[78], After Sam Warner's death in 1927, brother Harry asked Lina Basquette to give up custody of the couple's daughter Lita. [44] The brothers then decided to relocate their production studio from Culver City to Sunset Boulevard. [72] Harry Warner eventually agreed to accept Sam's demands. [22] Warner's interest in film came after seeing Thomas Edison's The Great Train Robbery while working as an employee at Cedar Point Pleasure Resort in Sandusky, Ohio. The Jazz Singer broke box-office records, establishing Warner Bros. as a major player in Hollywood and single-handedly launching the talkie revolution. Film executiveCo-founder of Warner Brothers His cause of death was pneumonia. [37] In the wake of this success, Harry Warner, seeing Edison's monopoly threat grow, decided to break with Laemmle[35] and had the brothers start their own film production company, Warner Features. In the early 1900s, he formed a business partnership with another Youngstown resident and "took over" the city's Old Grand Opera House, which he used as a venue for "cheap vaudeville and photoplays". [81] Basquette quickly regretted her decision and attempted to regain custody of her daughter. [61], By February 1926, the studio had suffered a net loss of $333,413. [70] By April 1927, First National, Paramount, MGM, Universal, and Producers Distributing (the Big Five studios) had put the Warners in financial ruin. He died of The HOA buildings, with the exception to Warner Gym, were demolished in 1956 to make way for the Jacob H. Schiff Park. Sam's cause of death was brain abscess complicated by pneumonia. If you see something that doesn't look right on this page, please do inform us using the form below: © 2017 Dead or Kicking / All Rights Reserved. [7][8][9][10][11] He had ten siblings. [13] After two arduous years in Canada, Benjamin and his family returned to Baltimore. [56] In 1925, Sam Warner had also acquired a radio station, KFWB. [48], One of the new company's first big stars would be the dog Rin Tin Tin. He established the studio along with his brothers Harry, Albert, and Jack L. Warner. Recently Passed Away Celebrities and Famous People. Harry Warner claimed he was concerned that little Lita would be raised as Catholic instead of Jewish (according to Basquette, she and Sam Warner agreed to raise any female children they had as Catholic and any male children as Jewish). [46] With the film's success, director Harry Rapf was appointed the studio's new head producer. Sam passed away on October 5, 1927 at the age of 40. The family emigrated to Baltimore, Maryland in October 1889 on the steamship Hermann from Bremen, Germany. This article is a stub. His sisters were Cecilia (1877–1881), Anna (1878–1958), Rose (1890–1955), Fannie (1891–1984) and Sadie (1895–1959).

Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 33. Doctors also discovered that Warner had developed a mastoid infection of the brain. [77] On October 6, 1926, the couple's only child, daughter Lita, was born. Szmuel became Samuel, nicknamed Sam. Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 136. Samuel Louis "Sam" Warner (born Szmuel Wonsal,[1] August 10, 1887 – October 5, 1927) was an American film producer who was the co-founder and chief executive officer of Warner Bros. [64] Harry Warner then signed a partnership agreement with Western Electric to use Bell Laboratories to test the sound-on-film process.

The HOA was located between 136th to 138th street, fronting Amsterdam Ave, in Hamilton Heights. "Wielcy Polacy - Warner Bros czyli bracia Warner: Aaron (Albert), Szmul (Sam) i Hirsz (Harry) Wonsal oraz Jack (Itzhak) Wonsal - Białczyński", "The Family of Benjamin and Pearl Leah (Eichelbaum) Warner: Early Primary Records", http://dougsinclairsarchives.com/benjaminwarnerfamily.htm, https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1115&context=vocesnovae, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CAEyh6EY9kYC&pg=PA28&dq=polish+jews+warner&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjd-eGP2b3lAhXY7HMBHeiLD0IQ6AEIVzAG#v=onepage&q=polish%20jews%20warner&f=false, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nJ9h50sMkOMC&pg=PA41&dq=polish+jews+warner&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjd-eGP2b3lAhXY7HMBHeiLD0IQ6AEIRjAE#v=onepage&q=polish%20jews%20warner&f=false, https://www.californiamuseum.org/museum-news/california-hall-fame-induct-four-warner-brothers, https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/from-polish-village-to-hollywood-fame-the-polish-movie-mogul-behind-warner-bros-pictures-1350, Warner Bros.

Schmuel WonsalAugust 10, 1887Krasnosielc, Congress Poland, Russian Empire

Coronavirus Update. He died of pneumonia caused by sinusitis, osteomyelitis and epidural and subdural abscesses on October 5, 1927, the day before the premiere of The Jazz Singer. Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 98. [57] After acquiring the radio station, Sam decided to make an attempt to use synchronized sound in future Warner Bros. According to Bette-Ann Warner, a second cousin to the Warner brothers, in, Doug Sinclair, "The Family of Benjamin and Pearl Leah (Eichelbaum) Warner: Early Primary Records," (2008), published at Doug Sinclair's Archives (. The HOA was in operation on that site from 1884 to 1941.

1907–1927

[84][85], According to Hollywood Be Thy Name, the 1993 memoir of Jack Warner, Jr., and Cass Warner Sperling, character actor William Demarest claimed that Sam Warner was murdered by his own brothers. [64] One problem confronting the Warners though was that the high-ups at Western Electric were antisemitic.

[78], After Sam Warner's death in 1927, brother Harry asked Lina Basquette to give up custody of the couple's daughter Lita. [44] The brothers then decided to relocate their production studio from Culver City to Sunset Boulevard. [72] Harry Warner eventually agreed to accept Sam's demands. [22] Warner's interest in film came after seeing Thomas Edison's The Great Train Robbery while working as an employee at Cedar Point Pleasure Resort in Sandusky, Ohio. The Jazz Singer broke box-office records, establishing Warner Bros. as a major player in Hollywood and single-handedly launching the talkie revolution. Film executiveCo-founder of Warner Brothers His cause of death was pneumonia. [37] In the wake of this success, Harry Warner, seeing Edison's monopoly threat grow, decided to break with Laemmle[35] and had the brothers start their own film production company, Warner Features. In the early 1900s, he formed a business partnership with another Youngstown resident and "took over" the city's Old Grand Opera House, which he used as a venue for "cheap vaudeville and photoplays". [81] Basquette quickly regretted her decision and attempted to regain custody of her daughter. [61], By February 1926, the studio had suffered a net loss of $333,413. [70] By April 1927, First National, Paramount, MGM, Universal, and Producers Distributing (the Big Five studios) had put the Warners in financial ruin. He died of The HOA buildings, with the exception to Warner Gym, were demolished in 1956 to make way for the Jacob H. Schiff Park. Sam's cause of death was brain abscess complicated by pneumonia. If you see something that doesn't look right on this page, please do inform us using the form below: © 2017 Dead or Kicking / All Rights Reserved. [7][8][9][10][11] He had ten siblings. [13] After two arduous years in Canada, Benjamin and his family returned to Baltimore. [56] In 1925, Sam Warner had also acquired a radio station, KFWB. [48], One of the new company's first big stars would be the dog Rin Tin Tin. He established the studio along with his brothers Harry, Albert, and Jack L. Warner. Recently Passed Away Celebrities and Famous People. Harry Warner claimed he was concerned that little Lita would be raised as Catholic instead of Jewish (according to Basquette, she and Sam Warner agreed to raise any female children they had as Catholic and any male children as Jewish). [46] With the film's success, director Harry Rapf was appointed the studio's new head producer. Sam passed away on October 5, 1927 at the age of 40. The family emigrated to Baltimore, Maryland in October 1889 on the steamship Hermann from Bremen, Germany. This article is a stub. His sisters were Cecilia (1877–1881), Anna (1878–1958), Rose (1890–1955), Fannie (1891–1984) and Sadie (1895–1959).

Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 33. Doctors also discovered that Warner had developed a mastoid infection of the brain. [77] On October 6, 1926, the couple's only child, daughter Lita, was born. Szmuel became Samuel, nicknamed Sam. Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 136. Samuel Louis "Sam" Warner (born Szmuel Wonsal,[1] August 10, 1887 – October 5, 1927) was an American film producer who was the co-founder and chief executive officer of Warner Bros. [64] Harry Warner then signed a partnership agreement with Western Electric to use Bell Laboratories to test the sound-on-film process.

