Editing Sam Warner (section)

== Early years ==

Samuel "Wonsal"<ref name="ccny.cuny.edu"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5594424/?ref_=tt_ch|title=Pollywood (2020) |website=[[IMDb]]|date=July 2020}}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/JE4FZU5ZT7w Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210425111146/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE4FZU5ZT7w Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE4FZU5ZT7w| title = Andrzej Krakowski - Pollywood. Jak stworzyliśmy Hollywood | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 17 June 2015 }}{{cbignore}}</ref><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 = 2009-01-23 | archive-date = 2019-09-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190908233632/http://dougsinclairsarchives.com/benjaminwarnerfamily.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> 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> was born in the village of [[Krasnosielc]], [[Poland]] (then part of [[Congress Poland]] within the [[Russian Empire]]).<ref name="sinclair">Doug Sinclair, "The Family of Benjamin and Pearl Leah (Eichelbaum) Warner: Early Primary Records," (2008), published at Doug Sinclair's Archives ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090417085802/http://dougsinclairsarchives.com/benjaminwarnerfamily.htm http://dougsinclairsarchives.com/benjaminwarnerfamily.htm])</ref> He was one of eleven children born to Benjamin, a shoe maker born in Krasnosielc, and Pearl Leah (née Eichelbaum), both [[Polish Jews]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Jacobson | first=Lara | title=The Warner Brothers Prove Their Patriotism | website=Chapman University Digital Commons | date=28 June 2018 | url=https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/vocesnovae/vol10/iss1/2/ | access-date=13 September 2023}}</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 atomic bomb in history and memory|isbn = 9780415940283|last1 = Hixson|first1 = Walter L.|year = 2003| publisher=Taylor & Francis }}</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|isbn = 9780820471150|last = Cocks|first = Geoffrey|year = 2004| publisher=Peter Lang }}</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|date=17 March 2013|access-date=28 October 2019|archive-date=28 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028052512/https://www.californiamuseum.org/museum-news/california-hall-fame-induct-four-warner-brothers|url-status=dead}}</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}}</ref> He had ten siblings. His sisters were Cecilia (1877–1881), Anna (1878–1958), Rose (1890–1955), Fannie (1891–1984) and Sadie (1895–1959). His brothers were [[Harry Warner|Hirsz Mojżesz]] ((1881–1958), and later known as "Harry"),  [[Albert Warner|Abraham]] ((1884–1967), later known as "Albert" or "Abe"), [[Jack L. Warner|Jacob]] ((1892–1978), later known as "Jack"), David (1893–1939) and Milton (1896–1915).<ref>{{cite book|last=Room|first=Adrian|title=Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins|year=2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-786-45763-2|page=502|edition=5}}</ref>

The family immigrated to [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]] in October 1889 on the steamship ''Hermann'' from Bremen, Germany. Their father had preceded them, immigrating to Baltimore in 1888, and following his trade in shoes and shoe repair. He changed the family name to Warner, which was used thereafter. As in many [[Jewish]] immigrant families, some of the children gradually acquired anglicized versions of their [[Yiddish]]-sounding names. Szmuel became Samuel, nicknamed Sam.

In Baltimore, Benjamin Warner struggled to make enough money to provide for his growing family.<ref name="thomas11">{{cite book|last=Thomas|first=Bob|title=Clown Prince of Hollywood: The Antic Life and Times of Jack L. Warner|publisher=McGraw-Hill|year=1990|pages=11|isbn=0-07-064259-1}}</ref>  Following the advice of a friend, Benjamin relocated the family to [[Canada]], where he attempted to make a living by bartering tin wares to trappers in exchange for furs.<ref name="thomas11" />  After two arduous years in Canada, Benjamin and his family returned to Baltimore.<ref name="Warner23-24">Warner and Jennings (1964), pp. 23–24.</ref>  In 1896, the family relocated to [[Youngstown, Ohio]], following the lead of Harry Warner, who established a shoe repair shop in the heart of the emerging industrial town.<ref name="Warner25-26">Warner and Jennings (1964), pp. 24–25.</ref>  Benjamin worked with his son Harry in the shoe repair shop until he secured a loan to open a meat counter and grocery store in the city's downtown area.<ref name="thomas12-13">Thomas (1990), pp. 12–13.</ref><ref name="thomas12">Thomas (1990), p. 12.</ref>  As a child, Warner found himself trying to find work through a range of various odd jobs.<ref name="thomas15-16">Thomas (1990), pp. 15–16.</ref>