Jack Warner Brother's Impact On The Film Industry

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During the 1920s, when people craved entertainment, Jack Warner, one of the Warner brothers, faced many hardships throughout his life. He still excelled to make an impact on the film industry and build a successful filming empire.

Jack Warner grew up in a home where everyone is occupied. He always was passionate about performing arts and acting. During his late teenage years, he sang for weddings, funerals, and lodge meetings. Some of his dad’s friends who owned Nickelodeon invited Jack and Rose, his sister, to come to the studio and sing. He also sang in front of theaters to earn money and bring business. This caused Jack and his brothers to indulge in the filming industry.

Sam, one of the Warner brothers, found a job as a protectionist which incited the interest of buying a kinetoscope, a machine that projects animations a flat item.
This conception sparked the start of their vital filming realm.When they actually started getting into this profession, they still had to buy films. Harry, the oldest of the Warner brothers, sent Sam to find films, but instead he found Marcus Loew. Marcus bought films and stored them instead …show more content…

Warner Bros. is successful now, they;ve accomplished many things. Jack Warner was given the honor to be co. founder after his three brothers passed. IN 2004, they made 3,41 million box office and 2.19 million receipts thanks to the following movies/; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Troy Ocean’s 21, and the Polar Express. Some of their well-known movies and shows are: The Dark Knight, Harry Potter (all), The Hobbit, The Lego Movie,Superman,Looney Tunes, Bugs BUnny SHow, Scooby Doo, Dolphin Tale, Happy Feet two, 42, Man of Steel, Godzilla, Pan (peter pan), The Legend of Tarzan, and Suicide Squad. Jack later died in Cedars-Sinai Hospital on September 9, 1978 because of edema, a condition by which a person has an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities of their

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