Jack L. Warner
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.
Sid & Judy
(Self (archive photos))
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
(Self (archive footage))
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
(Self (archive footage))
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
(Self (archive footage))
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
(Self (archive footage))
Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity
(Self (archive footage))
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
(Self (voice) (archive footage))
Audrey
(Self - Film Producer (archive footage))
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
(Himself (archive footage))
A Star Is Born World Premiere
(Self)
A Dream Comes True
(Himself (uncredited))
Show-Business at War
(Self)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
(Self)
Okay for Sound
The Voice That Thrilled the World
(Self (archive footage))
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
(Self (archive footage))
And the Oscar Goes To...
(Self (archive footage))
Open Your Eyes
(Soldier (uncredited))
The 42nd Street Special
(Self (uncredited))
The Oscars
(Self)
Arsenic and Old Lace
(Producer)
Casablanca
(Executive Producer)
Humoresque
(Executive Producer)
Santa Fe Trail
(Producer)
The Big Sleep
(Executive Producer)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
(Executive Producer)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
(Executive Producer)
A Star Is Born
(Executive Producer)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
(Producer)
Northern Pursuit
(Presenter)
The Return of Doctor X
(Executive Producer)
To Have and Have Not
(Executive Producer)
My Fair Lady
(Producer)
Destination Tokyo
(Executive Producer)
Action in the North Atlantic
(Executive Producer)
Deception
(Executive Producer)
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
(Executive Producer)
Conflict
(Executive Producer)
Background to Danger
(Executive Producer)
The Conspirators
(Executive Producer)
The Mask of Dimitrios
(Executive Producer)
Three Strangers
(Executive Producer)
The Verdict
(Executive Producer)
The Letter
(Executive In Charge Of Production)
Possessed
(Executive Producer)
Beyond the Forest
(Executive Producer)
The Hard Way
(Executive Producer)
Danger Signal
(Executive Producer)
Black Legion
(Executive Producer)
Mr. Skeffington
(Executive Producer)
Cry Wolf
(Executive Producer)
A Stolen Life
(Executive Producer)
The Horn Blows at Midnight
(Executive Producer)
It All Came True
(Executive Producer)
Shadow of a Woman
(Executive Producer)
Air Force
(Executive Producer)
Deep Valley
(Executive Producer)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
(Executive Producer)
Passage to Marseille
(Executive Producer)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
(Executive Producer)
Kid Galahad
(Executive Producer)
Black Fury
(Executive Producer)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
(Executive In Charge Of Production)
Bullets or Ballots
(Executive Producer)
The Adventures of Mark Twain
(Executive Producer)
Outward Bound
(Producer)
Love and Learn
(Executive Producer)
Virginia City
(Executive In Charge Of Production)
Escape Me Never
(Executive Producer)
Never Say Goodbye
(Presenter)
Silver River
(Executive Producer)
Winning Your Wings
(Producer)
Uncertain Glory
(Presenter)
No Time for Comedy
(Producer)
Confession
(Executive Producer)
The Shining Future
(Producer)
Life with Father
(Executive Producer)
The St. Louis Kid
(Executive Producer)
Whiplash
(Executive Producer)
The Working Man
(Producer)
Dirty Little Billy
(Producer)
A Dangerous Adventure
(Director)
Back in Circulation
(Executive Producer)
Draegerman Courage
(Executive Producer)
They Won't Forget
(Executive Producer)
China Clipper
(Executive Producer)
The Go-Getter
(Executive Producer)
Here Comes the Navy
(Executive Producer)
Shine on Harvest Moon
(Executive Producer)
My Wild Irish Rose
(Executive Producer)
No Place to Go
(Executive Producer)
Africa F.O.B.
(Director)
Old Acquaintance
(Executive Producer)
Cinderella Jones
(Executive Producer)
The Corn Is Green
(Executive Producer)
This Is the Army
(Producer)
Dark Victory
(Executive In Charge Of Production)
The Mask of Dimitrios
(Presenter)
Espionage Agent
(Executive In Charge Of Production)
They Made Me a Criminal
(Production Manager)
Torrid Zone
(Production Manager)
City for Conquest
(Production Manager)
So Big!
