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American Masters “You Must Remember This—The Warner Bros. Story”
 Their only bankable movie star was the four-legged hero Rin
Tin Tin. But in April 1923, four visionary brothers from
Youngstown, Ohio, officially incorporated their new motion
picture company. By the end of the decade, Warner Bros. hit
it big with the sound of The Jazz Singer, the gangster
personas of Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney, the
kaleidoscopic escapism of Busby Berkeley, and their lurid
melodramas of taboo and defiance. Their legendary films
became a microcosm of America’s cultural and social history,
mirroring—often challenging—the values and attitudes of the
period in which they were produced.
 “You
Must Remember This—The Warner Brothers Story,” a
five-hour series from American Masters, chronicles the
legacy of Warner Bros. and—with limitless access to movie
clips and rare archival interviews—examines the history of
20th-century America on the big screen.
Directed by the award winning filmmaker and film critic
Richard Schickel and narrated by Clint Eastwood, the series
will be featured Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 23 and 24 from
8-10 p.m. and Thursday, Sept. 25 from 9-10 p.m.
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Featuring dramas set in modern times, the
new
Then “God on Trial”
follows on Sunday, Nov. 9 from 8-9:30 p.m. Faced with the
terrors of Auschwitz, a group of prisoners puts God on trial
for abandoning His chosen people. Antony Sher and Rupert
Graves star in this harrowing drama about believers and
non-believers coming to terms with unprecedented evil.