The most successful animated film upon its initial release, it still ranks as one of the Disney studio's best loved films.

The studio's initial successes began to turn as the 1930s continued.

Despite these initial problems, Buddy would go on to be the studio's linchpin character for the next two years.

The studio's initial attempt to become involved in film production was the 1956 film Forever, Darling, Arnaz and Ball's follow-up to their highly successful The Long, Long Trailer ( 1954 ), but it failed at the box office.

The studio focused on making ' quota quickies ' for the domestic British market and Irving Asher was appointed as the studio's head producer.

The studio's head of production, Merian C. Cooper, had recommended the cancellation of O ' Brien's project as he thought the story was boring but he was impressed by the effects work and saw how it could be used to facilitate the development of his own pet project about a giant gorilla battling Komodo dragons.

Joe Wizan, the studio's head of production, rejected it with the statement that Fox didn't make " rural movies ".

As he perfected his animation style, he began to take on more jobs, including creating design tests for the studio's head director, Gene Deitch.

The head of the studio's editing department called Jones to say that a representative was coming to take the film.

Pascal retained her position as president of the newly united Columbia Pictures, while Lee became the combined studio's head of production.

One of the studio's television specials was 1973's The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas, with Tommy Smothers voicing the little bruin who goes out to find Christmas ( in the human world ), while his fellow bears head for hibernation.

By the end of 1941, the brothers were no longer able to cooperate with each other, and the studio's co-owner Dave Fleischer had left Florida for California, where he would eventually become the new head of Columbia Pictures ' Screen Gems studio.

" Bakshi pitched Cool World to Paramount Pictures ( where Bakshi had worked as the final head of the studio's animation division ) as an animated horror film.

As a result of the film's success, director Harry Rapf was appointed the studio's new head producer.

Lewin was appointed head of the studio's script department and by the late 20s was Irving Thalberg's personal assistant and closest associate.

The studio rebounded in 1921 with the success of the studio's film Why Girls Leave Home ; The film's director, Harry Rapf, became the studio's new head producer.

In 1924, after Rapf departed the studio to accept an offer at MGM, Ernst Lubitsch, the successful director of The Marriage Circle, was also given the title of head producer ; Lubitsch would add additional success for the studio's profits.

In 1933, however, a blow would also occur as the studio's longtime head producer Darryl F. Zanuck would quit, because: ( 1 ) Harry was strongly against allowing his film Baby Face to step outside the Hays Code boundaries ; and 2 ) the studio reduced his salary as a result of the financial woes the studio temporarly faced from President Roosevelt's bank holiday, and Harry still refused to raise his salary in the wake of the New Deal's economic rebound.

Eventually he worked his way up to head of the studio's makeup department,

Crowther wrote The Lion's Share: The Story of an Entertainment Empire ( 1957 ), the first book documenting the history of MGM, as well as Hollywood Rajah: The Life and Times of Louis B. Mayer ( 1960 ), a biography of that studio's head.

* Carrie Preston as Sally Stone, a wild Guy Stone fanatic and the studio's head secretary

According to Coppola, the studio's objection stemmed from the belief that audiences would be reluctant to see a film with such a title, as the audience would supposedly believe that, having already seen The Godfather, there was little reason to see an addition to the original story.

The studio's founder, Walter Montague, was nonetheless impressed by Capra and offered him $ 75 to direct a one-reel silent film.

Most of the studio's better movie scripts went to these men, and Bogart had to take what was left.

Tarzan author, Edgar Rice Burroughs, was pleased with Weissmuller, although he so hated the studio's depiction of a Tarzan who barely spoke English that he created his own concurrent Tarzan series filmed on location in Central American jungles and starring Herman Brix as a suitably articulate version of the character.

In April 1937, he signed a long-term contract with Warner Bros., and the same year composed the famous fanfare which introduced pictures produced by the studio, although this is no longer in use ( curiously, this was never used for the studio's television productions ).

The studio's massive remaining backlot set, " New York Street ", features numerous blocks of facades that depict a number of New York locales: " Washington Square ", ( where The Heiress, starring Olivia de Havilland, was shot ) " Harlem ", " Financial District ", and others.

Lubitsch's film The Marriage Circle was the studio's most successful film of 1924, and was on The New York Times best list for the year.

After a long period of denying Sam's request for sound, Harry agreed to accept Sam's demands, as long as the studio's use of synchronized sound was for background music purposes only.

In July 1930, the studio's banker, Motley Flint, was murdered by a disgruntled investor in another company.

The studio's first gangster film, Little Caesar, was a great box office success and Edward G. Robinson was a star in many of the subsequent wave of Warner gangster films.

The studio's next gangster film, The Public Enemy, made James Cagney arguably the studio's new top star, and Warner Bros. was now convinced to make more gangster films.

In addition to Cagney and Robinson, Muni was also given a big push as one the studio's top gangster stars after appearing in the successful film, which got audiences to question the legal system in the United States.

In 1936, Bette Davis, by now arguably the studio's top star, was unhappy with the roles Warner was giving her.

However, in the late 1930s, Bette Davis became the studio's top draw and was even dubbed as " The Fifth Warner Brother.

Following Raft's departure, the studio gave Bogart the role of Roy Earl in the 1941 film High Sierra, which helped establish him as one of the studio's top stars ; following High Sierra, Bogart was also given a role in John Huston's successful 1941 remake of the studio's 1931 failure, The Maltese Falcon.

Eventually, in honor of the studio's contributions to the war cause, the United States Government named a Liberty ship after the brothers ' father, Benjamin Warner, and Harry Warner was given the honor of christening the ship.

In 1948, Bette Davis, still the studio's top actress and now fed up with Jack Warner, was a big problem for Harry after she and a number of her colleagues left the studio after completing the film Beyond the Forest.

In 1949, the studio's net profit was only $ 10 million.

By the end of 1953, the studio's net profit was $ 2. 9 million and ranged between $ 2 and $ 4 million for the next two years.

Longtime producer for the studio, Hal B. Wallis, took over as the studio's executive producer.

Following Zanuck's resignation, studio director Hal B. Wallis took his place as the studio's executive producer, and Harry-who, along with his brother Jack, was a notable " penny-pincher "- finally agreed to bring salaries back up to government expectations once again.