The merchant prince of poverty row : Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures / Bernard F. Dick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dick, Bernard F., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Biography.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Columbia Pictures Corporation--History.

Columbia Pictures Corporation.

Cohn, Harry, 1891-1958.

Cohn, Harry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 look at 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 bro

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Two Persons in One God; 2. From Yorkville to Broadway; Illustrations; 3. From Broadway to Hollywood; 4. The Patriarch; 5. The Boss; 6. CapraCohn; 7. Harry's Three P's; 8. Harry and the Production Code; 9. Harry's Hierarchy; 10. Death and Transfiguration; Appendix A. Eulogy for Harry Cohn, by Clifford Odets; Appendix B. The Columbia Empire on the Eve of Harry Cohn's Death; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813133546

0813133548

9780813193236

0813193230

9780813147536

0813147530

OCLC:

624383194