Jack tried to maintain his jovial personality, but after selling the studio he became lonely. He and his wife were living more or less separate lives, although they traveled together when invited to the Nixon White House. When Jack relinquished his power at the studio, he lost all personal connections. His weekend tennis parties were poorly

Jack was cut from a different cloth. His generation had invented an industry, and there was no school for what he and his brothers did.

“There is no place in the organization of Warner Bros. or of any other patriotic American business for Nazi, Fascist, or Communist fellow-travelers or followers of any other ‘ism.’ ”39

Jack also ensured that all films came in on budget, which kept the company running smoothly and the stockholders happy.

Those who knew Harry the longest could attest that he was the same man both before and after acquiring a mountain of riches. “He was quite a marvelous person,” Betty said. Harry was the social conscience of the Warner brothers.

While Jack had no interest in being loyal to his family, he remained loyal to his talent whenever they were in a pinch.

Another problem for studio bosses was the mobbed-up trade union known as the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), made up mostly of projectionists.

Irish Catholics were represented by director John Ford, actors James Cagney and Pat O’Brien, and Los Angeles bishop John J. Cantwell. The event was organized by Hollywood leftists Dorothy Parker and Donald Ogden Stewart. Other attendees included screenwriter and author Rupert Hughes, actor Paul Muni, and actress Gloria Stuart.

After Jack Warner and other moguls pledged $5,000 each, Warner convinced thirty of his employees to collectively donate another $2,600. Lewis’s operation would thwart assassination and sabotage plots, including one to kill many Hollywood figures. Nazi groups would never achieve success in prewar Los Angeles, thanks to Lewis and his spies, who were