Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
Original Airdates: Aug. 18-21, 2023
TVC 619:1: Ed welcomes filmmaker Gregory Orr, son of William T. Orr, the original head of television production at Warner Bros. Studios, and the grandson of Warner Bros. co-founder Jack L. Warner. Calendar year 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Warner Bros.; to mark the occasion, Greg has just released the director’s cut of his 1993 documentary Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul, an unvarnished look at one of the founding fathers of the American film industry, all told through Warner Bros. film clips, personal home movies, exclusive interviews with such luminaries as Shirley Jones, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Pat Buttram, Sheila MacRae, and Debbie Reynolds, and more than forty minutes of new material—all in high definition. The release of the director’s cut marks the first time that the film has been shown in the United States in its entirety, as it was intended.
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul is available now for streaming on demand on all major platforms and on DVD through outlets such as MovieZyng.com. Use promo JACK through the end of August and receive 10 percent off your purchase of the DVD through Movie Zyng.
The Early Days of Warner Bros. Television
Original Airdates: Aug. 25-28, 2023
TVC 620.1: Gregory Orr, son of William T. Orr, the original head of television production at Warner Bros. Studios, and the grandson of Warner Bros. co-founder Jack L. Warner, talks to Ed about the many ways in which Warner Bros. set the standards for production of hour-long episodic television during the early days of the medium.
Calendar year 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Warner Bros.; to mark the occasion, Greg has just released the director’s cut of his 1993 documentary Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul, an unvarnished look at one of the founding fathers of the American film industry. Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul is available now for streaming on demand on all major platforms and on DVD through outlets such as MovieZyng.com. Use promo JACK through the end of August and receive 10 percent off your purchase of the DVD through Movie Zyng.
Warner Bros.’ Reluctant Entry into Television
Original Airdates: Aug. 25-28, 2023
TVC 620.3: Gregory Orr, son of William T. Orr, the original head of television production at Warner Bros. Studios, and the grandson of Warner Bros. co-founder Jack L. Warner, talks to Ed about the some of the many film stars and television stars that Warner Bros. developed during the era of the studio system, and how Jack Warner took little interest in the development of his television division beyond seeing it as a source of revenue.
The director’s cut of Greg’s 1993 documentary Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul is available now for streaming on demand on all major platforms and on DVD through outlets such as MovieZyng.com. Use promo JACK through the end of August and receive 10 percent off your purchase of the DVD through Movie Zyng.
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