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In his own way, Harry Cohn was sentimental about certain professional matters. He remembered the valuable contributions of Jack Holt during Columbia's struggling years, and kept him under contract until 1941.
Over the years, there were power struggles between Jack and Harry with the two not speaking to each other for months. In 1932, Jack attempted to oust Harry but failed, with Brandt resigning and selling his third of the company to Harry, who took over as president, consolidating his power.
Oct 17, 2017 · For a significant number of movie stars, a career in pictures started instead with sexual exploitation on the “casting couch” of Harry Cohn, one of Hollywood’s most powerful—and brutal—men.
Sep 22, 2011 · Harry Cohn’s entry into the film industry had much to do with the trajectory of his brother, Jack. While Harry experimented with Broadway, Jack Cohn worked his way through the ranks at Carl Laemmle’s Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP, and later Universal).
Jul 15, 2023 · Harry Cohn: A Tyrant’s Beginnings. Harry Cohn was born in 1891 to immigrant parents in a tough, working-class neighborhood in New York City. His first taste of the movie business came during the silent era when his older brother Jack invited him to Hollywood.
Apr 6, 1997 · Harry Cohn and Mickey Cohen were born to Russian Jews in New York, and both went young to California. One became the fearsome head of Columbia Pictures, the other the fearsome renegade of...
4 days ago · Harry Cohn was the cofounder and president of Columbia Pictures and winner of 45 Academy Awards for films he produced. The son of an immigrant Polish-Jewish tailor, Cohn quit school at age 14 and worked at sundry jobs before becoming a vaudeville singer and song plugger. His motion picture career.
