Did the Warner (or another Warner Brothers theater) suffer a fire in 1939— in very late April or maybe May? Three different film historians claim that some German-Americans in Milwaukee protested the screening of Warner Brothers' “Confessions of a Nazi Spy” (starring Edward G. Robinson) by burning down `the' Warner Brothers theater in Milwaukee, although Cinema Treasures lists 7 Warner theaters in Milwaukee. These claims, made in three different articles and books, are limited to one sentence each. No primary sources are cited. Appreciate any facts (or theories) any of you might have. I’m not in Milwaukee, but if anyone there is curious and has access to a local library, here’s an article that might have some info: “Milwaukee’s German-American Community and the Nazi Challenge of the 1930’s.” by Dieter Berninger in Wisconsin Magazine of History, 71:2(1987-88): pages 118-142.
Thanks, Bill S
Did the Warner (or another Warner Brothers theater) suffer a fire in 1939— in very late April or maybe May? Three different film historians claim that some German-Americans in Milwaukee protested the screening of Warner Brothers' “Confessions of a Nazi Spy” (starring Edward G. Robinson) by burning down `the' Warner Brothers theater in Milwaukee, although Cinema Treasures lists 7 Warner theaters in Milwaukee. These claims, made in three different articles and books, are limited to one sentence each. No primary sources are cited. Appreciate any facts (or theories) any of you might have. I’m not in Milwaukee, but if anyone there is curious and has access to a local library, here’s an article that might have some info: “Milwaukee’s German-American Community and the Nazi Challenge of the 1930’s.” by Dieter Berninger in Wisconsin Magazine of History, 71:2(1987-88): pages 118-142.
Thanks, Bill S