(Producer)
Nora Prentiss
(Producer)
Mildred Pierce
(Executive Producer)
Tovarich
(Executive Producer)
The Story of Louis Pasteur
(Executive Producer)
Slim
(Executive Producer)
Bengal Tiger
(Executive Producer)
Bordertown
(Executive Producer)
Once a Doctor
(Executive Producer)
Parachute Jumper
(Executive Producer)
The Man Who Played God
(Executive Producer)
Jailbreak
(Executive Producer)
The Golden Arrow
(Executive Producer)
The Sisters
(Executive Producer)
Captain Blood
(Executive Producer)
The Green Pastures
(Executive Producer)
Another Dawn
(Executive Producer)
The Constant Nymph
(Executive Producer)
Between Two Worlds
(Executive Producer)
San Antonio
(Executive Producer)
Of Human Bondage
(Executive Producer)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
(Producer)
Watch on the Rhine
(Executive Producer)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
(Executive Producer)
Hollywood Canteen
(Executive Producer)
Winter Meeting
(Executive Producer)
June Bride
(Executive Producer)
Housewife
(Producer)
That Certain Woman
(Executive Producer)
Men Are Such Fools
(Executive Producer)
Boy Meets Girl
(Executive Producer)
Trailin' West
(Executive Producer)
Red Nightmare
(Supervisor of Production Resources)
The Cherokee Strip
(Executive Producer)
The Case of the Black Cat
(Executive Producer)
West of Shanghai
(Executive Producer)
Public Wedding
(Executive Producer)
Fugitive in the Sky
(Executive Producer)
Cain and Mabel
(Executive Producer)
That Man's Here Again
(Executive Producer)
Melody for Two
(Executive Producer)
Talent Scout
(Executive Producer)
Hollywood Hotel
(Executive Producer)
Gold Diggers of 1937
(Executive Producer)
Two Against the World
(Executive Producer)
Love Is on the Air
(Executive Producer)
Fly Away Baby
(Executive Producer)
Penrod's Double Trouble
(Executive Producer)
The Adventurous Blonde
(Executive Producer)
Torchy Blane in Panama
(Executive Producer)
Torchy Gets Her Man
(Executive Producer)
The Dawn Patrol
(Executive Producer)
Murder in the Air
(Executive Producer)
Four's a Crowd
(Executive Producer)
An Angel from Texas
(Production Manager)
California Mail
(Executive Producer)
Smashing the Money Ring
(Executive Producer)
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
(Executive Producer)
Code of the Secret Service
(Executive Producer)
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
(Executive Producer)
Torchy Runs for Mayor
(Executive Producer)
On Dress Parade
(Executive Producer)
The Oklahoma Kid
(Executive Producer)
Give Me Your Heart
(Executive Producer)
Love Begins at Twenty
(Executive Producer)
Indianapolis Speedway
(Executive Producer)
Broadway Musketeers
(Executive Producer)
Accidents Will Happen
(Executive Producer)
Mystery House
(Executive Producer)
Over the Wall
(Executive Producer)
Private Detective
(Executive Producer)
The Charge of the Light Brigade
(Executive Producer)
Missing Witnesses
(Executive Producer)
Angels with Dirty Faces
(Executive Producer)
Crime School
(Executive Producer)
A Slight Case of Murder
(Executive Producer)
Five and Ten Cent Annie
(Story)
Murder in the Big House
(Executive Producer)
Green Light
(Executive Producer)
Gold Is Where You Find It
(Executive Producer)
Tear Gas Squad
(Executive Producer)
Night Unto Night
(Executive Producer)
The Woman in White
(Executive Producer)
Devotion
(Executive Producer)
Christmas in Connecticut
(Executive Producer)
Sweepstakes Winner
(Executive Producer)
Penrod and His Twin Brother
(Executive Producer)
Northern Pursuit
(Executive Producer)
The Friendship Train
(Executive Producer)
Battle Cry
(Producer)
Dark Passage
(Executive Producer)
Stallion Road
(Executive Producer)
Never Say Goodbye
(Executive Producer)
Janie Gets Married
(Executive Producer)
My Reputation
(Executive Producer)
Roughly Speaking
(Executive Producer)
I Am an American
(Executive Producer)
Janie
(Executive Producer)
Uncertain Glory
(Executive Producer)
Law of the Tropics
(Production Manager)
The Terror
(Executive Producer)
Hi, Nellie!
(Executive Producer)
Dark Hazard
(Executive Producer)
Jimmy the Gent
(Executive Producer)
The Man with Two Faces
(Executive Producer)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(Executive Producer)
Miss Pacific Fleet
(Executive Producer)
Dangerous
(Executive Producer)
Murder by an Aristocrat
(Executive Producer)
Hearts Divided
(Executive Producer)
Underground
(Executive Producer)
Gambling on the High Seas
(Executive Producer)
Colleen
(Executive Producer)
Always a Bride
(Executive Producer)
Cleaned and Dry
(Director)
The Littlest Diplomat
(Producer)
The Big Noise
(Executive Producer)
'G' Men
(Executive Producer)
A Fugitive from Justice
(Executive Producer)
Blondes at Work
(Executive Producer)
Edge of Darkness
(Executive Producer)
Mission to Moscow
(Executive Producer)
About Time
(Producer)
The Unfaithful
(Executive Producer)
Make Your Own Bed
(Executive Producer)
In Our Time
(Executive Producer)
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
(Executive Producer)
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
(Executive Producer)
Nancy Drew... Reporter
(Executive Producer)
The United States Service Bands
(Executive Producer)
Money and the Woman
(Production Executive)
The Merry Frinks
(Executive Producer)
Breakdowns of 1938
(Executive Producer)
Nobody Lives Forever
(Executive Producer)
Escape in the Desert
(Executive Producer)
They Drive by Night
(Production Manager)
Waterfront
(Executive Producer)
Hotel Berlin
(Executive Producer)
Objective, Burma!
(Executive Producer)
River's End
(Executive Producer)
The Hard Way
(Presenter)
The Adventures of Jane Arden
(Executive Producer)
Pillow to Post
(Executive Producer)
The Fighting 69th
(Production Manager)
1776
(Producer)
Fools for Scandal
(Executive Producer)
Sonny Boy
(Story)
Camelot
(Producer)
The Man I Love
(Executive Producer)
Honeymoon for Three
(Executive In Charge Of Production)
Four Wives
(Executive In Charge Of Production)
Pride of the Marines
(Executive Producer)
Daughters Courageous
(Executive In Charge Of Production)
Flowing Gold
(Executive In Charge Of Production)
Castle on the Hudson
(Executive In Charge Of Production)
Knute Rockne All American
(Executive In Charge Of Production)
Juarez
(Executive In Charge Of Production)
Ready, Willing and Able
(Executive Producer)