Jack Leonard Warner, Canadian-American, film executive, Warner Bros, Warner Brothers, Hollywood studio moguls, vaudeville career, Sam, Harry, Albert.
Jack Leonard "" Warner (August 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978), born Jacob Warner in London, Ontario, Canada, of a Polish-Jewish family, was the president and driving force behind the successful development of Warner Brothers Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. His 45-year career was lengthier than that of any other studio 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 often 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 – a move that alienated him from some of his closest relatives. Although Warner was feared by many of his employees and often inspired ridicule with his uneven attempts at humor, he won respect for his shrewd instincts and recruited many of Warner Bros.' top stars and promoted the hard-edged social dramas for which the studio became known. Given to quick decision making, Warner once commented, "If I'm right fifty-one percent of the time, I'm ahead of the game". He proved an enigmatic figure throughout his long he was a staunch Republican, Warner encouraged film projects that promoted the agenda of Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. He speedily grasped the threat posed by European fascism and criticized Nazi Germany well before America's involvement in World War II. During the postwar era, however, Warner supported an anti-Communist crusade that culminated in the "blacklisting" of Hollywood directors, actors, screenwriters, and his controversial public image, Warner remained a force in the motion picture industry until his retirement in the early 1970s.
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