| Jack L. Warner (1892-1978) co-founded the Warner Brothers Studio in 1928. He ran the studio until 1966, and was responsible for introducing actors such as Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Humphrey Bogart, and many others to the filmgoing public.
These chips were mostly likely sold to Jack Warner in 1937 for use at his newly built Beverly Hills mansion. Warner was reported to have been an avid poker player since the 1920s, and to have had a dedicated poker room in his new mansion.
WB logo above, from 1937 (credit: Rich Hanover), and a 1938 photo of Jack Warner (center) with Marlene Dietrich (L), and Errol Flynn (R) (credit: Bettmann/Corbis). For more background on these chips and Jack Warner see this article by Rich Hanover. |
