02899nam 2200577 450 991045962930332120200520144314.00-8131-4753-0(CKB)3710000000333999(EBL)1915138(SSID)ssj0001402480(PQKBManifestationID)12617563(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402480(PQKBWorkID)11358130(PQKB)10115661(MiAaPQ)EBC1915138(OCoLC)624383194(MdBmJHUP)muse43917(Au-PeEL)EBL1915138(CaPaEBR)ebr11011692(CaONFJC)MIL690768(EXLCZ)99371000000033399920150205h20091993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe merchant prince of poverty row Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures /Bernard F. DickPaperback edition.Lexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,2009.©19931 online resource (241 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-59486-4 0-8131-1841-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; ZBen 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 broMotion picture producers and directorsUnited StatesBiographyElectronic books.Motion picture producers and directors791.43/0232/092Dick Bernard F.444202MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459629303321The merchant prince of poverty row2458121UNINA