Warner Bros. Pictures Logo History

Warner Bros. Pictures' origins trace back to 1918, when brothers Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack Warner established a studio on Sunset Boulevard. Sam and Jack would handle the production of the films, while Harry and Albert were in charge of distribution. The studio was incorporated as Warner Bros' Pictures Incorporated on April 4, 1923, making it the third oldest American movie studio in continuous operation, after Paramount Pictures (founded on May 8, 1912 as Famous Players Film Corporation) and Universal Pictures (founded on April 30, 1912). It is one of the "Big Five" studios, alongside Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures), Universal Pictures, and the Walt Disney Studios.
After remaining independent for its first 45 years in operation, Warner Bros. was subject to numerous acquisitions over the decades. First, the studio merged with Seven Arts Productions to become Warner Bros.-Seven Arts in 1967. Two years later, the studio was purchased by Kinney National Co., which was later reincorporated as Warner Communications in 1972, when it spun off its non-entertainment assets due to a financial scandal over its parking operations. In 1989, Warner Bros. became a subsidiary of Time Warner, a merger between Warner Communications and Time, Inc. In 1992, Time Warner formed Time Warner Entertainment by merging all of its entertainment operations for the first time. In 2001, internet giant AOL merged with Time Warner to become AOL Time Warner, but its name was reverted back to Time Warner two years later due to lawsuits and losing $99 billion from the collapse of the dot-com bubble. AOL officially split from Time Warner in 2009. In 2018, after numerous legal hurdles, telecommunications company AT&T acquired Time Warner, which was later renamed WarnerMedia in 2018. The status of the acquisition was settled in February 2019, when it was upheld on appeal and the Justice Department declined to pursue their case against the acquisition any further.
In May 2021, AT&T announced that it would spin-off its media properties to Discovery, Inc., creating the combined company Warner Bros. Discovery. Today, with the exceptions of some films WB merely distributed, such as Sayonara (currently owned by the estate of Samuel Goldwyn), Moby Dick (currently owned by MGM), Rope (currently owned by Universal), and Hondo (owned by Batjac Productions with distribution exclusively handled by Paramount), the pre-1950 catalog is held by Warner subsidiary Turner Entertainment Co.

[@peterglass8657]

AOL’s takeover of Time Warner killed both the Warner Bros. Studio Store and World Championship Wrestling. I miss the Time Warner Entertainment era. Time Warner should have said no to AOL.

[@JontyMaster]

Brilliant logo history of Warner Bros! It's interesting to know that one of their older idents was used for an A-ha music video. Love that band!

[@JontyMaster]

29:54 YES!!! STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN! One of my favorite songs ever. A huge rock classic.

[@themediacenterstudiosfan2021.]

29:55 What! This is sound like Led Zeppelin to me!

[@ClaudioPerez-jd2ej]

All India Logos (With Voiceover). 11:40 Appearence of The 1947-1953 Red Shield. 12:08 Old Version of The 1985 WHV Logo. 13:00 First of 1948. 13:29 Ending of 3. 14:28 Ending of 2nd 1 and 2nd 2. 15:11 1948-1971 Logo Compilation (Part 1: 1948-1955) 18:28 1948-1971 Logo Compilation (Part 2: 1956-1963) 18:58 1948-1971 Logo Compilation (Part 3: 1969-1971) 20:30 1972 7A Logo Compilation. 21:18 1972-1973 KN Logo Compilation. 24:41 1973; 1975 Logo History. 25:20 1974-1997 "Big W" Logo Compilation (Part 1: 1974-1981) 25:50 1974-1997 Big W Logo Compilation (Part 2: 1975, 1982-1989, 1991, 1994) 28:23 1974-1997 Big W Logo Compilation (Part 3: 1988, 1990-1997) 34:12 1986-2002 Logo Comp. (Part 1: Unknown Dates) 35:03 1986-2002 Logo Comp. (Part 2: 1980s) 36:37 1986-2002 Logo Comp. (Part 3: 1990s) 38:19 1986-2002 Logo Comp. (Part 4: 2000s) 38:53 3D Shield Logo Compilation (1998-2022) (Part 1: 1998; HAPPY ANNIVERSARY WARNER BROS.!) 42:05 3D Shield Logo Compilation (1998-2022) (Part 2: 1999) 42:32 3D Shield 2000s Logos Compilation (Full Compilation) 44:41 Every 3D Shield 'til 2022 (Part 1: Early 2010s) 46:34 Every 3D Shield 'till 2022 (Part 2: 2015-2022) 49:31 Warner.exe (2020-2021) 50:00 The Blue Shield (2021-present) 51:56 Right Time Releasing Hindi Logo (2023-present)

[@AlesterMyersWick]

come to think of it, every harry potter films starting every WB variants from the skies to the darkness.

