![]() One subset of such films, the scientific biopic, illustrates clearly the philosophical divide between the two studios and their approach to these films. MGM liked biopics for the opportunity to craft star-heavy, period-costumed dramas that were also the kind of prestige productions that drew critical plaudits Warners liked them because, being “true”, they allowed for some stringent social criticism under the acceptable guise of historical fact. The 1930s and 1940s were a rich period for the cinematic biopic, and also a time of a great war between two great studios, MGM and Warner Bros., for championship in this area of film-making. Screenplay: John Huston, Heinz Herald and Norman Burnstine Robinson, Otto Kruger, Ruth Gordon, Montagu Love, Sig Ruman, Donald Crisp, Albert Bassermann, Maria Ouspenskaya, Henry O’Neill, Hermine Sterler, Edward Norris, Wilfrid Hari, Charles Halton, Donald Meek, Louis Calhern
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