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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jack Leonard "J. L." Warner (August 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978), born Jacob Warner in London, Ontario, was a Canadian-American film executive who was the president and driving force behind the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. Warner's career spanned some 45 years, its duration surpassing that of any other of the seminal Hollywood studio moguls. As co-head of production at Warner Bros. Studios, he worked with his brother, Sam Warner, to procure the technology for the film industry's first talking picture. After Sam's death, Jack clashed with his surviving older brothers, Harry and Albert Warner. He assumed exclusive control of the film production company in the 1950s, when he secretly purchased his brothers' shares in the business after convincing them to participate in a joint sale of stocks. Although Warner was feared by many of his employees and inspired ridicule with his uneven attempts at humor, he earned respect for his shrewd instincts and tough-mindedness. He recruited many of Warner Bros.' top stars and promoted the hard-edged social dramas for which the studio became known. Given to decisiveness, Warner once commented, "If I'm right fifty-one percent of the time, I'm ahead of the game." Throughout his career, he was viewed as a contradictory and enigmatic figure. Although he was a staunch Republican, Warner encouraged film projects that promoted the agenda of Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. He opposed European fascism and criticized Nazi Germany well before America's involvement in World War II. An opponent of Communism, after the war Warner appeared as a friendly witness before the House Un-American Activities Committee, voluntarily naming screenwriters who had been fired as suspected Communists or sympathizers. Despite his controversial public image, Warner remained a force in the motion picture industry until his retirement in the early 1970s.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1892-08-02
- event Death Date 1978-09-09
- school Known for: Production
- star Popularity: 1.4
- info Birth Place London, Ontario, Canada
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Jack L. Warner
7.6
Sid & Judy
2019-06-26
7.8
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005-04-05
0
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
1973-01-01
6.5
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003-09-30
6.5
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983-02-25
6
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006-03-21
10
Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity
2009-11-29
7
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006-05-03
7.2
Audrey
2020-11-30
5
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
1993-05-14
8
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954-09-28
5.5
A Dream Comes True
1935-12-31
7
Show-Business at War
1943-05-21
6.5
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940-07-31
5
Okay for Sound
1946-09-07
5.3
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943-10-16
7.5
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009-07-02
7
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014-02-01
6
Open Your Eyes
1919-05-24
5.3
The 42nd Street Special
1933-02-20
7
The Oscars
1953-03-19
6.5
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
movie_edit Directing
6.5
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944-09-01
6.5
Casablanca
1943-01-15
6.5
Humoresque
1947-01-25
6.5
Santa Fe Trail
1940-12-20
6.5
The Big Sleep
1946-08-23
6.5
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942-05-29
6.5
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948-01-15
6.5
A Star Is Born
1954-10-01
6.5
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938-05-13
6.5
Northern Pursuit
1943-11-07
6.5
The Return of Doctor X
1939-11-23
6.5
To Have and Have Not
1945-01-20
6.5
My Fair Lady
1964-10-21
6.5
Destination Tokyo
1943-12-31
6.5
Action in the North Atlantic
1943-06-12
6.5
Deception
1946-10-26
6.5
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
1947-03-04
6.5
Conflict
1945-06-15
6.5
Background to Danger
1943-07-03
6.5
The Conspirators
1944-10-24
6.5
The Mask of Dimitrios
1944-06-23
6.5
Three Strangers
1946-01-28
6.5
The Verdict
1946-11-23
6.5
The Letter
1940-11-21
6.5
Possessed
1947-05-29
6.5
Beyond the Forest
1949-10-21
6.5
The Hard Way
1943-01-13
6.5
Danger Signal
1945-11-21
6.5
Black Legion
1937-01-30
6.5
Mr. Skeffington
1944-05-25
6.5
Cry Wolf
1947-08-19
6.5
A Stolen Life
1946-05-01
6.5
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945-04-28
6.5
It All Came True
1940-04-06
6.5
Shadow of a Woman
1946-09-14
6.5
Air Force
1943-03-20
6.5
Deep Valley
1947-07-30
6.5
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938-07-20
6.5
Passage to Marseille
1944-03-11
6.5
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939-05-06
6.5
Kid Galahad
1937-05-29
6.5
Black Fury
1935-05-18
6.5
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939-11-11
6.5
Bullets or Ballots
1936-06-06
6.5
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944-07-20
6.5
Outward Bound
1930-09-17
6.5
Love and Learn
1947-05-02
6.5
Virginia City
1940-03-23
6.5
Escape Me Never
1947-11-07
6.5
Never Say Goodbye
1946-11-09
6.5
Silver River
1948-05-20
6.5
Winning Your Wings
1942-05-28
6.5
Uncertain Glory
1944-04-07
6.5
No Time for Comedy
1940-09-14
6.5
Confession
1937-08-19
6.5
The Shining Future
1944-04-11
6.5
Life with Father
1947-09-13
6.5
The St. Louis Kid
1934-11-10
6.5
Whiplash
1948-12-24
6.5
The Working Man
1933-04-20
6.5
Dirty Little Billy
1972-11-01
6.5
A Dangerous Adventure
1922-11-01
6.5
Back in Circulation
1937-08-27
6.5
Draegerman Courage
1937-05-15
6.5
China Clipper
1936-08-11
6.5
They Won't Forget
1937-07-14
6.5
Here Comes the Navy
1934-07-21
6.5
No Place to Go
1939-09-23
6.5
The Go-Getter
1937-05-22
6.5
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944-03-10
6.5
My Wild Irish Rose
1947-12-24
6.5
Africa F.O.B.
