Jacob Cohn was a co-founder of Columbia Pictures Corporation.
11 Facts About Jack Cohn
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Jack Cohn was born in New York, the son of Joseph, a jewish tailor from Germany, and Bella, from Russia.
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Jack Cohn left school at 13 and joined the Hampton Advertising Agency as an errand boy, where he worked for six years.
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Jack Cohn focused on newsreels and became editor and producer of Universal Weekly and established bureaus in key cities to provide the news.
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In 1919, the Jack Cohn brothers joined forces with fellow IMP employee Joe Brandt and went on to found CBC Film Sales Corporation.
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Jack Cohn became supervisor of the New York office in charge of sales, while Harry moved to California to oversee the studio operations.
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In 1932, Jack Cohn 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.
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Jack Cohn married Jeanette Lesser and they had three sons: Ralph, Robert and Joseph Curtis.
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In 1939, Jack Cohn founded the Motion Picture Pioneers, an organization for men who had served in the industry for more than 25 years.
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Jack Cohn was admitted to the Midtown Hospital in early December 1956 for minor surgery and died of a pulmonary embolism on December 8,1956.
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Jack Cohn is interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.