Clown prince of Hollywood: the antic life and times of Jack L. Warner
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BOB THOMAS
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Toronto Hamburg Mexico
Contents
Acknowledgments x
Prologue: Burbank, July 1967 l
1 Krasnashiltz to Youngstown 9
Beginnings in Poland Hard life in the New Land
Jack Warner is born in Ontario Settling in Youngstown
Jack Warner, vaudevillian
2 Beginnings of the Dynasty 19
Their first kinetoscope Jack follows his brothers into the
movie business Temporary defeat by the Patents Com-
pany Jack thrives and marries in San Francisco Early
efforts at production
3 Foothold in Hollywood 33
My Four Years in Germany First studios in Hollywood
Warner Bros Pictures is born Important arrivals:
Rin-Tin-Tin and Darryl Zanuck Harry expands the
company
4 Triumph Amid Sorrow 52
Sam s crusade for sound movies First films in Vitaphone
Jolson and The Jazz Singer Tragedy on the eve of
the revolution
5 The Great Expansion 63
The rage of talkies Harry s spending spree Ac-
quiring First National and the Burbank studio Jack takes
charge The dalliance with Marilyn Miller
vu
Contents
6 Mobsters, Molls, Hoofers and Others 75
Improbable star: George Arliss Little Caesar starts the
gangster cycle New stars: James Cagney, Bette Davis,
Paul Muni 42nd Street revives the musical
7 Exit Zanuck, Enter Wallis 87
Zanuck s quarrel with Harry Hal Wallis takes over
Rare character: Wilson Mizner FDR enlists the Warner
brothers End of Jack s first marriage Hearst brings
Marion Davies to Warner Bros A Midsummer Night s
Dream Jack marries Ann Alvarado
8 The Trouble with Actors 1O4
Cagney breaks his contract Bette Davis flees to England
More troublemakers arrive: Bogart and Flynn From
radio: Ronald Reagan Bryan Foy, King of the B s
9 War Clouds 121
Gone with the Wind getsawayA Ra ftofproblems
John Huston and The Maltese Falcon Confessions of a Nazi
Spy and patriotic shorts Lt Col Jack L Warner
Yankee Doodle Dandy and Now, Voyager Bill Orr marries
Joy
10 Casablanca and the Wallis Defection 139
A problem picture The Oscar brings the final break with
Wallis More trouble with stars Olivia s landmark
case Mission to Moscow Crawford and Mildred Pierce
Flynn s shenanigans Relations with writers
11 The Clown Prince in Action 156
The Warner humor Feuding with Harry Cohn
Entertaining on Angelo Drive The strike Jack s
Washington fiasco Coaching the Pathe rooster Johnny
Belinda Recruiting Bill Orr
12 Changing Times 171
The postwar slump Davis and others depart Exit,
Ronald Reagan Harry in California The rise of Ben
Kalmenson A Streetcar Named Desire Alfred Hitch-
cock Gregory Peck
13 Television 190
Warner Bros, joins the new medium Cowboys and gum-
shoes in revolt James Garner escapes
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Contents
14 The Prince in His Sixties 200
Portrait of a movie boss The dark side of Jack Warner
Eh, What s Up, Doc? Warner and Merv Griffin
15 Films of the Late Fifties 215
Mister Roberts The Old Man and the Sea The Spirit of
St Louis The rebel, James Dean Paul Newman and
The Silver Chalice Unlikely pair: Marilyn Monroe and
Laurence Olivier A Star Is Born When are you
coming back, Duke Wayne?
16 The House Divided 225
Jack double-crosses his brothers The bitter death of
Harry Warner JACK VVARNER NEAR DEATH The
break with Jack Jr Farewell to Errol Flynn Reunion
with Zanuck Two queens return for Baby Jane War-
ner, Kennedy and PT 109
17 The Last Tycoon 242
Jack in his seventies Jackie Park: Call me mistress
A gag-filled autobiography Warner and Sinatra Jack s
biggest gamble: My Fair Lady
18 Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 264
The Burtons sign on Mike Nichols is hired to direct
A troublesome filming The censorship battle War-
ner inspires the film rating system
19 Goodbye to All That 279
Sellout to Seven Arts Another Lerner-Loewe musical:
Camelot The founder leaves Burbank Albert dies
The office in Century City Three failures: Jimmy,
Dirty Little Billy and 1776
20 Shuffle Off to Buffalo 301
Jack reaches eighty Interviews and The Merv Griffin Show
Physical decline and the return to Ann A peculiar
funeral A post-mortem revel for the prince
Bibliography 309
Index 312
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