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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459629303321

Autore

Dick Bernard F.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©1993

ISBN

0-8131-4753-0

Edizione

[Paperback edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/0232/092

Soggetti

Motion picture producers and directors - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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