The Merchant Prince of Poverty Row : Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures / Bernard F. Dick.
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 produ...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813147536 0813147530 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |