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October 5, 1927

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YANKS, FAVORED 7-5, FACE PIRATES TODAY IN WORLD'S SERIES; Forbes Field to Be Packed to 42,000 Capacity -- Perfect Weather Predicted. PITTSBURGH BASEBALL MAD Interest in Ruth and Gehrig Intense -- Series Gate May Reach Record of $1,300,000. SCALPERS ASK $25 TICKET Sale Lags Under Prohibitive Price -- Bush Confident, Huggins Noncommittal, Both Teams Fit. Yankees and Pirates Set to Open World's Series Today; Hugmen Favored, 7-5

By James R. Harrison.special To the New York Times.by James R. Harrison

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Sam Warner

1927Sam Warner, Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Warner Bros. (born 1887)[†]

Samuel Louis Warner was an American film producer who was the co-founder and chief executive officer of Warner Bros. He established the studio along with his brothers Harry, Albert, and Jack L. Warner. Sam Warner is credited with procuring the technology that enabled Warner Bros. to produce the film industry's first feature-length talking picture, The Jazz Singer. He died in 1927, on the day before the film's enormously successful premiere.