Jack L. Warner
Production
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.
Known for
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movie1776
1972
Producer
movieDirty Little Billy
1972
Producer
movieCamelot
1967
Producer
movieMy Fair Lady
1964
Producer
movieAbout Time
1962
Producer
movieBattle Cry
1955
Producer
movieBeyond the Forest
1949
Executive Producer
movieNight Unto Night
1949
Executive Producer
movieWhiplash
1948
Executive Producer
movieJune Bride
1948
Executive Producer
movieSilver River
1948
Executive Producer
movieThe Woman in White
1948
Executive Producer
movieWinter Meeting
1948
Executive Producer
movieThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948
Executive Producer
The Friendship Train
1948
Executive Producer
movieMy Wild Irish Rose
1947
Executive Producer
movieEscape Me Never
1947
Executive Producer
movieLife with Father
1947
Executive Producer
movieDark Passage
1947
Executive Producer
movieCry Wolf
1947
Executive Producer
movieDeep Valley
1947
Executive Producer
movieThe Unfaithful
1947
Executive Producer
moviePossessed
1947
Executive Producer
movieLove and Learn
1947
Executive Producer
movieStallion Road
1947
Executive Producer
movieThe Two Mrs. Carrolls
1947
Executive Producer
movieNora Prentiss
1947
Producer
movieHumoresque
1947
Executive Producer
movieThe Man I Love
1946
Executive Producer
movieThe Verdict
1946
Executive Producer
movieNever Say Goodbye
1946
Executive Producer
movieNobody Lives Forever
1946
Executive Producer
movieDeception
1946
Executive Producer
movieShadow of a Woman
1946
Executive Producer
movieThe Big Sleep
1946
Executive Producer
movieOf Human Bondage
1946
Executive Producer
movieJanie Gets Married
1946
Executive Producer
movieA Stolen Life
1946
Executive Producer
movieDevotion
1946
Executive Producer
movieCinderella Jones
1946
Executive Producer
movieThree Strangers
1946
Executive Producer
movieMy Reputation
1946
Executive Producer
movieSan Antonio
1945
Executive Producer
movieDanger Signal
1945
Executive Producer
movieMildred Pierce
1945
Executive Producer
moviePride of the Marines
1945
Executive Producer
movieChristmas in Connecticut
1945
Executive Producer
movieConflict
1945
Executive Producer
moviePillow to Post
1945
Executive Producer
movieEscape in the Desert
1945
Executive Producer
movieThe Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
Executive Producer
movieThe Corn Is Green
1945
Executive Producer
movieHotel Berlin
1945
Executive Producer
movieObjective, Burma!
1945
Executive Producer
movieRoughly Speaking
1945
Executive Producer
movieTo Have and Have Not
1945
Executive Producer
I Am an American
1944
Executive Producer
movieHollywood Canteen
1944
Executive Producer
movieThe Conspirators
1944
Executive Producer
movieJanie
1944
Executive Producer
movieArsenic and Old Lace
1944
Producer
movieThe Adventures of Mark Twain
1944
Executive Producer
movieThe Mask of Dimitrios
1944
Executive Producer
movieMake Your Own Bed
1944
Executive Producer
movieMr. Skeffington
1944
Executive Producer
movieBetween Two Worlds
1944
Executive Producer
movieThe Shining Future
1944
Producer
movieUncertain Glory
1944
Executive Producer
moviePassage to Marseille
1944
Executive Producer
movieShine on Harvest Moon
1944
Executive Producer
movieIn Our Time
1944
Executive Producer
movieDestination Tokyo
1943
Executive Producer
movieOld Acquaintance
1943
Executive Producer
movieNorthern Pursuit
1943
Executive Producer
movieThank Your Lucky Stars
1943
Executive Producer
movieWatch on the Rhine
1943
Executive Producer
movieThis Is the Army
1943
Producer
movieBackground to Danger
1943
Executive Producer
movieThe Constant Nymph
1943
Executive Producer
movieAction in the North Atlantic
1943
Executive Producer
movieMission to Moscow
1943
Executive Producer
movieEdge of Darkness
1943
Executive Producer
movieAir Force
1943
Executive Producer
movieCasablanca
1943
Executive Producer
movieThe Hard Way
1943
Executive Producer
movieThe United States Service Bands
1943
Executive Producer
movieYankee Doodle Dandy
1942
Executive Producer
movieWinning Your Wings
1942
Producer
movieMurder in the Big House
1942
Executive Producer
movieLaw of the Tropics
1941
Production Manager
movieUnderground
1941
Executive Producer
movieHoneymoon for Three
1941
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieSanta Fe Trail
