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The Wrather-Alvarez holdings were distributed into the separate companies Wrather Hotels, Lone Ranger Inc., Lone Ranger Television, Lone Ranger Pictures, and Lassie Television. The Independent Television Corporation was formed as a joint venture between Jack Wrather and the British Incorporated Television Company in 1958. In September 1958 ...
Jack and Molly were from Wrather's previous marriage to Mollie O'Daniel, a daughter of Governor of Texas and U.S. Senator W. Lee O'Daniel. [12] Granville's marriage to Wrather lasted until Wrather's death in 1984, shortly after release of the movie The Magic of Lassie, a movie co-produced by Granville and starring Wrather's friend James Stewart.
Opened on October 5, 1955, as a motor inn owned and operated by Jack Wrather under an agreement with Walt Disney, the hotel was the first to officially bear the Disney name. Under Wrather's ownership, the hotel underwent several expansions and renovations over the years before being acquired by Disney in 1988.
Wrather was on vacation in Los Angeles where he met his old roommate, Castle, who was struggling in Hollywood after World War II. They wired author Woolrich asking how much the film rights were for his short story, "He Looked Like Murder". Following Woolrich's response, Wrather set up Jack Wrather Productions. Filming was completed in eight ...
English: Graves of television producer Jack Wrather and his wife, actress Bonita Wrather (née Granville), at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California (grotto, lot 196, grave 12). John Devereaux "Jack" Wrather, Jr. was born May 24, 1918 and was a petroleum millionaire and television producer, later investing in broadcast stations and ...
Wrather previously told the New York Post that she left home at age 16 after being sexually abused by their father, June Austin, from the age of 11. The Spears patriarch, who had 10 children with ...
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At the end of the fifth year of the television series, Trendle sold the Lone Ranger rights to Jack Wrather, who bought them on August 3, 1954. Wrather immediately rehired Clayton Moore to play the Lone Ranger, and another 52 episodes were produced. Once again, they were broadcast as a full year of new episodes followed by a full year of reruns.