Jack L. Warner
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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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Audrey
2020 · Self - Film Producer (archive footage)
Sid & Judy
2019 · Self (archive photos)
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015 · Self (archive)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006 · Self (archive footage) (voice)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006 · Self (archive footage)
James Dean: Forever Young
2005 · Self (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003 · Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self (archive footage)
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
1993 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
1973 · Self (archive footage)
1776
1972 · Producer
Dirty Little Billy
1972 · Producer
Camelot
1967 · Producer
My Fair Lady
1964 · Producer
Red Nightmare
1962 · Supervisor of Production Resources
About Time
1962 · Producer
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958 · Self
Battle Cry
1955 · Producer
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954 · Self
Beyond the Forest
1949 · Executive Producer
Night Unto Night
1949 · Executive Producer
Whiplash
1948 · Executive Producer
June Bride
1948 · Executive Producer
Silver River
1948 · Executive Producer, Presenter
The Woman in White
1948 · Executive Producer
Winter Meeting
1948 · Executive Producer
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948 · Executive Producer
The Friendship Train
1948 · Executive Producer
My Wild Irish Rose
1947 · Executive Producer
Escape Me Never
1947 · Executive Producer
Life with Father
1947 · Executive Producer
Dark Passage
1947 · Executive Producer
Cry Wolf
1947 · Executive Producer
Deep Valley
1947 · Executive Producer
The Unfaithful
1947 · Executive Producer
Possessed
1947 · Executive Producer
Love and Learn
1947 · Executive Producer
Stallion Road
1947 · Executive Producer
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
1947 · Executive Producer
Nora Prentiss
1947 · Producer
Humoresque
1947 · Executive Producer
The Man I Love
1946 · Executive Producer
Never Say Goodbye
1946 · Presenter, Executive Producer
Nobody Lives Forever
1946 · Executive Producer
Deception
1946 · Executive Producer
The Verdict
1946 · Executive Producer
Shadow of a Woman
1946 · Executive Producer
Okay for Sound
1946
The Big Sleep
1946 · Executive Producer
Of Human Bondage
1946 · Executive Producer
Janie Gets Married
1946 · Executive Producer
A Stolen Life
1946 · Executive Producer
Devotion
1946 · Executive Producer
Cinderella Jones
1946 · Executive Producer
My Reputation
1946 · Executive Producer
Three Strangers
1946 · Executive Producer
San Antonio
1945 · Executive Producer
Danger Signal
1945 · Executive Producer
Mildred Pierce
1945 · Executive Producer
Pride of the Marines
1945 · Executive Producer
Christmas in Connecticut
1945 · Executive Producer
Conflict
1945 · Executive Producer
Pillow to Post
1945 · Executive Producer
Escape in the Desert
1945 · Executive Producer
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945 · Executive Producer
The Corn Is Green
1945 · Executive Producer
Hotel Berlin
1945 · Executive Producer
Objective, Burma!
