Harry Warner
Harry Warner · Arts & Literature
Co-founded Warner Bros. Studios
1881, Krasnosielc, Congress Poland, Russian Empire — 1958, Los Angeles, United States
United States
Warner Bros.1923Harry Warner is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Co-founded Warner Bros. Studios
Harry Warner co-founded Warner Bros. with his brothers and led it as president, backing the sound-film breakthrough of The Jazz Singer (1927) that transformed cinema. He was born Hirsz Wonsal into a Jewish family in Congress Poland; his parents emigrated to North America, and he was an outspoken early critic of Nazism.
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Co-founded Warner Bros. Studios
Source: Warner Brothers studio founder
