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Jack Warner responded grudgingly to the rising popularity of television in the late s. During this period, Warner showed little foresight in his treatment of the studio's cartoon operation. As Thomas noted, "They have since earned millions, but not for Warner Bros. Jack Warner's tumultuous relationship with his brother Harry worsened in February , when Harry learned of Jack's decision to sell the Warner Bros. Jack Warner, as the company's largest stockholder, appointed himself as the new company president.

The two brothers had often argued, and earlier in the decade, studio employees claimed they saw Harry chase Jack through the studio with a lead pipe, shouting, "I'll get you for this, you son of a bitch" and threatening to kill him. He never spoke to Jack again. Eisenhower sent him a letter of condolence. In the s, Warner kept pace with rapid changes in the industry and played a key role in developing films that were commercial and critical successes.

Paley , set terms that included 50 percent of the distributor's gross profits "plus ownership of the negative at the end of the contract. Warner was criticized for choosing a non-singing star, Audrey Hepburn , to play the leading role of Eliza Doolittle ; indeed, the Academy Award for Best Actress went to Julie Andrews , who had played Eliza on Broadway and in London, for Mary Poppins , while Audrey Hepburn was not even nominated. However, the film won the best-picture Oscar for In , Warner surprised many industry observers when he purchased the rights to Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Ernest Lehman 's script, which was extremely faithful to Albee's play, stretched the U. At this, the MPAA — wary of a repeat of the embarrassment it had trying to censor the highly acclaimed film, The Pawnbroker — gave in and approved the film as a special exception because of its quality, which led to other filmmakers to challenge the code themselves even more aggressively. It secured 13 nominations from the Academy including one for Best Picture of Despite these achievements, Jack grew weary of making films, and he sold a substantial amount of his studio stock to Seven Arts Productions on November 14, His wife, Ann, continually pressured him to "slow down", and the aging studio head felt a need to put his affairs in order.

Eight months after the sale, Warner quipped, "Who would ever have thought that a butcher boy from Youngstown, Ohio, would end up with twenty-four million smackers in his pocket? Warner's decision to sell came at a time when he was losing the formidable power that he once took for granted. He had already survived the dislocations of the s, when other studio heads — including Louis B.

Mayer , David O. Selznick , and Samuel Goldwyn — were pushed out by stockholders who "sought scapegoats for dwindling profits". Evidence of Warner's eroding control at Warner Bros. Instead, Logan selected Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave , a move that contributed to the project's critical — and commercial — failure. Warner remained active as an independent producer until the early s to run some of the company's distributions and exhibition division. President Richard Nixon , who recommended substantial changes, including the removal of the song 'Cool, Cool, Considerate Men' that struck him as veiled criticisms of the ongoing Vietnam War.

Hunt, Warner ordered the film re-edited. In November , the film opened to enthusiastic audiences at Radio City Music Hall , but it fared poorly in theaters. During an interview with talk show host Merv Griffin , the elderly producer engaged in a lengthy tirade against "pinko communists". This would become Warner's only television interview. Warner , on March 27, Jack Warner named the child after himself, disregarding an Ashkenazi Jewish custom that children should not be named after living relatives.

Although his son bore a different middle initial, he "has been called Junior all his life". Warner and Ann had a daughter named Barbara. Jack's older brother, Harry, reflected the Warner family feelings about the marriage when he exclaimed, "Thank God our mother didn't live to see this". Warner married Ann after the divorce. The Warners, who took Irma's side in the affair, refused to accept Ann as a family member.

In the late s, Warner was almost killed in a car accident that left him in a coma for several days. On August 5, , after an evening of baccarat at the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes , Warner's Alfa Romeo roadster swerved into the path of a coal truck on a stretch of road located near the seaside villa of Prince Aly Khan. Shortly after the accident, his son, Jack Jr. In an interview with reporters, Jack Jr. Then, during a visit to his father's hospital room, the young man offended Ann Warner, whom he largely blamed for his parents' divorce.