1940
Producer
movieThe Letter
1940
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieSouth of Suez
1940
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieAlways a Bride
1940
Executive Producer
movieKnute Rockne All American
1940
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieCity for Conquest
1940
Production Manager
movieNo Time for Comedy
1940
Producer
movieFlowing Gold
1940
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieMoney and the Woman
1940
Production Executive
movieRiver's End
1940
Executive Producer
movieThey Drive by Night
1940
Production Manager
movieThe Man Who Talked Too Much
1940
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieGambling on the High Seas
1940
Executive Producer
movieA Fugitive from Justice
1940
Executive Producer
movieMurder in the Air
1940
Executive Producer
movieTorrid Zone
1940
Production Manager
movieTear Gas Squad
1940
Executive Producer
movieAn Angel from Texas
1940
Production Manager
movieIt All Came True
1940
Executive Producer
movieVirginia City
1940
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieCastle on the Hudson
1940
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieThe Fighting 69th
1940
Production Manager
movieInvisible Stripes
1939
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieFour Wives
1939
Executive In Charge Of Production
moviePrivate Detective
1939
Executive Producer
movieThe Return of Doctor X
1939
Executive Producer
movieOn Dress Parade
1939
Executive Producer
movieThe Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieSmashing the Money Ring
1939
Executive Producer
movieEspionage Agent
1939
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieNo Place to Go
1939
Executive Producer
movieNancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
1939
Executive Producer
movieEach Dawn I Die
1939
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieTorchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
1939
Executive Producer
movieIndianapolis Speedway
1939
Executive Producer
movieWaterfront
1939
Executive Producer
movieDaughters Courageous
1939
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieNancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
1939
Executive Producer
movieJuarez
1939
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieCode of the Secret Service
1939
Executive Producer
movieSweepstakes Winner
1939
Executive Producer
movieTorchy Runs for Mayor
1939
Executive Producer
movieConfessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
Executive Producer
movieDark Victory
1939
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieYou Can't Get Away with Murder
1939
Executive Producer
movieThe Adventures of Jane Arden
1939
Executive Producer
movieThe Oklahoma Kid
1939
Executive Producer
movieNancy Drew... Reporter
1939
Executive Producer
movieTorchy Blane in Chinatown
1939
Executive Producer
movieThey Made Me a Criminal
1939
Production Manager
movieBreakdowns of 1938
1938
Executive Producer
movieThe Dawn Patrol
1938
Executive Producer
movieAngels with Dirty Faces
1938
Executive Producer
movieTorchy Gets Her Man
1938
Executive Producer
movieThe Sisters
1938
Executive Producer
movieBroadway Musketeers
1938
Executive Producer
movieBoy Meets Girl
1938
Executive Producer
movieFour's a Crowd
1938
Executive Producer
movieThe Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
Executive Producer
movieMen Are Such Fools
1938
Executive Producer
movieMystery House
1938
Executive Producer
movieCrime School
1938
Executive Producer
movieTorchy Blane in Panama
1938
Executive Producer
movieFools for Scandal
1938
Executive Producer
movieAccidents Will Happen
1938
Executive Producer
movieOver the Wall
1938
Executive Producer
movieA Slight Case of Murder
1938
Executive Producer
movieGold Is Where You Find It
1938
Executive Producer
movieBlondes at Work
1938
Executive Producer
movieHollywood Hotel
1938
Executive Producer
movieTovarich
1937
Executive Producer
movieMissing Witnesses
1937
Executive Producer
movieThe Adventurous Blonde
1937
Executive Producer
movieWest of Shanghai
1937
Executive Producer
movieLove Is on the Air
1937
Executive Producer
movieThe Littlest Diplomat
1937
Producer
movieThat Certain Woman
1937
Executive Producer
movieBack in Circulation
1937
Executive Producer
movieConfession
1937
Executive Producer
