The Merchant Prince of Poverty Row: Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures
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Ben Hecht called him "White Fang," and director Charles Vidor took him to court for verbal abuse. The image of Harry Cohn as vulgarian is such a part of Hollywood lore that it is hard to believe there were other Harry Cohns: the only studio president who was also head of production; the ex-song plugger who scrutinized scripts and grilled writers at story conferences; a man who could see actresses as either "broads" or goddesses. Drawing on personal interviews as well as previously unstudied source material (conference notes, memos, and especially the teletypes between Harry and his brother, Jack), Bernard Dick offers a radically different portrait of the man who ran Columbia Pictures -- and who "had to be boss" -- from 1932 to 1958.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813152097
ISBN13:9780813152097
Release Date:August 2021
Publisher:University Press of Kentucky
Length:242 Pages
Weight:0.79 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
Age Range:18 years and up
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