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Alfred A. Cohn (March 26, 1880 – February 3, 1951) was an American author, journalist and newspaper editor, Police Commissioner, and screenwriter of the 1920s and 1930s. He is best remembered for his work on The Jazz Singer, which was nominated for (but did not win) an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in the 1st Academy Awards of 1929.
Alfred A. Cohn. Writer: The Jazz Singer. Alfred Cohn moved to Cleveland, where he got a newspaper job. After getting married, he moved to Galveston, Texas, to run a newspaper.
- Writer, Director, Editor
- March 26, 1880
- Alfred A. Cohn
- February 3, 1951
Alfred A. Cohn. Writer: The Jazz Singer. Alfred Cohn moved to Cleveland, where he got a newspaper job. After getting married, he moved to Galveston, Texas, to run a newspaper.
- March 26, 1880
- February 3, 1951
Alfred A. Cohn is known as an Screenplay, Writer, Story, Adaptation, Director, and Scenario Writer. Some of his work includes The Jazz Singer, The Cat and the Canary, Me and My Gal, Feet First, The Last Warning, The Cisco Kid, Mystery Ranch, and Numbered Men.
Alfred Einstein Cohn (1879–1957) was an American physician and author who worked at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, where he was the director of the Laboratory for Heart Disease. He was one of the first people to use electrocardiograms in a clinical setting.
Alfred A. Cohn was an author, journalist and newspaper editor, Police Commissioner, and screenwriter of the 1920s and 1930s. He is best remembered for his work on The Jazz Singer, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in the 1st Academy Awards of 1929.
May 29, 2018 · Directed by Alan Crosland (filming Alfred A. Cohn's screen adaptation of Samson Raphaelson's play Day of Atonement), The Jazz Singer tells the tale of Jakie Rabinowitz, the young Jewish son of a New York City cantor who would rather "sing jazzy" than follow five generations of cantors.
