Sam Warner
Media proprietor, Organization founder
1887 – 1927
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Who was Sam Warner?
Samuel Louis "Sam" Warner was an American film producer who was the co-founder and chief executive officer of Warner Bros. Studios. He established the studio along with his brothers Harry, Albert, and Jack Warner. Sam Warner is credited with procuring the technology that enabled Warner Bros. to produce the film industry's first feature-length talking picture, The Jazz Singer. He died in 1927, the day before the film's enormously successful premiere.
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- Born
- Aug 10, 1887
Krasnosielc - Also known as
- Samuel Eichelbaum
- S.L. Warner
- Samuel L. Warner
- Samuel Louis Warner
- Samuel Louis "Sam" Warner
- Schmuel Wonsal
- Schmuel Wonskolaser
- The Father of Talking Pictures
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Lina Basquette
(1925/07/04 - 1927/10/05)
- Lina Basquette
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Poles
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Poland
- Profession
- Lived in
- Sandusky
- Youngstown
- Baltimore
- Died
- Oct 5, 1927
Los Angeles - Resting place
- Home of Peace Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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