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About Albert Warner
Albert Warner (born Abraham Wonsal) was one of the founders of Warner Bros. Studios. He established the production studio with his brothers Harry, Sam, and Jack Warner and served as the studio's treasurer, until he sold his stock in 1956.
Before entering the film business, Warner tried his hand at several occupations. He and older brother Harry had run a bicycle shop in Youngstown, Ohio, during the bicycle craze of the 1890s, then set out on the road to sell soap for Swift and Company.
In 1903 Sam, the eldest of the four Warner brothers, decided to reunite the whole family in Youngstown and set up a nickelodeon in the back of father Ben's shoe repair store. Movies were catching on (Albert handled the box office receipts) here as elsewhere in America, and the Warner brothers quickly opened film exchanges to control two of the three phases of the burgeoning business until they were squeezed out of distribution by Thomas Edison's Motion Picture Patents Trust in 1909. They retrenched in the theater end and bolstered their cash flow by importing and showing films city by city. This success encouraged them to re-enter the distribution business in 1914, by which time Edison's Patents Trust was being broken apart in the courts. Soon they had bought the Skouras brothers' theater holdings in St. Louis, Missouri (at Albert's suggestion) and by 1918 they had moved to Hollywood. Their production output was limited to two or three films a year in a crowded and chaotic marketplace.
In the early 1920s Harry Warner was company president, Albert was the treasurer and Jack and Sam shared production duties. Albert and Harry were headquartered in New York. When Sam died in 1927 on the night before "The Jazz Singer" premiere, Jack took over the production reins and Albert took over the ever-growing Warner Bros. distribution arm. Jack sold his share in 1967, the year Albert died.
As the two older Warner siblings, Harry and Albert's chief position in the company was to keep Sam and Jack from killing each other. This might explain why, with Sam dead and Jack doing a solo in the spotlight, Harry and Albert sold out their company interests in 1956 (but were back-stabbed by Jack). Despite their fraternal struggles, however, "The Warner Brothers always considered themselves as one," according to Harry.
Albert Warner was called "Major" as a remnant of a military career. As with any quartet where one member is flamboyant, one is brooding, one is reluctant and one is sensible, Albert seems to have been the "sensible" Warner brother. He was dignified and more high-minded than his freres and may well have become reactionary when the dual specters of financial ruin and public opinion were hoisted in the Waldorf conference.
He is great uncle of Doors guitarist Robby Krieger
About Albert Warner (עברית)
אברהם"אלברט" וורנר
''''''(באנגלית: Abraham "Albert" Warner; 23 ביולי 1884 – 6 בנובמבר 1967) היה מפיק קולנוע אמריקאי-יהודי יליד פולין ואחד ממקימי אולפני האחים וורנר.
חייו וורנר נולד כאלברט איכלבאום בעיירה קראסנושיילץ, במחוז מזוביה שבפולין. הוא היגר עם משפחתו לקנדה בשנות ה-80 המוקדמות של המאה ה-19. מקנדה היגרה משפחתו של ורנר לארצות הברית והשתקעה באוהיו. בשנת 1903 אלברט ושני אחיו, הארי וסם נכנסו לעסקי תיאטראות-הקולנוע השכונתיים (באנגלית: Nickelodeon) בפנסילבניה. לאחר מספר שנים הם הקימו חברה להפצת סרטים וג'ק, אחיו הצעיר של אלברט, הצטרף גם הוא לעסקי הקולנוע.
בשנת 1912 החלו האחים, בנוסף להפצת סרטים, גם להפיק סרטים וב-1918 הם הרחיבו את העסק להוליווד, קליפורניה ופתחו אולפן הקלטות בשדרות סאנסט בלוס אנג'לס. בעקבות גדילתה של החברה והתרחבות התחומים שבהם היא עסקה עברו ג'ק וסם למערב ארצות הברית והתמקדו בהפקת סרטים בעוד שאלברט והארי נשארו בחוף המזרחי של המדינה והמשיכו לעסוק בתחומי ההפצה והפרסום של החברה.
בחודש מאי 1956 הכריזו האחים על מכירת המניות שלהם. אלברט והארי באמת מכרו את המניות, אך אחיהם ג'ק קנה את אותן המניות בסתר. לאחר הפרישה שלו, אלברט מעולם לא דיבר עם ג'ק שוב.
אלברט וורנר מת ב-1967 במיאמי ביץ', פלורידה לאחר תקופת פרישה ממושכת. נקבר בברוקלין, ניו יורק.
ראו גם הארי וורנר ג'ק וורנר סם וורנר קישורים חיצוניים IMDB Logo 2016.svg אלברט וורנר , במסד הנתונים הקולנועיים IMDb (באנגלית) אלברט וורנר , באתר "Find a Grave" (באנגלית) https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%98_%D7%95...
חברת האחים וורנר
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Albert Warner (born Abraham Wonsal) was one of the founders of Warner Bros. Studios. He established the production studio with his brothers Harry, Sam, and Jack Warner and served as the studio's treasurer, until he sold his stock in 1956.
Before entering the film business, Warner tried his hand at several occupations. He and older brother Harry had run a bicycle shop in Youngstown, Ohio, during the bicycle craze of the 1890s, then set out on the road to sell soap for Swift and Company.
In 1903 Sam, the eldest of the four Warner brothers, decided to reunite the whole family in Youngstown and set up a nickelodeon in the back of father Ben's shoe repair store. Movies were catching on (Albert handled the box office receipts) here as elsewhere in America, and the Warner brothers quickly opened film exchanges to control two of the three phases of the burgeoning business until they were squeezed out of distribution by Thomas Edison's Motion Picture Patents Trust in 1909. They retrenched in the theater end and bolstered their cash flow by importing and showing films city by city. This success encouraged them to re-enter the distribution business in 1914, by which time Edison's Patents Trust was being broken apart in the courts. Soon they had bought the Skouras brothers' theater holdings in St. Louis, Missouri (at Albert's suggestion) and by 1918 they had moved to Hollywood. Their production output was limited to two or three films a year in a crowded and chaotic marketplace.
In the early 1920s Harry Warner was company president, Albert was the treasurer and Jack and Sam shared production duties. Albert and Harry were headquartered in New York. When Sam died in 1927 on the night before "The Jazz Singer" premiere, Jack took over the production reins and Albert took over the ever-growing Warner Bros. distribution arm. Jack sold his share in 1967, the year Albert died.
As the two older Warner siblings, Harry and Albert's chief position in the company was to keep Sam and Jack from killing each other. This might explain why, with Sam dead and Jack doing a solo in the spotlight, Harry and Albert sold out their company interests in 1956 (but were back-stabbed by Jack). Despite their fraternal struggles, however, "The Warner Brothers always considered themselves as one," according to Harry.
Albert Warner was called "Major" as a remnant of a military career. As with any quartet where one member is flamboyant, one is brooding, one is reluctant and one is sensible, Albert seems to have been the "sensible" Warner brother. He was dignified and more high-minded than his freres and may well have become reactionary when the dual specters of financial ruin and public opinion were hoisted in the Waldorf conference.
He is great uncle of Doors guitarist Robby Krieger
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Albert Warner's Timeline
| 1884 |
July 23, 1884
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Krasnosielc, Krasnosielc / Maków Mazowiecki, Mazowieckie, Poland
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| 1967 |
November 26, 1967
Age 83
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Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
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