedict, Henry Silva, Norman Fell, and Clem Harvey, 1960.
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1960 – OCEAN’S 11
Image Credit: Warner Bros./Getty Images Promotional poster for the film, Oceans 11 featuring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Angie Dickenson.
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1960 – MEL BLANC
Image Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Radio and cartoon voice actor Mel Blanc in the recording studio poses for a Warner Bros publicity still. Blanc voiced the characters of Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoons and Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety, Sylvester, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, the Tasmanian Devil, and numerous other characters from the Looney Tunes
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1961 – WARNER BROS TV
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Executives Hugh Benson and William T. Orr posing with the casts of Lawman, Bourbon Street Beat, Bronco, Sugarfoot, Hawaiian Eye, The Alaskans, 77 Sunset Strip, Colt 45, Maverick, and Cheyenne.
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1961 – THE STARS OF WARNER BROS
Image Credit: Getty Images (Original Caption) You are looking at about ten million dollars worth of talent–that’s the conservative estimate of the valuable actors and actresses flanking Jack L. Warner, President of Warner Brothers Pictures in this group photo. With Warner are some of the most promising personalities now making movies and TV films at the Warner lot. (L – R) Donald May; Gary Vinson; Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.; Poncie; Ponce; Connie Stevens; Will Hutchins; Peter Brown; Clint Walker; Marguerita Sierra; Lee Patterson; Evan McCord; Dorothy Provine; Rex Reason; John Russell; Peggie Castle; William I. Orr; (Vice President in charge of Production); Chad Everett; Angie Dickinson; Anthony Eisley;Jack L. Warner; Jack Kelly; Natalie Wood; Andrew Duggan; Hugh Benson; (Orr’s Assistant); Richard Long; Diane McBain; Van Williams; Edward Byrnes; Sharon Hugueny; Ty Hardin; Robert Conrad; Troy Donahue, taken on June 28, 1961.
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1961 – PHYLLIS DILLER
Image Credit: Getty Images At a screening set up, especially for Phyllis Diller of Warner Brothers’ Splendor in the Grass, which Elia Kazan directed from William Inge’s screenplay about life in the 1920s, the blonde comedienne had a look at herself for the first time in her first film role. Portraying Texas Guinan, the famous bistro hostess (“Hello, suckers”), Phyllis registered several emotions… nervous anticipation; is that me? Yes, it is!(shown here, glasses askew).
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1961 – SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS
Image Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images) Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass, directed by Elia Kazan.
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1962 – ON THE SET OF “THE MUSIC MAN”
Image Credit: Archive Photos/Getty Images Morton DaCosta directs the film version of the Warner Brothers musical comedy The Music Man (aka ‘Meredith Willson’s The Music Man’)
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1962 – THE MUSIC MAN
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Robert Preston as Harold Hill and Shirley Jones as Marian Paroo.
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1962 – BETTE DAVIS AND JOAN CRAWFORD
Image Credit: Getty Images Bette Davis (L), and Joan Crawford, Hollywood’s long reigning queens, are photographed for the first time together as they look over the script of the film, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? in which they will co-star. Both were with Warner Brothers for many years, but never worked in a picture together until then.
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1962 – ON THE SET OF “WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?”
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Getty Images Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in between scenes from the film What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?
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1962 – ON THE SET OF “WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?”
Image Credit: Everett Collection Bette Davis and director Robert Aldrich (on motorcycle), on location in Malibu.
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1962 – WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?
Image Credit: Everett Collection Bette Davis and Joan Crawford publicity still for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
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1962 – DOROTHY DANDRIDGE
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Getty Images Dorothy Dandridge in publicity portrait for the film Malaga.
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1962 – GYPSY
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Getty Images Natalie Wood as a burlesque dancer on stage in a scene from the film Gypsy.
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1963 – ON THE SET OF “MY FAIR LADY”
Image Credit: Getty Images Sheltered from artificial rain on Warner Brother’s sound stage, Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison study the script on the first day of shooting for My Fair Lady on August 13th, 1964.
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1963 – ON THE SET OF “MY FAIR LADY”
Image Credit: L J Willinger/Getty Images Director George Cukor (right) with (left to right) Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison and Wilfrid Hyde-White on the set of My Fair Lady at Warner Brothers’ Hollywood studios.