Warner made no pretense of faithfulness to his wife, Ann, and kept a series of mistresses throughout the s and s. Roosevelt and the New Deal in the early s. Friedman noted that Warner's response to the HUAC hearings was similar to other Jewish studio heads who "feared that a blanket equation of Communists with Jews would destroy them and their industry". Warner publicly supported Richard Nixon during the presidential election and paid for full-page ads in The New York Times "to proclaim why Nixon should be elected".

Kennedy , however, the studio head made arrangements to attend a fundraiser at the Hollywood Palladium in honor of the president-elect. Kennedy , and within a short time, Warner Bros. You might think this is a form of fence-straddling, but I love everybody. By the end of , those closest to Warner became aware of signs that he was becoming disoriented.

During the next several years, he gradually lost the ability to speak, and became unresponsive to friends and relatives. Several months after Warner's death, a more personal tribute was organized by the Friends of the Libraries at the University of Southern California. An Affectionate Remembrance of Jack L. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

London, Ontario , Canada. Irma Claire Salomon m. Once Upon a Time in Paradise: Canadians in the Golden Age of Hollywood , Dundurn p. Warner identified the birthplace of both of his parents as Russia. Retrieved August 8, Bette-Anne Warner's grandfather was a brother of the Warner brothers' father. The Youngstown Daily Vindicator. They parlayed Youngstown nickelodeon into a Hollywood empire". Retrieved 2 June The Criterion Collection Online Cinematheque.

Retrieved January 8, Pictures at a Revolution: Pictures at a Revolution. Warner's birth record in "The California Birth Index, " [ permanent dead link ] lists the spelling of her name as "Salomon". Warner, Film Producer, 79". The New York Times. Chapters From My Life , pp. Archived from the original on Canada's Walk of Fame. Zanuck Hal B. Wallis David O. Wallis Darryl F. Zanuck Arthur Freed Cecil B. Zanuck Jean Hersholt Jack L. International Television Warner Bros.

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Baccara Site news date Baccara pictures from Russia! Woman to Woman news date Baccara pictures news date Baccara pictures news date 8. Brand New Baccara Site news date 7. Baccara pictures from Guido news date 5. Baccara pictures from Juan news date 4. Baccara videotapes on sale news date 3. Brand new Baccara pictures! This is quite interesting as there is a regular pressing of Parlez vous All the best, Gunther Poecker. Hi Roman, I have some new Baccara items to add to your discography: Pump up the Jam 5: The front of this 12" is the backside of the original German 12".

The cover is reproduced in black and white only. The backside is black and white only. I also include a scan of Maria Mendiola's solo album "Born Again". By the way, the version of the track 'Born Again' is totally different from the version used on the dutch 7" single. The single version has rock instrumentation using electric guitar, the album version is fully electronic. Hallo, My name is Uwe.

Now my question; can you tell me wehn is mayte in this year in germany? If you can give me a answere, I was very enjoed! Maria is not born on the 4th May, she is born on the 4th April!!!!!!!! I see your very good Baccara site. I send you pics 1 kB, 2 kB, 3 kB from thise concert. With all my love! Hi Roman, since the beginning of this year I visit your site sequentially. Concratulations for your great work!!! Today I'll send you pictures 1 , 2 from Baccara sometime beetween , but done in the former German Democratic Republic, now East- Germany.

They appeared in the magazines: I hope it completes your wonderful collection. Also I'll tell you: There are 2 new sites: A short information for your discography else: Now I will wish you furthermore power for your great page! Here's the New Baccara cover that you're missing. It was released in all over Europe.

A couple of cover to fill your Discography: I'm glad your page is back.

Here are two Mayte-related web pages. The first one is www. It features some of the paintings by Mayte herself, which will be showing this month October in La Rioja, Spain. The second one is www. It is a page devoted to the new Baccara, by Mayte and Cristina.

It is currently under construction, so we'll have to wait to see more contents! Here are some pictures 1 , 2 , 3 , taken in the presentation of the CD "Petardissimas" in the Pasapoga disco, in Madrid. He sends you a picture that insurance will bring many memories to the fans of this duet. Hi Roman, I've got one more interesting item for your discography: It's quite interesting as the cover is almost round. All the best, Gunther. I discovered by chance a new Baccara site: The lady Simone who's running it is very cute and nice.

