The History of the Twentieth Century
Warner Brothers was one of the minor studios until they introduced the first talking picture, which made the studio into one of the majors. In the Thirties, Warner Brothers, led by the irascible Jack L. Warner, was known for its glitzy musicals and crime dramas. In the early Forties, the studio released two films that are now regarded as among the best American films ever made: The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca.
info_outline 393 Everything Is Going to Be FineThe History of the Twentieth Century
The Japanese claimed to be liberating their fellow Asians from Western oppression, but Japanese rule proved to be brutal and murderous.
info_outline 392 Warsaw and KatynThe History of the Twentieth Century
In early 1943, the remaining residents of the Warsaw Ghetto rose up against the SS. Farther east, the German Army uncovers the mass grave where the Soviet NKVD buried thousands of murdered Polish Army officers.
info_outline 391 The Manhattan ProjectThe History of the Twentieth Century
After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the American atom bomb project kicked into high gear. Fearful that the Germans were already working on a bomb and had a head start, the US government built a huge program meant to approach the problem of building an atom bomb from several different angles all at once.
info_outline 390 Benito è finitoThe History of the Twentieth Century
The Allies invade Sicily, which leads to the fall of Benito Mussolini.
info_outline 389 On the DefensiveThe History of the Twentieth Century
Hitler himself said that he had "never been a man of the defensive," but in the aftermath of Stalingrad, he had no choice.
info_outline 388 Woman of the YearThe History of the Twentieth Century
RKO Radio Pictures had a reputation for producing second-rate films. Even so, this was the studio that signed Fred Astaire and Katharine Hepburn; it was the studio that released King Kong and Citizen Kane.
info_outline 387 Hooray for HollywoodThe History of the Twentieth Century
The first in a series looking at the American film industry in the 1930s and 1940s, the heyday of the "studio system."
info_outline 386 Do Or DieThe History of the Twentieth Century
The fall of Burma to the Japanese put India on the front lines of the war, posing hard questions for the Indian nationalist movement.
info_outline 385 The Thingamabob That's Going to Win the WarThe History of the Twentieth Century
The BBC struggles to determine its role in wartime Britain.
info_outlineThe fall of Burma to the Japanese put India on the front lines of the war, posing hard questions for the Indian nationalist movement.