Albert Warner

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Albert Warner in the film magazine Moving Picture World (1919)

Aaron "Albert" Warner , actually Abraham Wonsal (* July 11 jul. / 23. July  1884 greg. In Krasnosielc , Russian Empire ; † 26 November 1967 in Miami Beach , Florida ) was a Polish- American film producer , the together with his three brothers Harry , Sam and Jack founded the film company Warner Brothers .

life and career

Albert Warner was born as one of twelve children of a shoemaker in what is now Poland, which was then part of the Russian Empire. During his childhood he moved to Canada with his family and later to Youngstown , Ohio . From 1903 the brothers ran film screenings, including at fairs. Within a few years they created a large cinema chain, which they sold in 1910. Then they got into film production, initially with Carl Laemmle , later independently with Warner Features . In 1923 they founded the Warner Brothers film studio in Hollywood , after which their success grew steadily and at the latest from the beginning of the talkies in the late 1920s, Warner Bros. was one of the major film studios.

Albert Warner worked in later years primarily in the role of treasurer for Warner Brothers. In 1956, when the Warner Brothers had already passed the height of their power in the studio system , the three living of the four Warner Brothers supposedly wanted to retire. They sold their shares, but the youngest brother Jack bought his shares back behind their back and appointed himself company president. As a result, Albert and Harry never spoke to him again, although Albert later became a member of the Board of Directors again until 1966 .

Warner's first wife, Bessie Krieger, whom he married in 1908, died of flu in 1923. He was married to his second wife, Bessie Siegal, from 1925 until his death. With Bessie Siegel, he had two biological children and a stepson from their previous marriage. He died in 1967 at the age of 83 in Miami Beach, where he had spent the rest of his life. He was buried next to his first wife in Salem Fields Cemetery in Brooklyn ; his second wife was also laid to rest there after her death in 1970.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons by Scott Wilson
  2. ^ Albert Warner in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved May 19, 2017 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Warner, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Warner, Aaron; Wonsal, Abraham (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish-American film producer
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Krasnosielc , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1967
Place of death Miami Beach , Florida , United States