Antic Life and Times of Jack Warner

Warner, whose career began in the family grocery store in Youngstown, Ohio, was without a doubt one of the most powerful figures in America -- not only dictating tastes in entertainment, but also influencing politics with his socially-conscious films.The Antic Life and Times of Jack Warner offers a vivid, behind-the-scenes account of Hollywood during its heyday, with Warner emerging as both a maker and a product of his times. Above all, he was a fascinatingly complex man -- an immigrant who told jokes to FDR in the White House; a jester who treated his wife, son and mistress heartlessly; a boss who smiled affably as he fired his employees; a family man who built an empire with his older brother only to double-cross him in the end.Jack Warner was a Hollywood original, one of a handful of producers who plunged into movie-making with guts and gusto and made the movie industry their own. Bob Thomas paints an absorbing portrait of a man who during his lifetime, was feared and ridiculed as much as he was respected, but who left behind him a magnificent legacy of American film.Thomas, Bob is the author of 'Antic Life and Times of Jack Warner', published 2001 under ISBN 9781893224322 and ISBN 1893224325.