1925-09-15
6.5
Old Acquaintance
1943-11-27
6.5
Cinderella Jones
1946-03-09
6.5
The Corn Is Green
1945-03-29
6.5
This Is the Army
1943-08-14
6.5
Dark Victory
1939-04-20
6.5
The Mask of Dimitrios
1944-06-23
6.5
Espionage Agent
1939-09-30
6.5
They Made Me a Criminal
1939-01-21
6.5
City for Conquest
1940-09-21
6.5
Torrid Zone
1940-05-18
6.5
So Big!
1932-04-30
6.5
Nora Prentiss
1947-02-22
6.5
Mildred Pierce
1945-10-20
6.5
Tovarich
1937-12-25
6.5
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936-02-22
6.5
Slim
1937-06-24
6.5
Bengal Tiger
1936-07-29
6.5
Bordertown
1935-01-23
6.5
Once a Doctor
1937-01-23
6.5
Parachute Jumper
1933-01-28
6.5
The Man Who Played God
1932-02-09
6.5
The Golden Arrow
1936-05-23
6.5
Jailbreak
1936-08-05
6.5
The Green Pastures
1936-08-01
6.5
The Sisters
1938-10-14
6.5
Captain Blood
1935-12-26
6.5
Another Dawn
1937-06-26
6.5
Of Human Bondage
1946-07-05
6.5
Between Two Worlds
1944-05-20
6.5
The Constant Nymph
1943-06-23
6.5
San Antonio
1945-12-29
6.5
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941-12-24
6.5
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943-09-25
6.5
June Bride
1948-10-29
6.5
Watch on the Rhine
1943-08-27
6.5
Hollywood Canteen
1944-12-15
6.5
Winter Meeting
1948-04-07
6.5
Housewife
1934-08-11
6.5
That Certain Woman
1937-08-30
6.5
Men Are Such Fools
1938-06-15
6.5
Boy Meets Girl
1938-08-27
6.5
Trailin' West
1936-09-04
6.5
Red Nightmare
1962-02-11
6.5
The Cherokee Strip
1937-05-15
6.5
The Case of the Black Cat
1936-10-31
6.5
West of Shanghai
1937-10-30
6.5
Public Wedding
1937-07-09
6.5
Fugitive in the Sky
1936-11-28
6.5
Cain and Mabel
1936-09-26
6.5
That Man's Here Again
1937-04-16
6.5
Melody for Two
1937-05-01
6.5
Talent Scout
1937-07-24
6.5
Hollywood Hotel
1938-01-15
6.5
Gold Diggers of 1937
1936-12-28
6.5
Two Against the World
1936-07-11
6.5
Love Is on the Air
1937-10-02
6.5
Fly Away Baby
1937-06-19
6.5
The Adventurous Blonde
1937-11-13
6.5
The Dawn Patrol
1938-12-24
6.5
Penrod's Double Trouble
1938-07-23
6.5
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938-05-07
6.5
Torchy Gets Her Man
1938-11-12
6.5
Murder in the Air
1940-06-01
6.5
Four's a Crowd
1938-08-04
6.5
An Angel from Texas
1940-04-27
6.5
California Mail
1936-11-14
6.5
Smashing the Money Ring
1939-10-21
6.5
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
1939-08-12
6.5
Code of the Secret Service
1939-05-27
6.5
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939-02-02
6.5
On Dress Parade
1939-11-18
6.5
Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939-05-13
6.5
The Oklahoma Kid
1939-03-11
6.5
Give Me Your Heart
1936-09-17
6.5
Love Begins at Twenty
1936-08-22
6.5
Indianapolis Speedway
1939-08-05
6.5
Broadway Musketeers
1938-10-08
6.5
Accidents Will Happen
1938-04-09
6.5
Mystery House
1938-05-21
6.5
Over the Wall
1938-04-02
6.5
Private Detective
1939-12-09
6.5
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936-10-20