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1963 – REX HARRISON, AUDREY HEPBURN & JACK L. WARNER
Image Credit: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images Rex Harrison (Left) And Audrey Hepburn (Right) Speaking With The President Of The Warner Bros. Studios, Jack L. Warner, In Hollywood On June 20, 1963, During The Shooting Of My Fair Lady, In Which The Two Actors Starred.
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1963 – URSULA ANDRESS
Image Credit: Archive Photos/Getty Images Ursula Andress as Maxine in a publicity still for the Warner Bros film 4 For Texas
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1964 – MY FAIR LADY
Image Credit: Everett Collection Audrey Hepburn and Wilfrid Hyde-White in My Fair Lady. The film would win eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
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1964 – MY FAIR LADY
Image Credit: Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Audrey Hepburn poses for a publicity still for the Warner Bros film My Fair Lady.
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1965 – PAUL NEWMAN
Image Credit: Don Cravens/Getty Images (L-R) Barber Jay Sebring, working on actor Paul Newman’s hair while he is reading the paper, on the set of the film Moving Target outside the sound stage at Warner Bros. Studio.
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1965 – DOCTOR ZHIVAGO
Image Credit: Silver Screen Collection/Getty Image Omar Sharif and Julie Christie in a publicity still for Doctor Zhivago, directed by David Lean.
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1965 – ON THE SET OF “WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?”
Image Credit: Getty Images Mike Nichols, who made his debut as a movie director, with Elizabeth Taylor for a rehearsal of Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? at the Warner Bros. Studio. Upon the express orders of the Director and producer Ernest Lehman, Miss Taylor has been making every effort to gain weight for her role in the picture. She has been observing a special pound-adding diet to help give her the heavier appearance of a middle aged woman.
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1966 – ELIZABETH TAYLOR & RICHARD BURTON
Image Credit: Everett Collection Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton cycling to the set on the Warner Bros. lot, 1966
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1966 – WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 George Segal as Nick, Richard Burton as George, Sandy Dennis as Honey and Elizabeth Taylor as Martha.
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1960s – WARNER BROS. LOGO
Image Credit: WBD This logo was used briefly at the end of the 1960s (1967-1969) when Jack Warner sold the studio to Seven Arts, changing the studio name to Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.
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1967 – BONNIE AND CLYDE
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Gene Hackman as Buck Barrow, Estelle Parsons as Blanche Barrow, Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow, Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Parker, and Michael J. Pollard as C.W. Moss.
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1967 – COOL HAND LUKE
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Paul Newman as Lucas ‘Cool Hand’ (Luke) Jackson.
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1968 – BULLITT
Image Credit: Warner Bros./Courtesy Getty Images Steve McQueen in a still from the film, Bullitt, directed by Peter Yates.
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1969 – THE LEARNING TREE
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Carter Vinnegar as Beansy, Kyle Johnson as Newt, Bobby Goss as Skunk and Stephen Parry as Jappy. The Learning Tree was the first major studio directed by an African American – Gordon Parks – who also wrote, produced and scored the film.
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1969 – THE WILD BUNCH
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Ben Johnson as Tector Gorch, Warren Oates as Lyle Gorch, William Holden as Pike Bishop, and Ernest Borgnine as Dutch Engstrom.
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1970s – WARNER BROS. LOGO
Image Credit: WBD On-screen logo used, starting in 1970, when Steve Ross acquired Warner Bros in 1969. The company was later renamed Warner Communications.
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1970 – WOODSTOCK
Image Credit: Everett Collection US poster art for Woodstock. The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary.
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1970 – PERFORMANCE
Image Credit: Everett Collection Anita Pallenberg, Michele Breton and Mick Jagger in a scene from Performance.
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1971 – ON THE SET OF “THX 1138”
Image Credit: everett Collection Director and screenwriter George Lucas and Robert Duvall on the set of THX 1138
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1971 – KLUTE
Image Credit: Warner Bros./Courtesy of Getty Images Poster for the film, Klute, directed by Alan J. Pakula and starring Donald Sutherland and Jane Fonda.
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1971 – A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
Image Credit: Everett Collection Warren Clarke, Malcolm McDowell and James Marcus in a scene from A Clockwork Orange.
