Harry Cohn
Harry Cohn · Arts & Literature
Founded Columbia Pictures
1891, New York City, USA — 1958, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
United States
Columbia Pictures1924Harry Cohn is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Founded Columbia Pictures
Cohn co-founded Columbia Pictures in 1924 and ran it for decades as one of Hollywood's major studios, presiding over classics such as It Happened One Night and From Here to Eternity. He was born on New York's Upper East Side to a Jewish immigrant family, his father a German-Jewish tailor. He remains one of the founding moguls of the American film industry.
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Founded Columbia Pictures
Source: Major Hollywood studio founder
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