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Harry Cohn (born July 23, 1891, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died February 27, 1958, Phoenix, Ariz.) was the cofounder and president of Columbia Pictures and winner of 45 Academy Awards for films he produced. The son of an immigrant Polish-Jewish tailor, Cohn quit school at age 14 and worked at sundry jobs before becoming a vaudeville singer and song ...
Overview. Born. July 23, 1891 · New York City, New York, USA. Died. February 27, 1958 · Phoenix, Arizona, USA (heart attack) Nickname. King Cohn. Mini Bio. He was crude, uneducated, foul and, even on his best behavior, abrasive.
Feb 22, 2021 · That’s Harry Cohn, President of Columbia Pictures in 1946 as quoted in “An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood” by Neal Gabler. The controversial studio head of Columbia Pictures Corporation, yesteryear’s Harvey Weinstein, started his tyrannical rule in Hollywood in 1919 and continued it till his death in 1958.
Harry Cohn. Producer: It Happened One Night. He was crude, uneducated, foul and, even on his best behavior, abrasive. No major studio executive of the so-called "Golden Age" was more loathed (although at times the dictatorial Samuel Goldwyn and the hard-nosed Jack L. Warner came close) than Harry Cohn. Born in the middle of 5 children to Joseph Cohn, a Jewish tailor, and Bella, a Polish ...
Sep 22, 2011 · This biographical entry on Harry Cohn traces his life, the development of his business philosophy and his impact on the Hollywood studio system, and the mogul personality that so defined Cohn while he lived and continues to define his legacy after death.
Harry Cohn was the president and production director of Columbia Pictures Corporation from the 1920's until his death in 1958. He was one of the most controversial of the Hollywood studio moguls but under his leadership Columbia rose from being a cut-rate minnow to one of the biggest and most profitable production factories in Hollywood.
Harry Cohn (July 23, 1891 – February 27, 1958) was a co-founder, president, and production director of Columbia Pictures Corporation. Quick Facts Born, Died ... Close. Life and career. Cohn was born to a working-class Jewish family in New York City.