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1971 – DIRTY HARRY
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Clint Eastwood as Harry.
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1972 – WARNER BROS. LOGO
Image Credit: WBD Warner Communications Logo 1972.
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1972 – WHAT’S UP, DOC
Image Credit: Warner Bros./Getty Images Barbra Streisand frolics with co-star Ryan O’Neal during the filming of the Warner Brothers’ comedy What’s Up, Doc?
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1972 – SUPER FLY
Image Credit: Everett Collection Ron O’Neal in Super fly.
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1973 – ON THE SET OF “ENTER THE DRAGON”
Image Credit: Stanley Bielecki Movie Collection/Getty Images Actor Bruce Lee with producer Fred Weintraub, on the set of the movie Enter the Dragon.
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1973 – ENTER THE DRAGON
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Bruce Lee in a scene from Enter The Dragon.
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1973 – CLEOPATRA JONES
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Getty Images Tamara Dobson in a publicity portrait from the film Cleopatra Jones.
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1973 – ON THE SET OF “THE EXORCIST”
Image Credit: Warner Bros./ Courtesy: Everett Collection Writer and Producer William Peter Blatty (ctr) discusses a scene with Jason Miller and Ellen Burstyn.
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1973 – THE EXORCIST
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Linda Blair as Regan, Max Von Sydow as Father Merrin, Jason Miller as Father Damien Karras.
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1974 – BLAZING SADDLES
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, David Huddleston, John Hillerman, Liam Dunn, Claude Ennis Starrett Jr., Madeline Kahn, George Furth, Richard Collier, Alex Karras, and Charles McGregor.
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1975 – 1979 WONDER WOMAN
Image Credit: Getty Images Lynda Carter in the TV series, Wonder Woman.
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1975 – DOG DAY AFTERNOON
Image Credit: Everett Collection Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon.
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1975-1979 – WELCOME BACK KOTTER
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 John Travolta as Vincent “Vinnie” Barbarino, Ron Palillo as Arnold Dingfelder Horshak, Robert Hegyes as Juan Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos Epstein, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as Freddy “Boom Boom” Washington and Gabe Kaplan as Gabe Kotter.
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1976 – ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Dustin Hoffman as Carl Bernstein, Robert Redford as Bob Woodward, Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee, Jack Warden as Harry Rosenfeld, and Martin Balsom as Howard Simons.
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1976 – A STAR IS BORN
Image Credit: Everett Collection/Warner bros. Kris Kristofferson and Barbra Streisand in A Star is Born.
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1977 – ROOTS
Image Credit: Warner Bros Television/Courtesy Everett Collection Roots is an American television miniseries based on Alex Haley’s 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family.
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1977 – ROOTS
Image Credit: Warner Bros Television/Courtesy Everett Collection Leslie Uggams and Richard Roundtree in the Tv miniseries Roots.
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1977 – OH, GOD!
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Getty Images John Denver giving directions to ‘cab driver’ George Burns in a scene from the film Oh, God!.
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1978 – HOOPER
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Everett Collection Sally Field and Burt Reynolds in Hooper.
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1978 – SUPERMAN
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Christopher Reeve as Superman, Margot Kidder as Lois Lane.
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1979 – STEVE MARTIN
Image Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Steve Martin poses for a Warner Bros publicity portrait.
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1979 – 10
Image Credit: Everett Collection Bo Derek in the film 10.
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1979 – 10
Image Credit: Everett Collection Dudley Moore in the poster for the film 10.
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1980s – 2019 – WARNER BROS. LOGO
Image Credit: WBD WB logo from the mid-80s through 2019.
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CIRCA 1980 – WARNER BROS STUDIOS
Image Credit: Bertrand LAFORET/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Entrance to the Warner Bros, Studios.
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1980 – ON THE SET OF “THE SHINING”
Image Credit: Murray Close/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images Jack Nicholson and director Stanley Kubrick on the set of Kubrick’s film, The Shining.
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1980 – THE SHINING
Image Credit: Warner Bros/ Everett Collection Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall poster for The Shining.
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1980 – THE SHINING
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Getty Images Jack Nicholson with bartender Joe Turkel in lobby card for the film The Shining.
