Charles Dudley Warner (Noun)
Meaning
United States filmmaker who with his brothers founded the movie studio that produced the first talking picture (1881-1958).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Charles Dudley Warner is often mistakenly attributed as the actual founder of the Warner Bros. film studio.
- However, this is referring to the American writer Charles Dudley Warner.
- Charles Dudley Warner was an American writer and essayist who is not associated with the film industry.
- The founder of Warner Bros. was actually four brothers who included Harry, Albert, Samuel, and Jack, not Charles Dudley Warner.
- Charles Dudley Warner had nothing to do with the creation of the first talking picture.