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...million; of a cerebral occlusion; in Los Angeles. Under Polish-born Harry Warner, the brothers pioneered talking pictures (Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer in 1927), acquired a stable of stars that included John Barrymore, Gary Cooper, Bette Davis, Leslie Howard, Paul Muni, Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, Rin-Tin-Tin. Two years ago, when Warner Brothers sold a third of its outstanding common stock to an Eastern syndicate, Harry yielded the presidency to his youngest brother, Jack, retired to raise thoroughbred race horses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 4, 1958 | 8/4/1958 | See Source »

FIRST ALUMINUM BEER CANS in U.S. will be marketed by Hawaii Brewing Corp. in the islands. Seamless cans are made by punching single aluminum slug, weigh 50% less than "tin" cans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Jul. 28, 1958 | 7/28/1958 | See Source »

...teaspoon, then-beer from a bottle! And the next thing you know, your son is playin' fer money in a pinchback suit. And list'nin' to some big out-a-town Jasper hearin' him tell about horse-race gamblin'. Not a wholesome trot tin' race. No! But a race where they set down right on the horse! Like to see some stuck-up Jockey-boy settin' on Dan Patch? . . . Trouble-oh, we've got Trouble, right here in River City. Trouble with a capital T and that rhymes with P and that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Pied Piper of Broadway | 7/21/1958 | See Source »

...Brooklyn type), "you'll see barefooted and barebacked kids whooping and hollering through the woods and kittens feeding off their mothers in the front room. You'll see cattle and hound dogs and the head of an alligator long since gone. Chickens and hogs and rusty tin cans and discarded tires. You'll see garbage strewn on the ground, flies abounding in the rooms, roaches on the wall and the windows and doors wide open for more to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pressagent's Delight | 7/21/1958 | See Source »

...Tin Star (Paramount). "Why was it not in color? We're getting took with these TV black-and-whites."-F.E.S., Eureka, Mont...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Melancholy Critics | 7/7/1958 | See Source »

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