| 1925/00/00 |
In late 1925, Sam Warner convinces his brothers at Warner Brothers Pictures to invest $1.25 million to design and build a theater to feature their new film sound synchronization technology, Vitaphone. |
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Warner Pacific Theatre |
Los Angeles |
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Invention of Talking Pictures |
| 1925/04/29 |
Warner Bros signs an agreement to purchase all the assets of the Vitagraph Company, including an extensive film library, production facilities and distribution network. |
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| 1925/12/16 |
"Lady Windermere's Fan" is released. |
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Lady Windermere's Fan (film) |
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American Lightning - The Birth Of Hollywood |
| 1927/10/00 |
California's first permanently installed movie sound system, the Vitaphone, is installed at The Alhambra just after the theater's opening. |
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Alhambra Theatre |
Sacramento |
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Invention of Talking Pictures |
| 1927/10/06 |
"The Jazz Singer", the first feature motion picture with a synchronized music score and singing, starring Al Jolson is released Warner Bros Pictures. |
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The Jazz Singer |
Executive Office Building, Old Warner Brothers Studio |
Los Angeles |
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Invention of Talking Pictures |
| 1927/10/06 |
"The Jazz Singer", the first feature motion picture with a synchronized music score and singing, starring Al Jolson is released Warner Bros Pictures. |
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The Jazz Singer |
Executive Office Building, Old Warner Brothers Studio |
Los Angeles |
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American Lightning - The Birth Of Hollywood |
| 1928/00/00 |
Warner Brothers buys The Stanley Company, a chain of about 250 movie theaters in the northeast Unites States, from Etta Mastbaum for $200 million (c $3 billion today). |
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American Lightning - The Birth Of Hollywood |
| 1928/12/10 |
Capitol Theatre opens as Rome's first sound movie theater with a newsreel, two Vitaphone shorts and the feature film "Lilac Time". |
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Capitol Theater |
Rome |
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| 1929/02/23 |
The Logan Theatre opens in the Barnes Hotel. About 9,000 guest attend the Vitaphone talking picture showings on Saturday and Sunday. |
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Barnes Building |
Logansport, IN |
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| 1933/06/28 |
At the Vitaphone studios (lost) in Brooklyn, Roscoe Arbuckle completes filming on the last of his six the 'two-reelers' for Warner Bros. |
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| 1933/10/07 |
"Wild Boys of the Road " is released. |
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Wild Boys of the Road |
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| 1935/12/28 |
"Captain Blood " is released. |
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Captain Blood (film) |
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| 1955/07/30 |
"Mister Roberts" premieres in the US |
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Mister Roberts |
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| 1956/03/13 |
"The Searchers" is released |
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The Searchers |
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| 1957/07/09 |
"The Rising of the Moon" opens at the Fifty-fifth Street Playhouse, 154 55th Street, New York, NY. |
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The Rising of the Moon |
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| 1960/00/00 |
"Sergeant Rutledge " is released. |
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Sergeant Rutledge (film) |
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| 1962/10/31 |
Starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" is released by Warner Bros Pictures. |
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (film) |
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| 1964/00/00 |
"Cheyenne Autumn " is released. |
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Cheyenne Autumn (film) |
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| 1980/12/25 |
"Altered States " is released. |
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Altered States |
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| 1985/08/09 |
"Pee" is released. |
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Pee-wee's Big Adventure |
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| 1989/06/23 |
"Batman " is released. |
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Batman |
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| 1992/06/19 |
"Batman Returns " is released. |
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Batman Returns (film) |
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| 1996/12/13 |
"Mars Attacks! " is released. |
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Mars Attacks! |
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| 1999/03/31 |
"The Matrix " is released. |
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The Matrix |
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| 2003/05/07 |
"The Matrix Reloaded " is released. |
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The Matrix Reloaded |
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| 2003/10/27 |
"The Matrix Revolutions " is released. |
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The Matrix Revolutions |
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| 2005/07/15 |
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory " is released. |
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film) |
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| 2005/09/23 |
"Tim Burton's Corpse Bride " is released. |
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Tim Burton's Corpse Bride |
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| 2012/05/11 |
"Dark Shadows " is released. |
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Dark Shadows |
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