1945 · Executive Producer
Roughly Speaking
1945 · Executive Producer
To Have and Have Not
1945 · Executive Producer
I Am an American
1944 · Executive Producer
Hollywood Canteen
1944 · Executive Producer
The Conspirators
1944 · Executive Producer
Janie
1944 · Executive Producer
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 · Producer
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944 · Executive Producer
The Mask of Dimitrios
1944 · Executive Producer, Presenter
Make Your Own Bed
1944 · Executive Producer
Mr. Skeffington
1944 · Executive Producer
Between Two Worlds
1944 · Executive Producer
The Shining Future
1944 · Producer
Uncertain Glory
1944 · Presenter, Executive Producer
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944 · Executive Producer
In Our Time
1944 · Executive Producer
Passage to Marseille
1944 · Executive Producer, Presenter
Destination Tokyo
1943 · Executive Producer
Old Acquaintance
1943 · Executive Producer
Northern Pursuit
1943 · Presenter, Executive Producer
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943 · Self (archive footage)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943 · Executive Producer
Watch on the Rhine
1943 · Executive Producer
This Is the Army
1943 · Producer
Background to Danger
1943 · Executive Producer
The Constant Nymph
1943 · Executive Producer
Action in the North Atlantic
1943 · Executive Producer
Show-Business at War
1943 · Self
Mission to Moscow
1943 · Executive Producer
Edge of Darkness
1943 · Executive Producer
Air Force
1943 · Executive Producer
Casablanca
1943 · Executive Producer
The Hard Way
1943 · Executive Producer, Presenter
The United States Service Bands
1943 · Executive Producer
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942 · Executive Producer
Winning Your Wings
1942 · Producer
Murder in the Big House
1942 · Executive Producer
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941 · Producer
Law of the Tropics
1941 · Production Manager
Underground
1941 · Executive Producer
Honeymoon for Three
1941 · Executive In Charge Of Production
Santa Fe Trail
1940 · Producer
The Letter
1940 · Executive In Charge Of Production
South of Suez
1940 · Executive In Charge Of Production
Always a Bride
1940 · Executive Producer
Knute Rockne All American
1940 · Executive In Charge Of Production
City for Conquest
1940 · Production Manager
No Time for Comedy
1940 · Producer
Flowing Gold
1940 · Executive In Charge Of Production
Money and the Woman
1940 · Production Executive
River's End
1940 · Executive Producer
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Self
They Drive by Night
1940 · Production Manager
The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940 · Executive In Charge Of Production
Gambling on the High Seas
1940 · Executive Producer
A Fugitive from Justice
1940 · Executive Producer
Murder in the Air
1940 · Executive Producer
Torrid Zone
1940 · Production Manager
Tear Gas Squad
1940 · Executive Producer
An Angel from Texas
1940 · Production Manager
It All Came True
1940 · Executive Producer
Virginia City
1940 · Executive In Charge Of Production
Castle on the Hudson
1940 · Executive In Charge Of Production
The Fighting 69th
1940 · Production Manager
Invisible Stripes
1939 · Executive In Charge Of Production
Four Wives
1939 · Executive In Charge Of Production
Private Detective
1939 · Executive Producer
The Return of Doctor X
1939 · Executive Producer
On Dress Parade
1939 · Executive Producer
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939 · Executive In Charge Of Production
Smashing the Money Ring
1939 · Executive Producer
Espionage Agent
1939 · Executive In Charge Of Production
No Place to Go
1939 · Executive Producer
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
1939 · Executive Producer
Each Dawn I Die
1939 · Executive In Charge Of Production
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
1939 · Executive Producer
Indianapolis Speedway
1939 · Executive Producer
Waterfront
1939 · Executive Producer
Daughters Courageous
1939 · Executive In Charge Of Production
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
1939 · Executive Producer
Juarez
1939 · Executive In Charge Of Production
Code of the Secret Service
1939 · Executive Producer
Sweepstakes Winner
1939 · Executive Producer
Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939 · Executive Producer
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939 · Executive Producer
Dark Victory
1939 · Executive In Charge Of Production
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939 · Executive Producer
The Adventures of Jane Arden
1939 · Executive Producer
The Oklahoma Kid
1939 · Executive Producer
Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939 · Executive Producer
