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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Jack L. Warner collection
Creator:
Warner, Jack L. (1892-1978)
Identifier/Call Number: 2220
Physical Description:
296.48 Linear Feet
177 boxes
Date (bulk): 1920s-1960s
Abstract: This collection consists of scripts, photographs, scrapbooks, awards, and mementos from Canadian-American film executive producer
Jack L. Warner (1892-1978).
Language of Material:
English.
This collection consists of scripts, photographs, scrapbooks, awards, and mementos from Canadian-American film executive producer
Jack L. Warner (1892-1978). Warner was president of the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. Four boxes are also labeled
Henry Warner, despite their falling out.
Jack L. Warner (1892-1978) was a Canadian-American film executive producer. He was the president behind the Warner Bros. Studios
in Burbank, California. 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, "The Jazz Singer" (1927). Warner officially retired from the
studio in 1969.
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at cin@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items
and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ann Warner (wife), circa 1980.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Jack L. Warner collection, Collection no. 2220, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion picture producers and directors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Scrapbooks
Photographs
Awards
Scripts
Realia
Motion picture studios -- Archival resources
Warner, Jack L. (1892-1978) -- Archives
Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967) -- Archives