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He entered the film industry when he got a job with Independent Moving Pictures (which had recently merged to become part of Universal Film Manufacturing Company), where his elder brother, Jack Cohn, was already employed. The brothers made their first film there, Traffic in Souls. [7]
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).
6 days ago · Columbia originated in 1920 when Cohn, Joe Brandt, and Harry’s brother Jack Cohn founded the C.B.C. Sales Film Corporation to produce shorts and low-budget westerns and comedies. In an attempt to refurbish the studio’s reputation, its name was changed to Columbia Pictures in 1924.
His motion picture career began in 1913, when he worked as a secretary for a film distributor in New York City. In 1920 Cohn, his brother Jack, and mutual friend Joe Brandt founded C.B.C. Film Sales Company and relocated to Hollywood to begin production.
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Jul 25, 2020 · In 1918, Harry partnered with his brother and Joe Brandt to form CBC Film Sales Corporation. He took charge of production while his brother concerned himself with finance. Soon he bought the shares of Joe Brandt and appointed himself president.
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Harry was extremely conscious of his place in Hollywood and took offense at the derision CBC films received. He finally had enough, and on January 10, 1924, the company's name became Columbia Pictures Corporation. The next year the company paid $150,000 for a property at 6070 Sunset Boulevard.