6.5
Missing Witnesses
1937-12-11
6.5
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938-11-26
6.5
Crime School
1938-05-10
6.5
A Slight Case of Murder
1938-02-26
6.5
Five and Ten Cent Annie
1928-05-26
6.5
Murder in the Big House
1942-04-11
6.5
Green Light
1937-02-20
6.5
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938-02-12
6.5
Tear Gas Squad
1940-05-04
6.5
Christmas in Connecticut
1945-07-27
6.5
The Woman in White
1948-05-07
6.5
Night Unto Night
1949-06-10
6.5
Devotion
1946-04-05
6.5
Sweepstakes Winner
1939-05-20
6.5
Penrod and His Twin Brother
1938-02-26
6.5
Northern Pursuit
1943-11-07
6.5
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935-10-09
6.5
Never Say Goodbye
1946-11-09
6.5
Janie
1944-09-02
6.5
Law of the Tropics
1941-10-04
6.5
The Terror
1928-09-06
6.5
Stallion Road
1947-04-12
6.5
Roughly Speaking
1945-01-31
6.5
Dark Hazard
1934-01-31
6.5
The Friendship Train
1948-01-01
6.5
Uncertain Glory
1944-04-07
6.5
The Man with Two Faces
1934-08-04
6.5
I Am an American
1944-12-23
6.5
Murder by an Aristocrat
1936-06-13
6.5
Battle Cry
1955-02-02
6.5
Dark Passage
1947-09-05
6.5
Hi, Nellie!
1934-01-20
6.5
Miss Pacific Fleet
1935-12-14
6.5
My Reputation
1946-01-25
6.5
Hearts Divided
1936-06-20
6.5
Janie Gets Married
1946-06-22
6.5
Dangerous
1935-12-25
6.5
Gambling on the High Seas
1940-06-22
6.5
Jimmy the Gent
1934-03-09
6.5
Underground
1941-06-28
6.5
Colleen
1936-03-21
6.5
Always a Bride
1940-11-02
6.5
Cleaned and Dry
1921-11-01
6.5
The Littlest Diplomat
1937-09-06
6.5
The Big Noise
1936-06-22
6.5
'G' Men
1935-05-04
6.5
A Fugitive from Justice
1940-06-15
6.5
Blondes at Work
1938-02-05
6.5
Edge of Darkness
1943-04-09
6.5
Mission to Moscow
1943-04-29
6.5
About Time
1962-02-05
6.5
The Unfaithful
1947-07-01
6.5
Make Your Own Bed
1944-06-10
6.5
In Our Time
1944-02-19
6.5
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
1939-06-17
6.5
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
1939-09-09
6.5
Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939-02-18
6.5
The United States Service Bands
1943-01-01
6.5
Money and the Woman
1940-08-17
6.5
The Merry Frinks
1934-05-26
6.5
Breakdowns of 1938
1938-12-31
6.5
Nobody Lives Forever
1946-11-01
6.5
Escape in the Desert
1945-05-01
6.5
They Drive by Night
1940-07-26
6.5
Waterfront
1939-07-15
6.5
Hotel Berlin
1945-03-02
6.5
Objective, Burma!
1945-02-17
6.5
River's End
1940-08-10
6.5
The Hard Way
1943-01-13
6.5
The Adventures of Jane Arden
1939-03-18
6.5
Pillow to Post
1945-06-09
6.5
The Fighting 69th
1940-01-27
6.5
1776
1972-11-09
6.5
Fools for Scandal
1938-04-16
6.5
Sonny Boy
1929-04-18
6.5
Camelot
1967-10-25
6.5
The Man I Love
1946-12-26
6.5
Honeymoon for Three
1941-01-18
6.5
Four Wives
1939-12-22
6.5
Pride of the Marines
1945-08-24
6.5
Daughters Courageous
1939-06-23
6.5
Flowing Gold
1940-08-24
6.5
Castle on the Hudson
1940-02-17
6.5
Knute Rockne All American
1940-10-05
6.5
Juarez
1939-06-10