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Jack Warner is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Supervisor of Production Resources American born on 2 august 1892 at London (Canada)

Jack Warner

Jack Warner
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Birth name Jacob Wonskolaser
Nationality USA
Birth 2 august 1892 at London (Canada)
Death 9 september 1978 (at 86 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Creator of Warner Bros.
Creator of List of Warner Bros. films

Jack Leonard "J. L." Warner (August 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978), born Jacob Warner in London, Ontario, was a Canadian-born American film executive who was the president and driving force behind the Warner Bros. Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Warner's career spanned some forty-five 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.'s 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.

Biography

Ses parents et leurs enfants (ses 3 frères Harry/Hirsh, Albert/Abraham, Samuel/Shmul et sa sœur aînés Rose/Reisel) sont des Juifs nés dans la Pologne de la Russie impériale à Krasnosielc. Sa famille après avoir émigré à Baltimore en 1886, migre vers le Canada où naît Itzaak ou Jacob connu comme Jack. Il est le dernier d'une fratrie de 4 qui fonderont la célèbre Warner Bros. Son père fait des petits boulots, ses fils suivent son exemple jusqu'à l'arrivée et le développement du cinéma et des salles de cinéma. La famille décide de consacrer toutes leurs économies dans l'achat d'un projecteur et la location d'une salle. L'entreprise prospère. Avec la guerre de 14, la famille produit des films pour le gouvernement. Les possesseurs de salles de cinéma deviennent producteurs/réalisateurs de films.

Jack est le benjamin de la famille, et il reste dans l'ombre de ses frères qui s'occupent de tout. Il est le benjamin jovial, souriant, séducteur... Son rôle dans la compagnie reste mineur jusqu'à la mort de l'aîné Sam, les 3 frères restants commencent à se diviser, en fait Jack surtout fait sécession et crée des problèmes. L'apogée de cette guerre fratricide arrive en 1958, quand Jack convainc son frère aîné Harry de vendre leurs parts à un banquier de Boston, Semenenko (un banquier juif ukrainien). Son frère accepte et deux jours plus tard Semenenko revend la Warner en totalité à Jack... Jack a spolié son frère Harry avec la complicité de Semenenko. Cette entourloupe coûtera la vie au frère de Jack qui ne se remettra pas de ce coup de poignard dans le dos (27 juillet 1958)... cette trahison est restée célèbre dans l'histoire du cinéma et apparaît en écho au film À l'est d'Eden paru en 1955, film qui raconte comment 2 frères se disputent un héritage.

De 1958 à sa mort il prend enfin les rênes de la compagnie et produit des films originaux et à grand succès qui feront sa célébrité : Camelot, My Fair Lady.

Best films

My Fair Lady (1964)
(Producer)
Camelot (1967)
(Producer)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
(Executive Producer)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
(Executive Producer)
Casablanca (1943)
(Executive Producer)
This Is the Army (1943)
(Producer)

Usually with

Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis
(146 films)
Perc Westmore
Perc Westmore
(100 films)
Jack Mower
Jack Mower
(68 films)
Orry-Kelly
Orry-Kelly
(62 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Jack Warner (263 films)

