Albert Warner film "The Gold Diggers", Warner Brothers, Inc. was officially established. Albert remained in New York, where he ran the company's distribution and finances. Warner Bros' first film, "Where the North Begins", drew success for the brothers not seen since "My Four Years in Germany". The film also made the dog Rin Tin Tin the studio's first star. Newcomer director Darryl Zanuck's career was also greatly boosted because of his productions of Rin Tin Tin as well. Zanuck would eventually become a top producer for the studio as well, and between 1928 and 1933, served as Jack Warner's right-hand man and
Jack L. Warner the film's success at the box office, Harry Warner remained concerned about the economic threat presented by the Edison Trust. He subsequently broke with Laemmle and sent Jack to establish a film exchange in San Francisco, while Sam did the same in Los Angeles. The brothers were soon poised to exploit the expanding California movie market. In 1917, Jack was sent to Los Angeles to open another film exchange company. Their first opportunity to produce a major film came in 1918, when they purchased the film rights for "My Four Years in Germany", a bestselling novel that condemned German wartime