Kind of Cohn

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Art Cohn (born April 5, 1909 in New York City , New York , † March 22, 1958 near Grants , New Mexico ) was an American sports journalist , screenwriter and writer .

Life

Born in New York City in 1909, Cohn grew up in Schenectady .

From 1927 he worked as a sports journalist for the Long Beach Press Telegram. From 1936 to 1943 he was with the Oakland Tribune. employed where he was responsible for the popular sports column, Cohn-ing Tower . He then worked as a war correspondent in the South Pacific.

In 1944 he married Marta Frank. After the war he worked for the New York Daily Mirror until 1948 . From 1949 he began his career as a screenwriter in Hollywood. In 1949 he wrote the script for the boxing film Ring for Stoker Thompson . Numerous other scripts and script collaborations followed.

In 1956 he was involved in the creation of Michael Todd 's film Around the World in 80 Days , on which he also published a book with Todd, Edward R. Murrow and Bill Doll . The film has won numerous awards, including five Academy Awards at the 1957 Academy Awards.

Cohn also wrote Todd's biography The Nine Lives of Mike Todd , which appeared in 1959. He was also planning a script for Don Quixote .

On March 22, 1958, however, Cohn was killed with Todd and two pilots in a plane crash in New Mexico. Todd's wife Elizabeth Taylor stayed home with a cold, contrary to the original plan.

Filmography

  • 1949: Clear the ring for Stoker Thompson (The Set-Up)
  • 1949: Illegal Entry
  • 1950: Stromboli
  • 1951: Pursued (Tomorrow is Another Day)
  • 1951: Conspiracy in the Night Express (The Tall Target)
  • 1952: The Fire Jumpers of Montana (Red Skies of Montana)
  • 1952: Stronger than Chains (Carbine Williams)
  • 1952: Glory Alley
  • 1953: A spoiled Beast (The Girl Who Had Everything)
  • 1954: Tennessee Champ
  • 1954: Daring Landing (Men of the Fighting Lady)
  • 1955: Sicilian passion (Cavalleria rusticana)
  • 1956: The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series, one episode)
  • 1957: 10,000 bedrooms (Ten Thousand Bedrooms)
  • 1957: Melody of Destiny (The Joker Is Wild)
  • 1957: Arrivederci Roma

Works

  • Art Cohn, Edward R. Murrow , Bill Doll , Michael Todd : Michael Todd's triumphant show "Around the World in 80 Days". The story of the most famous film in the world . German by Ernst Behrendt. Random House, New York 1957, 44 pp.
  • Kind of cohn; Joe E. Lewis: The Joker is Wild. The story of Joe E. Lewis. 1958, Bernard Hanison
  • Art Cohn: The Nine Lives of Mike Todd. 1959, Hutchinson

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Dave Newhouse: Former Tribune columnist died with Liz's hubby No. 3 at insidebayarea.com, accessed January 14, 2014
  2. ↑ a b Art Cohn. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved April 15, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Mike Todd Is Victim Of Plane Crash in: The Dispatch of March 22, 1958
personal data
SURNAME Cohn, Art
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kohn, Art
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sports journalist, screenwriter, and writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York , United States
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1958
Place of death Grants , New Mexico , United States