Talk:Warner Bros.-Seven Arts

Warner-Seven Arts?

The books and articles I read talk about "Warner-Seven Arts", not "Warner Bros.-Seven Arts" eg. see: Warner Brothers Records Story. So I would change the link back to Warner-Seven Arts. warpozio 08:25, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I've always seen it as Warner Bros.-Seven Arts (at least on films), but Google shows about the same number of results for "Warner-Seven Arts" [1] and "Warner Bros.-Seven Arts" [2], so now I'm not sure which it is. Warner-Chappell Music's Web site says, "In the 1960s, Seven Arts acquired Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, Inc. ...," so maybe the company name was Warner Bros.-Seven Arts but the name on records was Warner-Seven Arts? Tregoweth 15:39, Sep 15, 2004 (UTC)

My copy of The Association - Greatest Hits lists it as Warner Bros-Seven Artists --Dewdude 00:30, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

I came to this article because of "Warner Bros.–Seven Arts" plus the W7 logo at the end of The Wild bunch (1969). The trailer for that movie has "Warner Bros. W7 Seven Arts" where "W7" is the logo. Under that is "© Copyright 1969 by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, Inc. All Rights Reserved". The "making of" and "outtakes" features show clapperboards with "W7 Warner Bros:Seven Arts Inc." stenciled on on bottom. Some clapperboards had a space instead of the colon between "Warner Bros" and "Seven Arts Inc. It's possible some of those colons are a dot or very short dash over the period at the end of "BROS." I never saw a clear close-up of one of the W7 clapperboards. The scenes were shot in 1968 meaning either the formatting of the name changed or they did not care about details such as a dash in the name for things that were never shown in a theater.

The DVD for The Wild bunch also has a trailer for The Ballad of Cable Hogue which has "© Copyright 1970 by Warner Bros. Inc. All Rights Reserved". --Marc Kupper|talk 03:35, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

I found a nice high quality logo where the company is listed as Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. Just forget that I asked.;) warpozio (talk) 14:27, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

Merger suggestion

About 2 years ago a merger suggestion was placed on this page. I think it can be removed by now. Any suggestions? warpozio (talk) 09:31, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

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Warner Bros-Seven Arts

Both Bonnie and Clyde and Cool Hand Luke went into production before the merger. Release prints had the Warner Bros logo sans Seven Arts even though they were both released after July 1967. Richrw (talk) 16:44, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Merger proposal

I think I would propose a merger of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts with Warner Bros. Pictures. Technically, the W7 era of WB is considered part of the studio's history and it’s not considered a separate company than the WB entity that existed until 2003 with the TWEC reorganization changing everything. VenezuelanSpongeBobFan2004 (talk) 01:18, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

• Comment I'd suggest moving some of the text to Early history of Warner Bros. Pictures instead. That article covers Warner Bros. as an independent studio, while Warner Bros. Pictures mostly covers the period when it was part of a larger media conglomerate. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 23:57, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

  Comment: Agree with this idea, it is a more better decision. VenezuelanSpongeBobFan2004 (talk) 16:36, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Oppose :I digress. Warner Bros. Seven Arts was a separate company created from the merger of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. and Seven Arts Production. The company didn't just see the Warner Brothers film studio, but it also saw the numerous other Warner Bros divisions along with record labels. TheFloridaTyper (talk) 10:10, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

Comment: But when Kinney National took over W7, it was rebranded to Warner Bros., Inc. which was considered the legal successor to the W7 entity from 69 to 2003. VenezuelanSpongeBobFan2004 (talk) 06:34, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

• Oppose per nomination. Achmad Rachmani (talk) 16:11, 6 January 2026 (UTC)
• Oppose it is a major but short stage between Warner Bros. and Warner Communications warpozio (talk) 13:46, 1 March 2026 (UTC)
• Support. This is a very short chapter of Warner Bros.' history (2 out of 103 years), and there's no evidence anything particularly notable happened during this period. It's best covered in Early history of Warner Bros. Pictures, since it's still part of the period when Warner Bros. wasn't part of a larger media conglomerate. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 22:51, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
• TheFloridaTyper, Achmad Rachmani & Warpozio: Do any of you have thoughts on the alternate proposal of moving content to Early history of Warner Bros. Pictures? Thebiguglyalien (talk) 18:42, 11 March 2026 (UTC)
  • Support due to short span of history. Achmad Rachmani (talk) 00:31, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

    I still find it unnecessary to merge Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. Granted, the W7 page could benefit from several rounds of expansion (Which I'll carry out), but that doesn't mean it needs to be merged. The early history of WB implies narrative focus only towards the filming division of Warner Bros. Entertainment. Maintaining separate pages properly ensures each page can properly oversee the full scope of their specific topic. — TheFloridaTyper (talk) 10:21, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

    Early history of Warner Bros. Pictures is really the early history of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc., and includes discussion of all of the film, television, and music activities up to 1966. Warner Bros. Pictures is film-specific and really covers the period starting in 1969. Yes, these article have weird overlaps, and I've been trying to fix that by finding and resolving the content forks.

    That being said, if you significantly expand this article, it may change my !vote, but keep in mind this discussion has been open for almost three months now. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 21:02, 13 March 2026 (UTC)