Warner Brothers, name normally pertains to Warner Bros., which is an American motion-picture production company, and was the first to use series of synchronized sound in a silent feature film. Four American brothers namely Harry Morris Warner, Albert Warner, Samuel Lewis Warner, and Jack Leonard Warner were the founders. (Warner Brothers: Encyclopedia Article from Encarta) Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack turned jointly to any commercial activities that came their way till they got into the nickelodeon business. Currently Jack is the only brother who is still regularly recognized with Warner's in its halcyon days. However the studio would have never attained the big position without Harry and Sam's unusual and paired talents. They did it by risking on a new technology: synchronized sound for motion pictures. Harry's cautious but enthused business management made the company in a position to benefit from Sam's big idea. (The Warner Sound: Film Scores Par Excellence) The brothers emerged from initial stages to tremendous richness and the growth of the Warner Brothers to a huge enterprise influenced the formation of the entertainment ideology of the people of the country. (Sperling, 3).

             The three elder brothers were born in Poland and the youngest was born in Ontario in Canada. The Warner brothers depict their ancestry to Benjamin Warner who fled from Russia and came to America in the late 1800's. Warner's opened nickelodeon which was an early movie theatre in Newcastle, Pennsylvania by the year 1903. They started producing films in New York by 1912. In 1918, they started their own studio in Hollywood, California and after five years they established Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. The father of these 4 Warner brothers maintained that by should work collectively to progress and to flourish. They were united for many years, till the death of Sam and eventually by a wicked treachery. (Sperling, 3).

             Now let us understand the contribution of the Warner brothers to Sound technology.