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    Jacob Cohn (October 27, 1889 – December 8, 1956) was a co-founder of Columbia Pictures Corporation. [1] Early life. Cohn was born in New York, the son of Joseph, a Jewish tailor from Germany, and Bella, from Russia. He had three brothers, Maxwell (1888–1948), [2] Harry (born 1891), and Nathan (born 1900), and a sister Anna (born 1897). [1]

  2. Oct 17, 2017 · For a significant number of movie stars, a career in pictures started instead with sexual exploitation on the “casting couch” of Harry Cohn, one of Hollywood’s most powerful—and brutal—men.

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    In his own way, Harry Cohn was sentimental about certain professional matters. He remembered the valuable contributions of Jack Holt during Columbia's struggling years, and kept him under contract until 1941.

  4. Jul 15, 2023 · Scholars Spotlight: Harry Cohn, The Meanest Man In Hollywood. By Chuck Frownfelter. July 15, 2023. Introduction. As the head of Columbia Pictures, Harry Cohn earned a reputation as “the meanest man in Hollywood.” The stories around his conduct are the stuff of cinema legend.

  5. Sep 22, 2011 · Harry Cohns entry into the film industry had much to do with the trajectory of his brother, Jack. While Harry experimented with Broadway, Jack Cohn worked his way through the ranks at Carl Laemmle’s Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP, and later Universal).

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  7. Oct 17, 2017 · According to Beauchamp: “Harry Cohn at Columbia Pictures and Jack Warner at Warner Bros. were Abusive with a capital ‘A.’ Mayer believed he’d built his studio brick by brick, it was his town,...

  8. 2026. Source citation. Motion Picture Executive, Film Producer, Film Pioneer. Working as a sheet music printer for Universal Pictures, Cohn joined his older brother Jack Cohn and mutual friend, Joe Brandt to form Cohn-Brandt-Cohn (CBC) Film Sales Corporation in 1918. Harry Cohn managed the company's film production in Hollywood, while his...

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