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1980 – PRIVATE BENJAMIN
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Getty Images Goldie Hawn in a scene from the film Private Benjamin.
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1981 – LOONEY, LOONEY, LOONEY BUGS BUNNY MOVIE
Image Credit: Everett Collection Bugs Bunny
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1981 – BODY HEAT
Image Credit: Warner Bros/Everett Collection. Kathleen Turner portrait for the film Body Heat.
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1981 – CHARIOTS OF FIRE
Image Credit: Everett Collection Ian Charleson in Chariots Of Fire. The film went on to the win four Academt Awards, including Best Picture.
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1982 – BLADE RUNNER
Image Credit: Warner Brothers / Everett Collection Harrison Ford and Sean Young in Blade Runner.
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1983 – THE OUTSIDERS
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Everett Collection Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Emilio Estevez, Patrick Swayze.
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1983 – NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VACATION
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Anthony Michael Hall as Rusty Griswold, Beverly D’Angelo as Ellen Griswold, Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold, Dana Barron as Audrey Griswold, and Imogene Coca as Aunt Edna.
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1983 – RISKY BUSINESS
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett Collection Tom Cruise portrait from the film Risky Business.
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1984 – GREMLINS
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Phoebe Cates in a scene from The Gremlins.
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1984 – THE NEVERENDING STORY
Image Credit: Warner Bros/ Courtesy Everett Collection Noah Hathaway & Falkor (voice: Alan Oppenheimer)
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1985 – THE GOONIES
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett Collection Corey Feldman, Sean Astin, Jeff Cohen, Ke Huy Quan (Jonathan Ke Quan), Kerri Green, Josh Brolin, poster for The Goonies.
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1985 – THE GOONIES
Image Credit: Warner Bros. / Everett Collection Ke Huy Quan (aka Jonathan Ke Quan) portrait for The Goonies.
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1985 – THE GOONIES
Image Credit: Warner Bros. / courtesy Everett Collection Kerri Green, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, Sean Astin, Ke Huy Quan (aka Jonathan Ke Quan), Jeff Cohen, Martha Plimpton.
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1985 – THE COLOR PURPLE
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Akosua Busia and Desreta Jackson in a scene from The Color Purple.
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1986 – LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS,
Image Credit: Warner Bros./courtesy Everett Collection Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Steve Martin, Vincent Gardenia, Michelle Weeks, Tisha Campbell, Tichina Arnold, poster for Little Shop of Horrors.
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1987 – LETHAL WEAPON
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Danny Glover and Mel Gibson in a scene from Lethal Weapon.
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1987 – THE WITCHES OF WASTWICK
Image Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images Cher, Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer and Susan Sarandon pose for the Warner Bros movie The Witches of Eastwick.
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1987 – FULL METAL JACKET
Image Credit: Warner Brothers / courtesy Everett Collection R. Lee Ermey in a still from Full Metal Jacket.
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1987 – THE LOST BOYS
Image Credit: Warner Bros./courtesy Everett Collection Kiefer Sutherland on the poster art for The Lost Boys.
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1987 – WHO’S THAT GIRL?
Image Credit: Warner Bros/courtesy Everett Collection Madonna & Griffin Dunne.
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1988-1998 – MURPHY BROWN
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Robert Pastorelli as Edlin Bernecky, Charles Kimbrough as Jim Dial, Faith Ford as Corky Sherwood, Candice Bergen as Murphy Brown, Joe Regalbuto as Frank Fontana and Grant Shaud as Miles Silverberg. The show ran for 11 seasons and garnered 62 Emmy nominations and 18 wins, including five for Candice Bergen.
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1988 – BEETLEJUICE
Image Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection Geena Davis, Michael Keaton and Alec Baldwin key art for Beetlejuice.
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1989 – BATMAN
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Michael Keaton as Batman standing in front of television monitors showing Jack Nicholson as The Joker.
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1989 – BATMAN
Image Credit: Warner Bros. / Courtesy: Everett Collection Portrait of Jack Nicholson as “The Joker” in Batman.
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1990 – GOODFELLAS
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Catherine Scorsese as Tommy’s Mother and Robert De Niro in a scene from Goodfellas.
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1991 – JFK
Image Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection Poster for JFK starring Kevin Costner.
