394 The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of
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.
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393 Everything Is Going to Be Fine
The 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.
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392 Warsaw and Katyn
The 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.
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391 The Manhattan Project
The 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.
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390 Benito è finito
The History of the Twentieth Century
The Allies invade Sicily, which leads to the fall of Benito Mussolini.
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389 On the Defensive
The 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.
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388 Woman of the Year
The 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.
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387 Hooray for Hollywood
The 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."
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386 Do Or Die
The 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.
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385 The Thingamabob That's Going to Win the War
The History of the Twentieth Century
The BBC struggles to determine its role in wartime Britain.
info_outlineWarner 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.