movieTalent Scout
1937
Executive Producer
movieThey Won't Forget
1937
Executive Producer
moviePublic Wedding
1937
Executive Producer
movieAnother Dawn
1937
Executive Producer
movieSlim
1937
Executive Producer
movieFly Away Baby
1937
Executive Producer
movieKid Galahad
1937
Executive Producer
movieThe Go-Getter
1937
Executive Producer
movieDraegerman Courage
1937
Executive Producer
movieThe Cherokee Strip
1937
Executive Producer
movieMelody for Two
1937
Executive Producer
movieThat Man's Here Again
1937
Executive Producer
movieMarked Woman
1937
Executive Producer, Executive In Charge Of Production
movieReady, Willing and Able
1937
Executive Producer
movieGreen Light
1937
Executive Producer
movieBlack Legion
1937
Executive Producer
movieOnce a Doctor
1937
Executive Producer
movieGold Diggers of 1937
1936
Executive Producer
movieFugitive in the Sky
1936
Executive Producer
movieCalifornia Mail
1936
Executive Producer
movieThe Case of the Black Cat
1936
Executive Producer
movieThe Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
Executive Producer
movieCain and Mabel
1936
Executive Producer
movieGive Me Your Heart
1936
Executive Producer
movieTrailin' West
1936
Executive Producer
movieLove Begins at Twenty
1936
Executive Producer
movieChina Clipper
1936
Executive Producer
movieJailbreak
1936
Executive Producer
movieThe Green Pastures
1936
Executive Producer
movieBengal Tiger
1936
Executive Producer
movieTwo Against the World
1936
Executive Producer
movieThe Big Noise
1936
Executive Producer
movieHearts Divided
1936
Executive Producer
movieMurder by an Aristocrat
1936
Executive Producer
movieBullets or Ballots
1936
Executive Producer
movieThe Golden Arrow
1936
Executive Producer
movieSnowed Under
1936
Executive Producer
movieColleen
1936
Executive Producer
movieThe Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
Executive Producer
movieCaptain Blood
1935
Executive Producer
movieDangerous
1935
Executive Producer
movieMiss Pacific Fleet
1935
Executive Producer
movieA Midsummer Night's Dream
1935
Executive Producer
movieBlack Fury
1935
Executive Producer
movie'G' Men
1935
Executive Producer
movieBordertown
1935
Executive Producer
movieFlirtation Walk
1934
Executive Producer
movieThe St. Louis Kid
1934
Executive Producer
movieHousewife
1934
Producer
movieThe Man with Two Faces
1934
Executive Producer
movieHere Comes the Navy
1934
Executive Producer
movieThe Merry Frinks
1934
Executive Producer
movieJimmy the Gent
1934
Executive Producer
movieDark Hazard
1934
Executive Producer
movieHi, Nellie!
1934
Executive Producer
movieGold Diggers of 1933
1933
Producer
movieThe Working Man
1933
Producer
movieParachute Jumper
1933
Executive Producer
movieSo Big!
1932
Producer
movieThe Man Who Played God
1932
Executive Producer
movieOutward Bound
1930
Producer
movieDisraeli
1929
Producer
movieThe Terror
1928
Executive Producer
movieMatinee Ladies
1927
Producer
movieThe Gay Old Bird
1927
Producer
movieWolf's Clothing
1927
Producer
movieSpeed
1919
Producer
Acting22
movieAudrey
2020
Self - Film Producer (archive footage)
movieSid & Judy
2019
Self (archive photos)
movieTab Hunter Confidential
2015
Self (archive)
movie1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Self (archive footage)
movieStardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
Self (archive footage) (voice)
movie42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
Self (archive footage)
movieDiscovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
Self (archive footage)
movieJack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
1993
Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieA Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
1973
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
movieThe Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
Self (archive footage)
movieA Dream Comes True
1935
Himself (uncredited)
movieThe 42nd Street Special
1933
Self (uncredited)
movieOpen Your Eyes
1919
Soldier (uncredited)
Crew7
movieRed Nightmare
1962
Supervisor of Production Resources
movieSilver River
1948
Presenter
movieNever Say Goodbye
1946
Presenter
movieThe Mask of Dimitrios
1944
Presenter
movieUncertain Glory
1944
Presenter
movieNorthern Pursuit
1943
Presenter
movieThe Hard Way
1943
Presenter
Directing3
movieAfrica F.O.B.
1925
Director
movieA Dangerous Adventure
1922
Director