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1991 – STRICTLY BUSINESS
Image Credit: Warner Bros./ Courtesy: Everett Collection Portrait of Halle Berry in Strictly Business.
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1992 – UNFORGIVEN
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman in a scene from Unforgiven. The film won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
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1992 – THE BODYGUARD
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston in a scene from The Bodyguard.
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1992 – MALCOLM X
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Denzel Washington as Malcolm X, James McDaniel as Brother Earl and Angela Bassett as Betty Shabazz.
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1993 – THE FUGITIVE
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford in a scene from The Fugitive.
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1994-2004 – FRIENDS
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Jennifer Anniston as Rachel Green, Courteney Cox as Monica Geller, Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay, Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, David Schwimmer as Dr. Ross Geller.
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1994 – NATURAL BORN KILLERS
Image Credit: Warner Bros/Everett Collection Juliette Lewis and Woody Harrelson on the set of Natural Born Killers.
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1994 – INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Getty Images Kirsten Dunst, Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise in a scene from the film Interview With The Vampire.
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1994-2009 – ER
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Noah Wyle as John Carter, Sherry Stringfield as Susan Lewis, Anthony Edwards as Mark Greene, Julianna Margulies as Carol Hathaway, George Clooney as Doug Ross, Gloria Reuben as Jeanie Boulet and Eriq La Salle as Peter Benton.
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1995 – THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
Image Credit: Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection Clint Eastwood & Meryl Streep from the film, The Bridges of Madison County.
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1996 – SPACE JAM
Image Credit: Warner Bros/courtesy Everett Collection Tasmanian Devil, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety Pie, Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Michael Jordan and Daffy Duck on poster ar for the film Space Jam.
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1996 – ON THE SET OF MARS ATTACKS!
Image Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images Director Tim Burton on the set of his movie Mars Attacks!
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1996 – MARS ATTACKS!
Image Credit: Warner Bros./courtesy Everett Collection Mars Attacks! poster with Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, bottom from left: Lisa Marie, Sarah Jessica Parker.
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1997 – SELENA
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett Collection Jennifer Lopez in the film Selena.
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1997 – CONTACT
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett Collection Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey in a scene from Contact.
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1998 – ON SET OF “YOU’VE GOT MAIL”
Image Credit: Warner Bros./ Courtesy: Everett Collection Director Nora Ephron, on set.
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1998 – YOU’VE GOT MAIL
Image Credit: Warner Bros./ Courtesy: Everett Collection Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in a scene from You’ve Got Mail.
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1999 – THE MATRIX
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Keanu Reeves as Thomas A. Anderson/Neo and Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity. It was the first of the four films that have earned almost $2 billion globally.
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1999 – EYES WIDE SHUT
Image Credit: Warner Bros/Getty Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut.
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1999-2006 – THE WEST WING
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Richard Schiff, Allison Janney, Dule Hill, John Spencer, Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Janel Moloney and Bradley Whitford.
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2000 – WARNER BROS STUDIO
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Backlot of “New York Street,” as seen looking east.
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2000 – ON THE SET OF “THE PERFECT STORM”
Image Credit: Warner Bros./courtesy Everett Collection On set with blue screens for special effects of The Perfect Storm.
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2000 – THE PERFECT STORM
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett Collection William Fichtner, John C. Reilly, Mark Wahlberg, George Clooney, Allen Payne and John Hawkes in The Perfect Storm.
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2000 – BEST IN SHOW
Image Credit: Warner Bros./courtesy Everett Collection Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Lynch, Christopher Guest, Michael Hitchcock, Parker Posey, Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean and John Michael Higgins.
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2000-2007 – GILMORE GIRLS
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Girlmore Girls
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2001 – HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Emma Watson as Hermione Granger, Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley and Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter.
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2001-2011 – SMALLVILLE
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Smallville
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2002-ONGOING – THE BACHELOR
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 The Bachelor
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2003-2007 – THE O.C.
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 The O.C.
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2003-2015 – TWO AND A HALF MEN
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Two and a Half Men
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2004 – TROY
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Brad Pitt as Achilles.
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2004 – MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman in a scene from Million Dollar Baby. The film won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
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2005-2020 – SUPERNATURAL
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Supernatural
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2006 – PAN’S LABYRINTH, (aka EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO)
Image Credit: Warner Bros/courtesy Everett Collection Doug Jones and Ivana Baquero in Pan’s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro.
