JACK L. "SPORTING BLOOD" WARNER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 09/17/1968 - HFSID 257102

JACK L. WARNER
Jack L. Warner sends a typed letter telling Joshua Logan he does not believe a statement about Alan Jay Lerner attributed to him in Screen Directors Guild magazine.
Typed Letter Signed: "Jack", 1p, 7¼x10½. No place, 1968 September 17. To Joshua Logan, Hollywood. In full: "In case you did not see it, I am enclosing a copy of the article entitled 'Should Directors Produce' that appeared in the July-August issue of the Screen Directors Guild magazine. I know you did not make any such statements, because everything you have been quoted as saying is just the opposite of what you told me at least a hundred times; that you and I thought alike, etc. etc. I think this is shameful, distasteful, disgusting and a disservice to our industry. I wonder if Alan Jay Lerner is really doing everything you say he is doing in this statement! Undoubtedly the one to a thousand things I did as the producer of CAMELOT have been forgotten. I insist that you write a letter to the editor of the SDG magazine and refute the statements attributed to you as this is really a shocker. After all the years I have been associated with the making of so many films I am at a loss to know the reason for such a thing. Let me hear from you with a copy of your letter insisting that the SDG magazine retract this statement that supposedly came from you." Brothers Harry, Sam, Albert and JACK L. WARNER (1892-1978), who co-founded Warner Bros. in 1923, launched the sound era four years later with The Jazz Singer. Jack was head of production at Warner Bros. from 1923-1967, when he sold the studio to Seven Arts. Although he became famous for clashing with producers, writers and stars (including Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney), the studio produced a succession of movie classics during his tenure. Warner, who died in 1978, was also one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. JOSHUA LOGAN directed Warner Bros. Camelot in 1967. For South Pacific, he had won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize in Drama for writing the book and three 1950 Tony Awards for Best Director, Best Author and Best Producer of a Musical. ALAN JAY LERNER collaborated with Frederick Loewe on Camelot, with Lerner writing the book. Paper clip stain at upper left corner. Lightly creased. Fine condition.