sentences:  To furnish Warner Bros. with much needed "star power", he raided contract players from rival studios, in some cases offering to double their salaries.This strategy yielded three leading stars from Paramount Studios – William Powell, Kay Francis, and Ruth Chatterton.In 1929, Warner persuaded British stage and screen actor George Arliss to play the title role in a remake of the 1921 United Artists film "Disraeli", a project that turned out to be a box-office hit.