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Actor

The Quatermass Xperiment, 1h22
Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Brian Donlevy, Jack Warner, Jack Warner, Richard Wordsworth, Dame Thora Hird, Lionel Jeffries
Roles l'inspecteur Lomax
Rating65% 3.2987553.2987553.2987553.2987553.298755
The British Rocket Group, headed by the taciturn Professor Bernard Quatermass, launches its first manned rocket into space. Shortly thereafter, all contact is lost with the rocket and its three crew: Carroon, Reichenheim, and Green. The large rocket later returns to Earth, crashing into an English country field.
The Ladykillers, 1h31
Directed by Alexander Mackendrick
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Jack Warner, Katie Johnson
Rating75% 3.797483.797483.797483.797483.79748
Mrs. Louisa Alexandra Wilberforce (Katie Johnson) is a sweet and eccentric old widow who lives alone with her raucous parrots in a gradually subsiding "lopsided" house, built over the entrance to a railway tunnel in Kings Cross, London. With nothing to occupy her time and an active imagination, she is a frequent visitor to the local police station where she reports fanciful suspicions regarding neighbourhood activities. Having led wild-goose chases in the past, she is humoured by the officers there who give her reports no credence whatever.
Forbidden Cargo, 1h25
Directed by Harold French
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, La provence, Transport films
Actors Jack Warner, Nigel Patrick, Elizabeth Sellars, Terence Morgan, Jack Warner, Greta Gynt
Rating64% 3.238893.238893.238893.238893.23889
Un agent des Douanes reçoit une information à propos d'un trafic de drogue. On suspecte Roger Compton et sa sœur Rita. Il les suit jusqu'à Cannes puis de retour à Londres. Mais il commence à éprouver des sentiments pour la belle Rita...
Albert R.N., 1h28
Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Historical
Themes Prison films, Political films
Actors Anthony Steel, Jack Warner, Robert Beatty, Jack Warner, William Sylvester, Guy Middleton
Rating65% 3.294173.294173.294173.294173.29417
The British inmates of a POW camp think they have an informer among them after several escape attempts fail. One of the prisoners makes a dummy which they christen "Albert" and use at roll call in order to foil the German guards.
The Final Test, 1h30
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, Cricket films
Actors Jack Warner, Jack Warner, Robert Morley, George Relph, Adrianne Allen, Brenda Bruce
Rating65% 3.286213.286213.286213.286213.28621
The film is a comedy drama, set around leading cricketer Sam Palmer's last appearance for England. He desperately wants his son to be there at The Oval to witness this, but the son is more concerned with meeting a leading poet Alexander Whitehead. Whitehead, it turns out, is more interested in cricket. Whitehead takes Reggie along to the match, in time to see Sam get out for a duck.
Actors and Sin, 1h22
Directed by Lee Garmes, Ben Hecht
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Eddie Albert, Dan O'Herlihy, Marsha Hunt, Peter Brocco, Jack Warner
Rating53% 2.6727052.6727052.6727052.6727052.672705
The film lampoons the Hollywood motion picture industry and is separated into two sections: The first section of the film is Actor's Blood, a morality play about legitimate theater. The second section is Woman of Sin, a send-up of Hollywood greed.
Scrooge
Scrooge (1951)
, 1h26
Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Themes Christmas films, Time travel films, Ghost films
Actors Alastair Sim, Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Jack Warner, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison
Rating80% 4.045464.045464.045464.045464.04546
Ebenezer Scrooge (Alastair Sim) is seen leaving the London Exchange on his way to his counting house on Christmas Eve, 1843. Scrooge tells two other men of business that he has no intention of celebrating Christmas. He refuses leniency to a debtor who owes Scrooge money. Back at his place of business, Scrooge refuses a donation to two men collecting for the poor, suggesting that prisons and workhouses are sufficient for maintaining the poor, and that those who won't go would be better off dead. Scrooge's nephew, Fred (Brian Worth), invites Scrooge to dinner the next day, but Scrooge refuses, disparaging Fred for having married. Scrooge reluctantly gives his poor clerk Bob Cratchit (Mervyn Johns) the day off with pay, but expects him back all the earlier the day after.
Valley of the Eagles, 1h26
Directed by Terence Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Spy films
Actors Jack Warner, Jack Warner, Nadia Gray, John McCallum, Anthony Dawson, Naima Wifstrand
Roles Inspecteur Peterson
Rating56% 2.81272.81272.81272.81272.8127
The setting is Stockholm, Sweden, "this year". Dr Nils Ahlen, working at the "Institute of Technical Research", is about to leave his home to give a talk at Uppsala University on his new invention and he discusses arrangements for his absence with his assistant, Sven Nystrom. Nystrom intends to work from home, but Ahlen shows him where he has hidden the key to his laboratory "just in case". While they are talking, Ahlen's wife, Helga, complains that the couple will miss a dinner engagement with friends. Ahlen tells her she could go on her own and Helga replies that she could.
The Blue Lamp, 1h24
Directed by Basil Dearden, Alexander Mackendrick
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Flemyng, Jack Warner, Bernard Lee
Rating67% 3.39593.39593.39593.39593.3959
The action mostly takes place in the Paddington area of London, and is set in July 1949, a few years after the end of the Second World War. PC George Dixon (Warner) a long-serving traditional "copper" who is due to retire shortly, takes a new recruit, Andy Mitchell (Hanley), under his aegis, introducing him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic Ealing "ordinary" hero, but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the violence of Tom Riley (Bogarde). Called to the scene of a robbery at a local cinema, Dixon finds himself face-to-face with Riley, a desperate youth armed with a revolver. Dixon initially tries to talk Riley into surrendering the weapon, but Riley panics and fires. Dixon is taken to hospital, but dies some hours later. The ending is another Ealing quirk, with ordinary, decent society banding together with professional criminals and dog-track identities to track down and catch the murderer, who tries to hide in the crowd at White City greyhound track in West London. To Andy Mitchell falls the honour of arresting Riley.
Dear Murderer, 1h30
Directed by Arthur Crabtree
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Eric Portman, Greta Gynt, Dennis Price, Jack Warner, Maxwell Reed, Hazel Court
Rating68% 3.437033.437033.437033.437033.43703
Lee and Vivien Warren (Portman and Gynt) are trapped in a nightmare marriage. Vivien is despising, devious and habitually unfaithful while Lee is pathologically jealous. On his return from a lengthy business trip to New York, Lee finds several cards addressed to Vivien signed "Love Always" and determines to kill her latest lover, Richard Fenton (Dennis Price). He confronts Fenton, who admits to his affair with Vivien, and persuades him to end the relationship by writing her a farewell letter. He then kills Fenton, and stages the scene to look like a suicide, believing he has committed the perfect crime as the letter which Fenton had just written at his dictation has all the appearance of a suicide note.
It Always Rains on Sunday, 1h32
Directed by Robert Hamer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Googie Withers, Hermione Baddeley, Edward Chapman, Jack Warner, John McCallum, Susan Shaw
Roles Fothergill
Rating70% 3.5402553.5402553.5402553.5402553.540255
The film concerns events one Sunday (23 March 1947, according to the calendars in the film) in Bethnal Green, a part of the East End of London that was suffering the effects of bombing and post-war deprivation.
The Captive Heart, 1h44
Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Prison films, Political films
Actors Michael Redgrave, Rachel Kempson, Mervyn Johns, Frederick Leister, Jack Warner, Gordon Jackson
Roles Cpl. Ted Horsfall, Don's friend and business partner in civilian life
Rating69% 3.4881953.4881953.4881953.4881953.488195
In the summer of 1940, Captain Karel Hasek (Michael Redgrave) of the Czech army escapes from Dachau concentration camp and assumes the identity of a dead British officer, Captain Geoffrey Mitchell. When he is caught, he joins thousands of British prisoners of war, captured during the Fall of France, on a march to a prison camp.