Jack L. Warner

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Born 1892-08-02 Died 1978-09-09 London, Ontario, Canada 269 credits Academy Awards 1 Golden Globe Awards 3 David di Donatello for best foreign production 2 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 California Hall of Fame 1 Canada's Walk of Fame 1

Awards

Won 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 won

1965 Best Picture Won My Fair Lady

Golden Globe Awards 3 won · 1 nominated

1972 Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Nominated 1776
1964 Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Won My Fair Lady
1958 Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Won Auntie Mame
1955 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award Won

David di Donatello for best foreign production 2 won

1965 best foreign production Won My Fair Lady
1957 best foreign production Won Giant

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won

— star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won

California Hall of Fame 1 won

2012 California Hall of Fame Won

Canada's Walk of Fame 1 won

2004 Canada's Walk of Fame Won

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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.