Jack L. Warner
With his brothers Harry M. Warner, Albert Warner, and Sam Warner, he founded Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. in 1923. They released the first motion picture with synchronized sound, El cantor de Jazz (1927) with Al Jolson. In the 1930s they gave employment to a parade of stars, including Bette Davis, Errol Flynn and Paul Muni, as well as James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson, and a man whose star would eventually rise in the 1940s,Humphrey Bogart. Decades later, the firm's successor, Warner Communications Inc., merged with Time Inc. to become Time Warner Inc., the world's largest media and entertainment company.
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- Born:
- Aug 2, 1892 In London - Ontario - Canada
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 12
- First Appeared:
- In the movie A Dream Comes True 1935-12-31
- Latest Project:
- Movie And the Oscar Goes To... 2014-02-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Movie | Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity | Self (archive footage) | 2009-11-29 |
| Movie | Stardust: The Bette Davis Story | Self (voice) (archive footage) | 2006-05-03 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Errol Flynn | Self (archive footage) | 2005-04-05 |
| Movie | James Dean: Forever Young | Himself (archive footage) | 2005-05-20 |
| Movie | Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' | Self (archive footage) | 2003-09-30 |
| Movie | Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul | Himself (archive footage) | 1993-05-14 |
| Movie | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
| Movie | A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self | 1954-09-28 |
| Movie | Show-Business at War | Self | 1943-05-21 |
| Movie | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self | 1940-07-31 |
| Movie | A Dream Comes True | Himself (uncredited) | 1935-12-31 |