The HOA was located between 136th to 138th street, fronting Amsterdam Ave, in Hamilton Heights. "Wielcy Polacy - Warner Bros czyli bracia Warner: Aaron (Albert), Szmul (Sam) i Hirsz (Harry) Wonsal oraz Jack (Itzhak) Wonsal - Białczyński", "The Family of Benjamin and Pearl Leah (Eichelbaum) Warner: Early Primary Records", http://dougsinclairsarchives.com/benjaminwarnerfamily.htm, https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1115&context=vocesnovae, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CAEyh6EY9kYC&pg=PA28&dq=polish+jews+warner&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjd-eGP2b3lAhXY7HMBHeiLD0IQ6AEIVzAG#v=onepage&q=polish%20jews%20warner&f=false, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nJ9h50sMkOMC&pg=PA41&dq=polish+jews+warner&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjd-eGP2b3lAhXY7HMBHeiLD0IQ6AEIRjAE#v=onepage&q=polish%20jews%20warner&f=false, https://www.californiamuseum.org/museum-news/california-hall-fame-induct-four-warner-brothers, https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/from-polish-village-to-hollywood-fame-the-polish-movie-mogul-behind-warner-bros-pictures-1350, Warner Bros.

Schmuel WonsalAugust 10, 1887Krasnosielc, Congress Poland, Russian Empire

Coronavirus Update. He died of pneumonia caused by sinusitis, osteomyelitis and epidural and subdural abscesses on October 5, 1927, the day before the premiere of The Jazz Singer. Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 98. [57] After acquiring the radio station, Sam decided to make an attempt to use synchronized sound in future Warner Bros. According to Bette-Ann Warner, a second cousin to the Warner brothers, in, Doug Sinclair, "The Family of Benjamin and Pearl Leah (Eichelbaum) Warner: Early Primary Records," (2008), published at Doug Sinclair's Archives (. The HOA was in operation on that site from 1884 to 1941.

1907–1927

[84][85], According to Hollywood Be Thy Name, the 1993 memoir of Jack Warner, Jr., and Cass Warner Sperling, character actor William Demarest claimed that Sam Warner was murdered by his own brothers. [64] One problem confronting the Warners though was that the high-ups at Western Electric were antisemitic.

[78], After Sam Warner's death in 1927, brother Harry asked Lina Basquette to give up custody of the couple's daughter Lita. [44] The brothers then decided to relocate their production studio from Culver City to Sunset Boulevard. [72] Harry Warner eventually agreed to accept Sam's demands. [22] Warner's interest in film came after seeing Thomas Edison's The Great Train Robbery while working as an employee at Cedar Point Pleasure Resort in Sandusky, Ohio. The Jazz Singer broke box-office records, establishing Warner Bros. as a major player in Hollywood and single-handedly launching the talkie revolution. Film executiveCo-founder of Warner Brothers His cause of death was pneumonia. [37] In the wake of this success, Harry Warner, seeing Edison's monopoly threat grow, decided to break with Laemmle[35] and had the brothers start their own film production company, Warner Features. In the early 1900s, he formed a business partnership with another Youngstown resident and "took over" the city's Old Grand Opera House, which he used as a venue for "cheap vaudeville and photoplays". [81] Basquette quickly regretted her decision and attempted to regain custody of her daughter. [61], By February 1926, the studio had suffered a net loss of $333,413. [70] By April 1927, First National, Paramount, MGM, Universal, and Producers Distributing (the Big Five studios) had put the Warners in financial ruin. He died of The HOA buildings, with the exception to Warner Gym, were demolished in 1956 to make way for the Jacob H. Schiff Park. Sam's cause of death was brain abscess complicated by pneumonia. If you see something that doesn't look right on this page, please do inform us using the form below: © 2017 Dead or Kicking / All Rights Reserved. [7][8][9][10][11] He had ten siblings. [13] After two arduous years in Canada, Benjamin and his family returned to Baltimore. [56] In 1925, Sam Warner had also acquired a radio station, KFWB. [48], One of the new company's first big stars would be the dog Rin Tin Tin. He established the studio along with his brothers Harry, Albert, and Jack L. Warner. Recently Passed Away Celebrities and Famous People. Harry Warner claimed he was concerned that little Lita would be raised as Catholic instead of Jewish (according to Basquette, she and Sam Warner agreed to raise any female children they had as Catholic and any male children as Jewish). [46] With the film's success, director Harry Rapf was appointed the studio's new head producer. Sam passed away on October 5, 1927 at the age of 40. The family emigrated to Baltimore, Maryland in October 1889 on the steamship Hermann from Bremen, Germany. This article is a stub. His sisters were Cecilia (1877–1881), Anna (1878–1958), Rose (1890–1955), Fannie (1891–1984) and Sadie (1895–1959).

Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 33. Doctors also discovered that Warner had developed a mastoid infection of the brain. [77] On October 6, 1926, the couple's only child, daughter Lita, was born. Szmuel became Samuel, nicknamed Sam. Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 136. Samuel Louis "Sam" Warner (born Szmuel Wonsal,[1] August 10, 1887 – October 5, 1927) was an American film producer who was the co-founder and chief executive officer of Warner Bros. [64] Harry Warner then signed a partnership agreement with Western Electric to use Bell Laboratories to test the sound-on-film process.

The HOA was located between 136th to 138th street, fronting Amsterdam Ave, in Hamilton Heights. "Wielcy Polacy - Warner Bros czyli bracia Warner: Aaron (Albert), Szmul (Sam) i Hirsz (Harry) Wonsal oraz Jack (Itzhak) Wonsal - Białczyński", "The Family of Benjamin and Pearl Leah (Eichelbaum) Warner: Early Primary Records", http://dougsinclairsarchives.com/benjaminwarnerfamily.htm, https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1115&context=vocesnovae, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CAEyh6EY9kYC&pg=PA28&dq=polish+jews+warner&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjd-eGP2b3lAhXY7HMBHeiLD0IQ6AEIVzAG#v=onepage&q=polish%20jews%20warner&f=false, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nJ9h50sMkOMC&pg=PA41&dq=polish+jews+warner&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjd-eGP2b3lAhXY7HMBHeiLD0IQ6AEIRjAE#v=onepage&q=polish%20jews%20warner&f=false, https://www.californiamuseum.org/museum-news/california-hall-fame-induct-four-warner-brothers, https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/from-polish-village-to-hollywood-fame-the-polish-movie-mogul-behind-warner-bros-pictures-1350, Warner Bros.

Schmuel WonsalAugust 10, 1887Krasnosielc, Congress Poland, Russian Empire

Coronavirus Update. He died of pneumonia caused by sinusitis, osteomyelitis and epidural and subdural abscesses on October 5, 1927, the day before the premiere of The Jazz Singer. Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 98. [57] After acquiring the radio station, Sam decided to make an attempt to use synchronized sound in future Warner Bros. According to Bette-Ann Warner, a second cousin to the Warner brothers, in, Doug Sinclair, "The Family of Benjamin and Pearl Leah (Eichelbaum) Warner: Early Primary Records," (2008), published at Doug Sinclair's Archives (. The HOA was in operation on that site from 1884 to 1941.

1907–1927

[84][85], According to Hollywood Be Thy Name, the 1993 memoir of Jack Warner, Jr., and Cass Warner Sperling, character actor William Demarest claimed that Sam Warner was murdered by his own brothers. [64] One problem confronting the Warners though was that the high-ups at Western Electric were antisemitic.

