This was not the case in the early days of film, however.
Instead, the studios either owned or worked in close collaboration with movie theatres, the vast majority of which had only one screen at the time. Instead of being able to choose which movie one wanted to see upon arriving at the theatre, choosing a movie meant choosing which studio's latest picture seemed most appealing, and going to that theatre. The Warner brothers did not have a lot of money to build theatres with; they managed to construct a few in major cities, but that was it until Harry Warner talked to independent theatre owners and convinced them to advertise Warner's films for a small price (BOS 2).
The boost that Warner Brothers Studios got from these advertisements allowed them to grow their business, and even obtain a large loan from Goldman Sachs that was used to build more studio-owned theatres and thus increase Warner Brother's distribution network and market share (BOS 2-3). They were now competing on almost even terms with the "Big Five" production studios -- Universal, Paramount, MGM, First National, and Producers Distributing -- but these other studios had a large head start. The innovation of adding sound to films promised another leg up for the studio, which with more to gain than the established studios also had less to lose. The productions and release of The Jazz Singer in 1927 heralded the birth of a new era in film, and one that irrevocably and radically altered the very conception of cinema itself (Warner Bros par. 4).
Though I set out to learn about how Warner Brothers Studios and Warner entertainment, Inc. became so successful through their films, the more research I conducted the more I realized, somewhat dishearteningly, how little the actual quality of the films mattered, and how essential the business aspects of the enterprise were and are. This importance is highly visible today, as the company even proudly acknowledges its innovations in marketing and licensing, and the ability to derive profits from products based on its movies and other holdings (Warner Bros. par. 5). It is also highly visible in the company's history; though the Rin Tin series and The Jazz Singer can be singled out as essential films and...
Despite the fact that there has been visible progress in the classification and documentation of different interrogation techniques, there is very little information about the manner in which police officers are trained and equipped with interrogation techniques and how often they apply various techniques (Cleary, H. M. D., & Warner, 2016). Little is also known about how the police officers employ the techniques with juveniles and with adults. This research
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