WARNER BROS: THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN MOVIE STUDIO

book DAVID THOMSON | Yale

An entry in Yale University Press’ ‘Jewish Lives’ project, Thomson’s book is much more about randy studio head Jack Warner than about his more respectable siblings Harry, Albert and Sam; and as much about Cagney, Bogart, Bette Davis and the other WB stars as it is about Jack. But it’s told with all Thomson’s style and brio, and it paints an irresistible portrait of the studio during its glory days. Philip Kemp