[78], After Sam Warner's death in 1927, brother Harry asked Lina Basquette to give up custody of the couple's daughter Lita. [44] The brothers then decided to relocate their production studio from Culver City to Sunset Boulevard. [72] Harry Warner eventually agreed to accept Sam's demands. [22] Warner's interest in film came after seeing Thomas Edison's The Great Train Robbery while working as an employee at Cedar Point Pleasure Resort in Sandusky, Ohio. The Jazz Singer broke box-office records, establishing Warner Bros. as a major player in Hollywood and single-handedly launching the talkie revolution. Film executiveCo-founder of Warner Brothers His cause of death was pneumonia. [37] In the wake of this success, Harry Warner, seeing Edison's monopoly threat grow, decided to break with Laemmle[35] and had the brothers start their own film production company, Warner Features. In the early 1900s, he formed a business partnership with another Youngstown resident and "took over" the city's Old Grand Opera House, which he used as a venue for "cheap vaudeville and photoplays". [81] Basquette quickly regretted her decision and attempted to regain custody of her daughter. [61], By February 1926, the studio had suffered a net loss of $333,413. [70] By April 1927, First National, Paramount, MGM, Universal, and Producers Distributing (the Big Five studios) had put the Warners in financial ruin. He died of The HOA buildings, with the exception to Warner Gym, were demolished in 1956 to make way for the Jacob H. Schiff Park. Sam's cause of death was brain abscess complicated by pneumonia. If you see something that doesn't look right on this page, please do inform us using the form below: © 2017 Dead or Kicking / All Rights Reserved. [7][8][9][10][11] He had ten siblings. [13] After two arduous years in Canada, Benjamin and his family returned to Baltimore. [56] In 1925, Sam Warner had also acquired a radio station, KFWB. [48], One of the new company's first big stars would be the dog Rin Tin Tin. He established the studio along with his brothers Harry, Albert, and Jack L. Warner. Recently Passed Away Celebrities and Famous People. Harry Warner claimed he was concerned that little Lita would be raised as Catholic instead of Jewish (according to Basquette, she and Sam Warner agreed to raise any female children they had as Catholic and any male children as Jewish). [46] With the film's success, director Harry Rapf was appointed the studio's new head producer. Sam passed away on October 5, 1927 at the age of 40. The family emigrated to Baltimore, Maryland in October 1889 on the steamship Hermann from Bremen, Germany. This article is a stub. His sisters were Cecilia (1877–1881), Anna (1878–1958), Rose (1890–1955), Fannie (1891–1984) and Sadie (1895–1959).

Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 33. Doctors also discovered that Warner had developed a mastoid infection of the brain. [77] On October 6, 1926, the couple's only child, daughter Lita, was born. Szmuel became Samuel, nicknamed Sam. Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 136. Samuel Louis "Sam" Warner (born Szmuel Wonsal,[1] August 10, 1887 – October 5, 1927) was an American film producer who was the co-founder and chief executive officer of Warner Bros. [64] Harry Warner then signed a partnership agreement with Western Electric to use Bell Laboratories to test the sound-on-film process.

The HOA was located between 136th to 138th street, fronting Amsterdam Ave, in Hamilton Heights. "Wielcy Polacy - Warner Bros czyli bracia Warner: Aaron (Albert), Szmul (Sam) i Hirsz (Harry) Wonsal oraz Jack (Itzhak) Wonsal - Białczyński", "The Family of Benjamin and Pearl Leah (Eichelbaum) Warner: Early Primary Records", http://dougsinclairsarchives.com/benjaminwarnerfamily.htm, https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1115&context=vocesnovae, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CAEyh6EY9kYC&pg=PA28&dq=polish+jews+warner&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjd-eGP2b3lAhXY7HMBHeiLD0IQ6AEIVzAG#v=onepage&q=polish%20jews%20warner&f=false, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nJ9h50sMkOMC&pg=PA41&dq=polish+jews+warner&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjd-eGP2b3lAhXY7HMBHeiLD0IQ6AEIRjAE#v=onepage&q=polish%20jews%20warner&f=false, https://www.californiamuseum.org/museum-news/california-hall-fame-induct-four-warner-brothers, https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/from-polish-village-to-hollywood-fame-the-polish-movie-mogul-behind-warner-bros-pictures-1350, Warner Bros.

Schmuel WonsalAugust 10, 1887Krasnosielc, Congress Poland, Russian Empire

Coronavirus Update. He died of pneumonia caused by sinusitis, osteomyelitis and epidural and subdural abscesses on October 5, 1927, the day before the premiere of The Jazz Singer. Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 98. [57] After acquiring the radio station, Sam decided to make an attempt to use synchronized sound in future Warner Bros. According to Bette-Ann Warner, a second cousin to the Warner brothers, in, Doug Sinclair, "The Family of Benjamin and Pearl Leah (Eichelbaum) Warner: Early Primary Records," (2008), published at Doug Sinclair's Archives (. The HOA was in operation on that site from 1884 to 1941.

1907–1927

[84][85], According to Hollywood Be Thy Name, the 1993 memoir of Jack Warner, Jr., and Cass Warner Sperling, character actor William Demarest claimed that Sam Warner was murdered by his own brothers. [64] One problem confronting the Warners though was that the high-ups at Western Electric were antisemitic.