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2006 – THE DEPARTED
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson in a scene from The Departed. The film won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
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2007-2012 – GOSSIP GIRL
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 The cast of Gossip Girl.
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2007-2019 – THE BIG BANG THEORY
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 The Big Bang Theory
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2008 – SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Image Credit: Warner Bros/Everett Collection Dev Patel and Freida Pinto in a scene from Slumdog Millionaire.
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2008 – THE DARK KNIGHT
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Heath Ledger as Joker and Christian Bale as Batman. Ledger posthumously won an Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor.
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2009 – THE HANGOVER
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis and Bradley Cooper in a scene from The Hangover.
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2010-2017 – PRETTY LITTLE LIARS
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 The cast of Pretty Little Liars.
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2010 – INCEPTION
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Dileep Rao, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Leavitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Elliot Page and Ken Watanabe in a scene from Inception. The film went on to win four Academy Awards.
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2011-ONGOING – THE VOICE
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 The Voice.
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2011-2021 – SHAMELESS
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 The cast of Shameless.
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2012 – ARGO
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 John Goodman, Alan Arkin and Ben Affleck in a scene from Argo.
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2012-2020 – ARROW
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Arrow
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2013 – GRAVITY
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Sandra Bullock in a scene from Gravity. The film won seven Academy Awards, including Best Director, for Alfonso Cuarón.
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2014 – AMERICAN SNIPER
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Bradley Cooper in a scene from American Sniper.
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2014 – INTERSTELLAR
Image Credit: Melinda Sue Gordon//courtesy Everett Collection Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway in Interstellar.
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2015-2021 – SUPERGIRL
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Supergirl
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2015 – MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Production shot of a scene from the film Mad Max: Fury Road.
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2016-2022 – QUEEN SUGAR
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Queen Sugar
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2017 – WARNER BROS STUDIO
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Midwest Street
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2017 – WONDER WOMAN
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Gal Godot in a scene from Wonder Woman, directed by Patty Jenkins.
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2017-ONGOING – YOUNG SHELDON
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Young Sheldon
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2017 – DUNKIRK
Image Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection James D’Arcy and Kenneth Branagh in a scene from Dunkirk, directed by Christopher Nolan.
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2018 – CRAZY RICH ASIANS
Image Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection Michelle Yeoh, Janice Koh, Amy Cheng, Selena Tan, Lisa Lu and Gemma Chan in a scene from Crazy Rich Asians.
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2018 – A STAR IS BORN
Image Credit: Warner Bros./courtesy Everett Collection Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga in a scene from A Star is Born.
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2019 – WATCHMEN
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Watchmen
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2019 – JOKER
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Joaquin Phoenix in a scene from Joker, directed by Todd Phillips. The film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won two: Best Original Score and Best Actor for Phoenix.
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2020 – TED LASSO
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Jason Sudeikis
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2020 – TENET
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 John David Washington in a scene from Tenet, directed by Christopher Nolan.
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2021 – ABBOTT ELEMENTARY
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 The cast of Abbott Elementary.
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2021 – JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
Image Credit: Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection Darrell Britt-Gibson, Daniel Kaluuya and Ashton Sanders in a scene from Judas and the Messiah.
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2021 – DUNE
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet in a scene from Dune.
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2022 – THE BATMAN
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Zoë Kravitz and Robert Pattinson in a scene from The Batman.
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2022 – WARNER BROS STUDIO
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Water tower after completion of Warner Bros. Discovery logo; June 2022.
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2022 – WARNER BROS STUDIO
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Stage 16 with newly installed Warner Bros. Discovery logo; July 2022.
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2022 – ELVIS
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Austin Butler in a scene from Elvis, directed by Baz Luhrmann.
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2023 – SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS
Image Credit: Warner Bros. 2023 Ross Butler as Super Hero Eugene, Adam Brody as Super Hero Freddy, Grace Caroline Currey as Super Hero Mary, Zachary Levi as Shazam, Meagan Good as Super Hero Darla and D.J. Cotrona as Super Hero Pedro.
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2023 – BARBIE
Image Credit: Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros Margot Robbie as Barbie.