Just as an information for everybody. Just for info for other disperate Baccara fan. Take care of you and again thanks: Here a little information for your wonderful side: The Mayte album "Spanish Dreams" and single "Quizas" are released in Hello Roman, here is a autograph from Baccara with Mayte and Sole. Hello, I've seen your nice Baccara site some time ago and I like it a lot, especially the details on who was and is Baccara. I have some additions for your discography section. Price is 12 Euros in the shops. I hope I could help you a bit. Feel free to use the info and scans as you like. You've a brilliant site about Baccara!

I love it ; I'm a very big Baccara-fan from Germany. I've some news for you: Sorry, I'm A Lady 3. Si, Si Senor Gimme More 4. Woman In Love 7. Yes Sir, I Can Boogie I've never seen the tracks 1, 3, 6, 8, 11 and 12 on an other album of Baccara. But I must say, that they're done very cheap.

Especially tracks 8 and The songs are fantastic, but the recording 8 and mixing 12 is cruel: It sounds like someone has made this songs on his own computer ; Tracks 2,4,5,9 and 10 are the original songs, just with new recorded voices. Only "Cara Mia" is as a superb remake on this album You can get a cover at www. Hi Roman Does anyone realise that there is a new sort of! It's a greatest hits compilation, but there are 3 new songs on it. There are also a couple of hit mixes, one with new songs on it "Cumbanchero", "Ay ay ay ay". I know it's another hits package, but this one is at least different vocally to all the others.

They have sound samples of everyone of the songs, so you can listen to them all with Real Player. I found it on amazon. The interface is the same here as it is on every Amazon site around the world. I have ordered mine already!! Dear Roman I' am a Baccara fan since and your page is like a dream for me!!! Finally someone who understands Baccara. Thanks for your page and the great pleasure in reading and loving it. I learned thinks I totally ignored about Baccara, you have my gratitude.

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Since you know so much and have so much contacts: I' m trying to contact Mark Fell in order to buy the three Baccara rare cds but I always get my e-mail back. Do you have these cd, can I buy a copy from you? With Guido he wrote you about some videos he would like to sell it is the same: I get the e-mail back: Many thanks for a desperate Baccara fan!

I was at the Concert in Hamburg on 1 Jun My friend took Picture of Baccara New Baccara. I hope you enjoy them. Dear Roman I am a great fan of the marvellous Baccara from Austria. Thank you very much for your fantastic homepage, you are doing a great job! Do you have any informations or contacts. Can you please help me? Thank you in advance. With kind regards, Andreas Aschauer-Martinelli. It was fun to see them dance and sing.

It was the event of the year. It was like being in I've got the single "sleepy time-toy". I've got only the first album "Baccara". Thank you for information. You've done a great job with this webpage. Pietro 32 from Switzerland. And hereby i send you a photo i found on the web. Hope you like it. I'm a big fan of Baccara, I ilke her phantastic music and the beautiful girls. I'm very interested in a signed autograph of these two wonderful ladies.

Is it possible to send me a signed autograph from Baccara - it would be grateful. Many thanks for your efforts and best wishes from Magdeburg in Germany. Hello, Is there anyone who can help me find the following songs: Thank You Nice Site! Hello Roman, I thought you might like to add this lyric to your Baccara songs. It is my favourite one of theirs: Hello Roman, My compliments for the fantastic Baccara page! I really like it! My name is Age and I am a boy from the Netherlands You have so much in your collection from Baccara.

It is nice to know other people who like Baccara so much and I have contact with one other fan in Holland. I just bought those two Russian cd's with the 4 albums from Baccara on 2 cd's.

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But I was really disapointed to notice that some songs are in short versions and they replaced even "For you" for another version not original from vinyl Did you know this? But ofcourse nice for my collection! Do you want me to send you a picture from the sleeve from Stargala Baccara cd? Spectrum I also have Baccara - Our very best lable: Dureco, New Baccara - The very best of lable: Go on the luxe, This last one I even have twice So if you want a copy let me know!

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Maybe you can tell if Baccara comes in Nederland again? Last time I was not able to go I meet Mayte in solo and she was very kind then! Would nice to hear from you!

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