The Merchant Prince of Poverty Row (eBook)

Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures

Bernard F. Dick (Autor)

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2021
242 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-5332-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Ben Hecht called him "e;White Fang,"e; 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 see actresses as either "e;broads"e; or goddesses. Drawing on personal interviews as well as previously unstudied source material (conference notes, memos, and especially the teletypes between Harry and his brother, Jack), Bernard Dick offers a radically different portrait of the man who ran Columbia Picturesand who "e;had to be boss"e;from 1932 to 1958.

Autor

Bernard F. Dick is professor emeritus of communications and English at Fairleigh Dickinson University (Teaneck campus). He holds a doctorate in classics from Fordham University and is the author of numerous film books including Anatomy of Film, Hal Wallis, and That Was Entertainment.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Two Persons in One God
2. From Yorkville to Broadway
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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.10.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 28 b&w halftones
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: All the King's Men • B pictures • budget film company • Columbia Pictures • film producer • frank capra • Gilda • Harry Cohn • Holiday • Hollywood • It Happened One Night • loan actors • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington • Poverty Row studio • production director • The Jolson Story • two-reel comedies • White Fang
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-5332-8 / 0813153328
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-5332-2 / 9780813153322