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Harry Cohn (July 23, 1891 – February 27, 1958) was a co-founder, president, and production director of Columbia Pictures Corporation. [1]
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. As...
Jul 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. But despite the resentment he inspired, Mr. Cohn was also responsible for some of the greatest films in cinema history.
Jul 19, 2024 · 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.
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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.
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Sep 22, 2011 · Of all the famed original Hollywood moguls, none have achieved such mythic and notorious reputations as Harry Cohn (born July 23, 1891 in New York City, NY; died February 28, 1958 in Phoenix, AZ).
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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.