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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 Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Warner’s career spanned some forty-five 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 toughmindedness. He recruited many of Warner Bros.'s 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."
Actors: C. Thomas Howell (actor), Andrew Stevens (producer), Randy Carter (editor), Brent Huff (actor), Richard Gabai (actor), Martin Kove (actor), Fred Olen Ray (director), Stella Stevens (actress), Daniel Grodnik (producer), Andrew Prine (actor), Peter Spellos (actor), Ted Monte (actor), Christopher Farrell (composer), Chris Beal (miscellaneous crew), Chick Vennera (actor),
Genres: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi,Actors: Lana Wood (actress), Natalie Wood (actress), Michael Weatherly (actor), Robert Vaughn (actor), Margaret O'Brien (actress), Alice Krige (actress), Johann Benét (actor), George Chakiris (actor), Paul Mazursky (actor), Robert Hyatt (actor), Elliott Gould (actor), Colin Friels (actor), Henry Jaglom (actor), Ted Babcock (producer), Gerald W. Abrams (producer),
Plot: Uses accounts from family, friends, and acquaintances to tell the story of Natalie Wood and how she started young, acting in the spotlight, making the transition from a childhood actress to serious actress, dating the top names in Hollywood, her life and marriage to her husband, Robert Wagner,and her biggest fear that ended up being the cause of her death.
Keywords: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, actress, based-on-book, birthday-party, boat, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationshipActors: Judy Davis (actress), Philip Williams (actor), Al Waxman (actor), Bruce McFee (actor), Aron Tager (actor), John Stocker (actor), Hugh Laurie (actor), Daniel Kash (actor), Adrian Hough (actor), Aidan Devine (actor), Michael Rhoades (actor), Victor Garber (actor), William Holden (actor), Jayne Eastwood (actress), Rosemary Dunsmore (actress),
Plot: The movie starts off at the beginning of Judy Garland's life singing when she was two years old. It jumps to when she was 12 and was signed by MGM and later when her father dies. The movie tells about her early struggles with MGM and with the addiction to barbiturates. It then jumps to the marriage to Vincette Minelli and the struggles with that, and leads into the rest of the movie and her marriages to Sid Luft, Mark Herron, and Mickey Deans and ends when she dies in 1969
Keywords: actor-shares-first-name-with-character, actress, alcoholism, amphetamine, award, based-on-autobiography, camera-shot-of-feet, carnegie-hall-manhattan-new-york-city, character-name-in-title, child-starActors: Ángela Molina (actress), Jeff Goldblum (actor), Greta Scacchi (actress), Greta Scacchi (actress), John Sessions (actor), John Sessions (actor), Ángela Molina (actress), Peter Bowles (actor), Jeff Goldblum (actor), Geraint Wyn Davies (actor), Geraint Wyn Davies (actor), Karl Francis (actor), Sean Chapman (actor), John Pierce Jones (actor), John Pierce Jones (actor),
Genres: Documentary, Short,Actors: Pauline Burt (miscellaneous crew), Jeff Goldblum (actor), Antonio Valero (actor), John Sessions (actor), Greta Scacchi (actress), Pablo Núñez (miscellaneous crew), Danny Kaye (actor), Shane Rimmer (actor), Larry Lamb (actor), Adolf Hitler (actor), Peter Bowles (actor), Ángela Molina (actress), Christopher Fulford (actor), Geraint Wyn Davies (actor), Carmen Soriano (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Joseph Campanella (actor), Casey Kasem (actor), Mike Connors (actor), Casper Van Dien (actor), Connie Stevens (actress), Robert Mitchum (actor), Diane Ladd (actress), Monique Parent (actress), George Barris (miscellaneous crew), Richard S. Brummer (editor), Rebecca Budig (actress), Mohammed Rustam (producer), Mohammed Rustam (actor), Charles Guardino (actor), Mohammed Rustam (director),
Plot: Casper Van Dien of STARSHIP TROOPERS stars as James Dean, whose remarkable talent and rebel attitude took Hollywood by storm. But as Dean's star begins to rise, his passionate affair with Italian ingénue Pier Angeli (Carrie Mitchum of THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) angers her disapproving mother (Academy Awardïf¢ nominee Diane Ladd) and studio chief Jack Warner (Mike Connors). How did a broken heart, reckless behavior and his relationships with Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo and director George Stevens (the legendary Robert Mitchum in his final screen role) lead to Dean's ultimate race with destiny? Connie Stevens, Joseph Campanella and Casey Kasem co-star in this revealing biopic that goes behind the myth to tell the true story of the superstar who lived fast, died young and left a legacy that changed movies forever.
Keywords: actor, car-crash, character-name-in-title, independent-filmActors: Maureen Lipman (actress), Ronnie Corbett (actor), Harry Enfield (actor), Celia Imrie (actress), Jim Davidson (actor), John Sillitto (editor), John Inman (actor), Samantha Womack (actress), Max Bygraves (actor), Su Pollard (actress), Mike Yarwood (actor), Richard Stilgoe (actor), Bill Cotton (producer), David G. Croft (producer), John Fisher (producer),
Genres: Musical,Actors: Amy Irving (actress), Fisher Stevens (director), Patrick Breen (actor), Patrick Breen (writer), John Penotti (producer), Evan Lurie (composer), Glen Trotiner (producer), Dylan Tichenor (editor), Dan Fauci (producer), Dan Fauci (actor), Dean Garvin (producer), Rebecca Morton (producer), Sheila Gray (actress), Edward J. Daugherty (actor), McCaffrey Calhoun (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Arthur Franz (actor), Richard Dysart (actor), Robert Karnes (actor), Charles Bernstein (composer), Charles W. Fries (producer), Vincent Sherman (director), William Phipps (actor), Ross Elliott (actor), Patricia Barry (actress), Drew Barrymore (actress), Ann Wedgeworth (actress), John Colton (actor), Norman Burton (actor), Orin Kennedy (miscellaneous crew), Orin Kennedy (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: This TV movie focuses on the life of actor Humphrey Bogart, particularly the part of his life when his marriage to actress Mayo Methot was breaking up and his relationship with future wife Lauren Bacall was just beginning.
Keywords: acting, actor, actress, based-on-novel, filmmaking, hollywood, stardomActors: Travilla (costume designer), Philip Sterling (actor), Garson Kanin (writer), Elmer Bernstein (composer), Vic Tayback (actor), Peter Maloney (actor), Lee Wilkof (actor), John Marley (actor), John Dennis (actor), David L. Wolper (producer), Lloyd Bridges (actor), Norman Fell (actor), Michael Lerner (actor), Stuart Whitman (miscellaneous crew), John Erman (director),
Plot: First of two 1980 TV movies about Marilyn Monroe which this one details her days as an aspiring actress through her love affair with high-powered agent Johnny Hyde to the brink of stardom on the eve of his sudden death.
Keywords: based-on-novel