Yeah, when I saw the trailer for Renfield awhile back I was so looking forward to the part where Cage comes out as the Count! My god, can’t wait for this!

Oh my god. Can’t believe I typed Ingmar. Jeez.

Ingrid Bergman. No one would confuse her with Ingmar either.

Ain’t no savagery like British Dame savagery.

Dot.

Or the Warner Sister.

My favorite Jack Warner story:

So, in The Groucho Letters, Mr. Marx published a sort of cease-and-desist from Warner Brothers. They were upset that the Marxes were making a movie called A Night in Casablanca. Groucho’s reply was along the lines of “I don’t think anyone is going to confuse Harpo with Ingmar Bergman” and went on to theorize that he…

Lots of cut footage from films was secretly saved by people involved in the production. Such “lost” treasures were often traded in secret (because technically they’re stolen property). There’s a well-known story about a musical number cut from “A Star Is Born” which was retrieved from a private collector with the aid…

You mean a guy who was born in 1892, and a Hollywood executive who built one of the most recognized studio names was a repugnant, vile person?

Shock!

Cocaine does long term damage.

Jack Warner could be one nasty sonofabitch (the story of him basically swindling his brothers out of their own company is legendary), but overall the guy’s studio consistently cranked out some pretty good movies. He also was pretty up front about the kind of guy he was.

I recall hearing that Jack Warner wanted the “Cool, Cool, Considerate Men” musical number cut out of 1776 so as not to offend his pal Richard Nixon, and even ordered the print destroyed, but it was secretly saved by someone involved with the film and was thus eventually able to be restored. Says a lot about how hated…

I still think Louis B Mayer wins all around SOB. Jack Warner was awful, but in a cutthroat dollars-and-cents kind of way, arrogant and greedy and ignorant.

25 years ago, Warner Brothers’ 75th anniversary was a triumph. They created a traveling week-long film festival featuring films from specific decades each day. Look at this lineup:

Jack Warner not only rushed the stage for the Casablanca Oscar, he had his underlings seated near Wallis and put them under orders to make a wall to keep Wallis from reaching the stage first (or at all.)

I’ve no idea where you’re sourcing your pictures from, but those are NOT the Warner Bros:

“An enduring image of corporate lore that could be apocryphal but embodies an inner truth anyway finds Harry chasing Jack around the Burbank lot, swinging a lead pipe at Jack’s head.”

He was also well-known for squelching the artistic desires of the actors in his employ:

I first saw the trailer for Renfield yesterday and I’m all in on that one for sure.