Abraham "Albert" Warner (born Aaron Wonsal,[1] July 23, 1884[2] – November 26, 1967) was an American film executive who was one of the founders of Warner Bros. Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 40-42. Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 88. We have created a browser extension. Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 295. Would you like Wikipedia to always look as professional and up-to-date? [104] The deal officially completed in July. [6] He was the son of Benjamin "Wonsal" or "Wonskolaser," a shoemaker born in Krasnosielc, and Pearl Leah Eichelbaum, both Polish Jews. A funeral service was held in Los Angeles. [22] The two also tried to open a bowling alley together, but were unsuccessful. [68] Harry, after purchasing a string of music publishers,[69] was even able to establish a music subsidiary-Warner Bros. Music- and buy out additional radio companies, foreign sound patents, and a lithograph company as well;[70] In 1929, with the large amount of money he now had made off of the studio's valuable subsidiaries, Albert acquired a large home in Rye, Westchester County, New York, which he dubbed "Caradel Hall. [98] During the year 1935, the studio's revived musicals would also suffer a major blow after director Busby Berkeley was arrested after killing three people while driving drunk one night. He was married to Bessie Siegel Levy and Elizabeth B. Krieger (Bessie). Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 26. Between the years 1919 and 1920, the studio was not able to garnish any profits. [60] Sam easily accepted Zukor's offer,[60] but the offer died after Paramount lost money in the wake of Rudolph Valentino's death in late 1926. [107] Through his marriage to Bessie Siegel, Warner had a stepson, Arthur Jack Steel, who married Ruth Mandel, and had sons John and Lewis Steel (named after Harry Warner's son Lewis Warner). However, by February 1926 the brothers' radio business had failed, and the studio suffered a net loss of $333,413. [17] In 1896, the family relocated to Youngstown, Ohio, following the lead of Harry Warner, who established a shoe repair shop in the heart of the emerging industrial town. With Harry now refusing to allow further Vitaphone productions, Paramount head Adolph Zukor took advantage of the situation and tried to offer Sam a deal as an executive producer for his studio if he brought Vitaphone with him. Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 47-48. Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 62. [14] Sons Jacob and David Warner were born in London, Ontario. [86], By 1931, however, the studio would begin to feel the effects of the Depression as the general public became unable to afford the price for movie tickets. Albert Warner Died on Sunday, April 22, 1877 in Waterloo, Ontario. Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 38. More success would also come for the studio after the brothers hired German director Ernst Lubitsch as head director;[41] Rapf had departed the studio and accepted an offer to work at MGM. [101] After Albert's second wife Bessie Warner died in 1970 she was interred with him as well in Brooklyn. fold. Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 184. [40] The film also made the dog Rin Tin Tin the studio's first star. Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 45-46. [72] In late 1929, Jack Warner would hire sixty-one-year-old actor George Arliss to star in the studio's film Disraeli. [47] Harry and the other independent film-makers at the Milwaukee convention agreed to spend $500,000 in newspaper advertisements;[48] this action would help benefit Warner Bros. Warner Bros' first film, Where the North Begins, drew success for the brothers not seen since My Four Years in Germany. Was the Treasurer of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. Father: Benjamin Warner (née Wonsal); Mother: Pearl Leah Eichelbaum. [31] In 1910, the Warners sold the family business to the General Film Company, for "$10,000 in cash, $12,000 in preferred stock, and payments over a four-year period for a total of $52,000". Around this time, Albert also bought a second mansion in Miami Beach, Florida, where he lived for most of the remaining years of his life.