[@themasterofcommentsandrese4351]

100 years celebrating every story.

[@Katana567]

Yes

[@YulibluesTheReal]

14:07 hey wait for me

[@user-ic8jj4qw6o]

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Logo History pls

[@blakewordlow7632]

42:17 I Seen The 12th Logo From Superman Returns, The Lego Movie, Looney Tunes: Back In Action and Happy Feet!

[@macbooksinmotion]

The 1968 logo looks surprisingly modern!

[@darren2514fv]

In fact the 1947-67 skyline logo would return in 1984 and is still used today even with the current logo

[@tyjhee]

Great video

[@zkn26]

you have motivated for me to making Columbia Pictures Logo History!

[@YulibluesTheReal]

28:14 Piano

[@GabrielsWorld2.0]

51:56 im so happy they brought back there old warner bros logo with the bar that says warner bros pictures 😁

[@milesthepeacefulinkling286]

You mean the banner?

[@GabrielsWorld2.0]

@@milesthepeacefulinkling286 well yeah but I call it the bar

[@manuellobatohumanes3834]

Good, CP1973 Productions! Tomorrow: Logos from 1972 and Logos from 1973.

[@YulibluesTheReal]

4:28 Yankee doodles

[@toadstoolthepeach9477]

Here is New Line Cinema Logo History

[@ifeanyi190]

Hey cool, Conner. 👍

[@diegocaballeroipina2907]

Yo pensé que el logo del 2021 iba a continuar pero se la rifaron con el último (51:55) Sorry, Im mexican

[@joshuamountz6891]

You forgot about the Looney tunes/Merrie melodies

[@logobox8947]

Hey bro, has anyone been able to save some of your past videos yet?

[@user-lr2cs6hg5o]

"I love the movies" -Keanu Reeves

[@DanielLave25280]

Awesome Job

[@user-wc7ld1gl9o]

can you do logo history of IMAX?

[@KamilVideoedition-ig3hp]

I love logo histories cp1973

[@SJAAKYT]

they changed the WB logo quickkk hahaha

[@1991sth]

You know regardless of the current state Warner Bros. is in right now, the logos are still cool although Warner Bros.-Seven Arts and the Kinney logo just have a different vibe from the others

[@tracymurray6840]

The Kinney logo was not bad, but the Warner Brothers - Seven Arts logo could have used a little more work.

[@jacobwiggle3681]

33rd! Yeah, that's right! (I'M not a logo kid by the way)

[@HavynTheVoreCartoonLogoGirl]

Pretty cool if you asked me!

[@erzaender]

at 36:46 what movie is from?

[@CP1973_Productions]

That Night (1992)

[@Katana567]

They all were polish

[@Katana567]

And they are protecting me

[@toadstoolthepeach9477]

And is village roadshow pictures logo history

[@chrisutley2859]

NGL…I prefer the Blue Shield over the current shield (which is nothing more than a glossy update of the 75th anniversary Golden Shield).

[@ChaseMC215]

The logos are great (minus the current one, it looks cheap), but the company sure as hell isn't. I'm not going to be satisfied until that cartoon nazi is fired from the CEO position and charged with tax fraud and tax evasion for what he did to Coyote v ACME.

[@hayleywaalen2612]

Looks like Warner Bros is 100

[@googlechrom3297]

second.........jk lol im not gonna be that guy

[@RicardoFitch-gc7co]

6:23

[@khanage360]

38:54

[@buddytenney7121]

What's 37:18 from?

[@HavynTheVoreCartoonLogoGirl]

Pretty cool if you asked me!

[@HavynTheVoreCartoonLogoGirl]

Pretty cool if you asked me!