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939 · Executive Producer
They Made Me a Criminal
1939 · Production Manager
Breakdowns of 1938
1938 · Executive Producer
The Dawn Patrol
1938 · Executive Producer
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938 · Executive Producer
Torchy Gets Her Man
1938 · Executive Producer
The Sisters
1938 · Executive Producer
Broadway Musketeers
1938 · Executive Producer
Boy Meets Girl
1938 · Executive Producer
Four's a Crowd
1938 · Executive Producer
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938 · Executive Producer
Men Are Such Fools
1938 · Executive Producer
Mystery House
1938 · Executive Producer
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938 · Producer
Crime School
1938 · Executive Producer
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938 · Executive Producer
Fools for Scandal
1938 · Executive Producer
Accidents Will Happen
1938 · Executive Producer
Over the Wall
1938 · Executive Producer
A Slight Case of Murder
1938 · Executive Producer
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938 · Executive Producer
Blondes at Work
1938 · Executive Producer
Hollywood Hotel
1938 · Executive Producer
Tovarich
1937 · Executive Producer
Missing Witnesses
1937 · Executive Producer
The Adventurous Blonde
1937 · Executive Producer
West of Shanghai
1937 · Executive Producer
Love Is on the Air
1937 · Executive Producer
The Littlest Diplomat
1937 · Producer
That Certain Woman
1937 · Executive Producer
Back in Circulation
1937 · Executive Producer
Confession
1937 · Executive Producer
Talent Scout
1937 · Executive Producer
They Won't Forget
1937 · Executive Producer
Public Wedding
1937 · Executive Producer
Another Dawn
1937 · Executive Producer
Slim
1937 · Executive Producer
Fly Away Baby
1937 · Executive Producer
Kid Galahad
1937 · Executive Producer
The Go-Getter
1937 · Executive Producer
Draegerman Courage
1937 · Executive Producer
The Cherokee Strip
1937 · Executive Producer
Melody for Two
1937 · Executive Producer
That Man's Here Again
1937 · Executive Producer
Marked Woman
1937 · Executive Producer, Executive In Charge Of Production
Ready, Willing and Able
1937 · Executive Producer
Green Light
1937 · Executive Producer
Black Legion
1937 · Executive Producer
Once a Doctor
1937 · Executive Producer
Gold Diggers of 1937
1936 · Executive Producer
Fugitive in the Sky
1936 · Executive Producer
California Mail
1936 · Executive Producer
The Case of the Black Cat
1936 · Executive Producer
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936 · Executive Producer
Cain and Mabel
1936 · Executive Producer
Give Me Your Heart
1936 · Executive Producer
Trailin' West
1936 · Executive Producer
Love Begins at Twenty
1936 · Executive Producer
China Clipper
1936 · Executive Producer
Jailbreak
1936 · Executive Producer
The Green Pastures
1936 · Executive Producer
Bengal Tiger
1936 · Executive Producer
Two Against the World
1936 · Executive Producer
The Big Noise
1936 · Executive Producer
Hearts Divided
1936 · Executive Producer
Murder by an Aristocrat
1936 · Executive Producer
Bullets or Ballots
1936 · Executive Producer
The Golden Arrow
1936 · Executive Producer
Snowed Under
1936 · Executive Producer
Colleen
1936 · Executive Producer
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936 · Executive Producer
A Dream Comes True
1935 · Himself (uncredited)
Captain Blood
1935 · Executive Producer
Dangerous
1935 · Executive Producer
Miss Pacific Fleet
1935 · Executive Producer
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935 · Executive Producer
Black Fury
1935 · Executive Producer
'G' Men
1935 · Executive Producer
Bordertown
1935 · Executive Producer
Flirtation Walk
1934 · Executive Producer
The St. Louis Kid
1934 · Executive Producer
Housewife
1934 · Producer
The Man with Two Faces
1934 · Executive Producer
Here Comes the Navy
1934 · Executive Producer
The Merry Frinks
1934 · Executive Producer
Jimmy the Gent
1934 · Executive Producer
Dark Hazard
1934 · Executive Producer
Hi, Nellie!
1934 · Executive Producer
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933 · Producer
The Working Man
1933 · Producer
The 42nd Street Special
1933 · Self (uncredited)
Parachute Jumper
1933 · Executive Producer
So Big!
1932 · Producer
The Man Who Played God
1932 · Executive Producer
Outward Bound
1930 · Producer
Disraeli
1929 · Producer
Sonny Boy
1929 · Story
The Terror
1928 · Executive Producer
Five and Ten Cent Annie
1928 · Story
Matinee Ladies
1927 · Producer
What Every Girl Should Know
1927 · Producer
The Gay Old Bird
1927 · Producer
Wolf's Clothing
1927 · Producer
Africa F.O.B.
1925 · Director
A Dangerous Adventure
1922 · Director
Cleaned and Dry
1921 · Director
Speed
1919 · Producer
Open Your Eyes
1919 · Soldier (uncredited)
