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- Category: Motion pictures
- Star rank: 1882
- Address:
6201 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing west
- GPS location:
34.101760, -118.324579
Sam Warner
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Biography
Samuel Louis “Sam” Warner (August 10, 1887 – October 5, 1927) was an American film producer who was the co-founder and chief executive officer of Warner Bros. Studios. He established the studio along with his brothers Harry, Albert, and Jack Warner. Sam Warner is credited with procuring the technology that enabled Warner Bros. to produce the film industry’s first feature-length talking picture, The Jazz Singer. He died in 1927, the day before the film’s enormously successful premiere.
Fact file
- Born: Samuel Louis Warner August 10, 1887 Krasnosielc, Poland
- Died: October 5, 1927 (aged 40) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Occupation: Film executive Co-founder of Warner Brothers
- Years active: 1907–1927
Read more about Sam Warner at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
Hollywood Blvd, north side, between Vista Del Mar and Argyle
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