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



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Autore: Dick Bernard F. Visualizza persona
Titolo: The merchant prince of poverty row : Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures / / Bernard F. Dick Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009
©1993
Edizione: Paperback edition.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
Disciplina: 791.43/0232/092
Soggetto topico: Motion picture producers and directors - United States
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
Titolo autorizzato: The merchant prince of poverty row  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8131-9323-0
0-8131-4753-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910813502503321
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