Editing Jack L. Warner (section)

==Early years==
Jacob Warner (as he was named at birth) was born in [[London, Ontario]], Canada, on August 2, 1892. His parents were [[Polish-Jewish]]<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1115&context=vocesnovae |title=The Warner Brothers Prove Their Patriotism |first=Lara |last=Jacobson |date=2018 |journal=Voces Novae |volume=10 |issue=1 |access-date=October 28, 2019 |archive-date=October 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030081354/https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1115&context=vocesnovae |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CAEyh6EY9kYC&q=polish+jews+warner&pg=PA28|title=The American Experience in World War II: The United States and the road to war in Europe|first=Walter L.|last=Hixson|date=April 10, 2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9780415940290|via=Google Books|access-date=November 6, 2020|archive-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019153446/https://books.google.com/books?id=CAEyh6EY9kYC&q=polish+jews+warner&pg=PA28|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nJ9h50sMkOMC&q=polish+jews+warner&pg=PA41|title=The Wolf at the Door: Stanley Kubrick, History, & the Holocaust|first1=Geoffrey|last1=Cocks|first2=Associate Professor of History Geoffrey|last2=Cocks|date=April 10, 2004|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=9780820471150|via=Google Books|access-date=November 6, 2020|archive-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019153501/https://books.google.com/books?id=nJ9h50sMkOMC&q=polish+jews+warner&pg=PA41|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.californiamuseum.org/museum-news/california-hall-fame-induct-four-warner-brothers|title=California Hall of Fame to induct the four Warner brothers|website=California Museum|date=March 17, 2013 |access-date=October 28, 2019|archive-date=October 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028052512/https://www.californiamuseum.org/museum-news/california-hall-fame-induct-four-warner-brothers|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/from-polish-village-to-hollywood-fame-the-polish-movie-mogul-behind-warner-bros-pictures-1350|title=From Polish village to Hollywood fame: The Polish movie mogul behind Warner Bros. Pictures|website=www.thefirstnews.com|access-date=October 28, 2019|archive-date=October 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025093808/https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/from-polish-village-to-hollywood-fame-the-polish-movie-mogul-behind-warner-bros-pictures-1350|url-status=live}}</ref> immigrants from [[Congress Poland]] (then part of the [[Russian Empire]]), who spoke mainly [[Yiddish]]. He was the fifth surviving son of Benjamin Warner<ref name="sperling20">Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 20.</ref> (originally "Wonsal" or "Wonskolaser"),<ref>According to Bette-Ann Warner, a second cousin to the Warner brothers, in ''The Brothers Warner'', 2008 documentary written and directed by Cass Warner, viewed on [[Turner Classic Movies]] March 8, 2010. Bette-Anne Warner's grandfather was a brother of the Warner brothers' father.</ref> a cobbler from [[Krasnosielc]], and his wife, the former Pearl Leah Eichelbaum.<ref name="sinclairarchives">{{cite web | url = http://dougsinclairsarchives.com/benjaminwarnerfamily.htm | first = Doug | last = Sinclair | title = The Family of Benjamin and Pearl Leah (Eichelbaum) Warner: Early Primary Records | publisher = Doug Sinclair's Archives | access-date = January 23, 2009 | archive-date = September 8, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190908233632/http://dougsinclairsarchives.com/benjaminwarnerfamily.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>In the United States Census of 1930, Jack L. Warner identified the birthplace of both of his parents as Russia. [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR4N-H3Y?i=34&cc=1810731 "Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930"],{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} enumeration date April 23, 1930, "Beverly Hills City", Los Angeles County, California.  Digital copy of original enumeration page at [[FamilySearch]], a free online genealogical database provided as a public service by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah.  Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref>  Following their marriage in 1876, the couple had three children in Poland, one of whom died at a young age;<ref name="thomas9-10">Thomas (1990), pp. 9–10.</ref> another was Jack's eldest brother, Hirsch (later [[Harry Warner|Harry]]).<ref name="warner18">Warner and Jennings (1964), p. 18.</ref>

In 1888 Benjamin made his way to [[Hamburg]], Germany, and took ship for the United States. In [[New York City]], Benjamin introduced himself as "Benjamin Warner", and the surname "Warner" remained with him for the rest of his life.<ref name="sperling20"/> Pearl Warner and the couple's two children joined him in [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]] less than a year later. There the couple had five more children, including Abraham (later known as [[Albert Warner|Albert]]) and [[Sam Warner]].<ref name="warner20">Warner and Jennings (1964), p. 20.</ref>

[[File:YoungstownOhio1910s.jpg|right|thumb|Youngstown, Ohio, {{Circa|1910}}]]
In the early 1890s, Benjamin Warner decided to move to Canada, following a friend's advice that he could make an excellent living bartering tin wares with trappers in exchange for furs.<ref name="thomas11" /> Sons Jack and David were born in [[Ontario]].<ref name="sinclairarchives"/><ref name="thomas11">Thomas (1990), p. 11.</ref> After two arduous years in Canada, the Warners returned to Baltimore,<ref name="Warner23-24">Warner and Jennings (1964), pp. 23–24.</ref> where two more children were born, Sadie and Milton.<ref name="sinclairarchives"/> In 1896, they relocated to [[Youngstown, Ohio]], following the lead of the eldest son Harry, who had established a shoe repair shop in the burgeoning [[Rust Belt|steel town]].<ref name="Warner25-26">Warner and Jennings (1964), pp. 24–25.</ref> Father and son worked in the repair shop until Benjamin secured a loan to open a downtown meat and grocery store.<ref name="thomas12-13">Thomas (1990), pp. 12–13.</ref>

Jack spent much of his youth in Youngstown, and wrote of his formative experiences there in his autobiography: "[[J. Edgar Hoover]] told me that Youngstown in those days was one of the toughest cities in America, and a gathering place for [[Sicily|Sicilian]] thugs active in [[Sicilian Mafia|the Mafia]]. There was a murder or two almost every Saturday night in our neighborhood, and knives and [[brass knuckles]] were standard equipment for the young hotheads on the prowl."<ref name="Warner29">Warner and Jennings (1964), p. 29.</ref> Warner claimed that he briefly belonged to a street gang in Westlake's Crossing, a notorious neighborhood west of downtown.<ref name="Warner35-36">Warner and Jennings (1964), pp. 35–36.</ref> Meanwhile, he received his first taste of [[show business]], singing at local theaters and partnering with another aspiring song-and-dance man.<ref name="thomas17-18">Thomas (1990), pp. 17–18.</ref> During his brief career in [[vaudeville]], he officially changed his name to Jack Leonard Warner.<ref name="sperling23">Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 23.</ref> Jack's older brother Sam disapproved of these youthful pursuits. "Get out front where they pay the actors," he advised Jack. "That's where the money is."<ref name="thomas18">Thomas (1990), p. 18.</ref>