Art Cohn
Art Cohn | |
|---|---|
 Cohn, at left, withMike Todd | |
| Born | April 5, 1909 |
| Died | March 22, 1958(aged 48) |
| Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | Sportswriter, screenwriter, author |
| Spouse | Marta Frank[1] |
Art Cohn(April 5, 1909 – March 22, 1958) was an Americansportswriter,screenwriterand author. Cohn and Hollywood producerMike Todddied in a plane crash inNew Mexicoin 1958.
Career[edit]
Sportswriter[edit]
Cohn was born inNew York City.Early in his career he wrote for theLong Beach Press-Telegram.[2]From 1936 to 1943, he was a sportswriter and sports editor for theOakland Tribune,[3]which published his sports columnCohn-ing Tower(wordplayon "conning tower"). He worked as a press correspondent duringWorld War II.[4]In January 1958, after being away from newspaper work for 14 years, Cohn joinedThe San Francisco Examiner;[5][6]in his first column there, he wrote, "Things seem to happen where I happen to be."[4]
Cohn was a controversial opinion writer of the time; he "afflicted the sports world with hard questions about racial equality long before thecivil rights movement."[7]He was also a boxing fan.
Screenwriter[edit]
Cohn was aHollywoodscreenwriteron many movies, including:
- The Set-Up(1949)
- Stromboli(1950)
- The Tall Target(1951)
- Tomorrow Is Another Day(1951)
- Carbine Williams(1952)
- Glory Alley(1952)
- Red Skies of Montana(1952)
- Fatal Desire(1953)
- The Girl Who Had Everything(1953)
- Tennessee Champ(1954)
- Men of the Fighting Lady(1954)
- Ten Thousand Bedrooms(1957)
- Seven Hills of Rome(1958)
He also wrote teleplays for unsoldtelevision pilotsPlane for Hirein 1957 andTheCeleste HolmShowin 1958.
Author[edit]
Cohn was the author of theJoe E. LewisbiographyThe Joker Is Wild,published byRandom Housein 1955, on which the movieThe Joker Is Wild(1957) was based. At the time of his death, Cohn was writing abiographyof Mike Todd,The Nine Lives of Michael Todd,which was finished by Cohn's wife and released by Random House in 1958.
Death[edit]
Cohn died on March 22, 1958, in the same plane crash that killedBroadway theatreand Hollywoodfilm producerMike Todd, pilot Bill Verner and co-pilot Tom Barclay. The twin-engine, 12-passengerLockheed Lodestarcrashed in bad weather in theZuni MountainsnearGrants, New Mexico.Ironically, Todd had named the planeThe Lucky Lizafter wifeElizabeth Taylor.Cohn, a resident ofBeverly Hills,was survived by his wife, Marta, and his two sons, Ian and Ted.[4]
Works[edit]
- Cohn, Art (1955).The Joker is Wild: The Story of Joe E. Lewis.Random House.ASINB0007DEU8S.
- Cohn, Art (1959).The Nine Lives of Michael Todd.Pocket Books.ASINB001Q6TNF0.
References[edit]
- ^"Art Cohn Weds, to Reside in Berkeley".Oakland Tribune.December 23, 1944.RetrievedNovember 15,2017– via newspapers.com.
- ^Zinser, Ben (March 23, 1958)."Art Cohn--'Always Called a Spade a Steam Shovel'".p. A-1.RetrievedNovember 15,2017– via newspapers.com.
- ^Newhouse, Dave (March 26, 2011)."Former Tribune columnist died with Liz's hubby No. 3".The Mercury News.San Jose, California.RetrievedNovember 15,2017.
- ^abc"Mike Todd Killed".Ocala Star-Banner.March 23, 1958. pp. 1, 12.RetrievedJuly 1,2014.
- ^Zinser, Ben (March 23, 1958)."Art Cohn--'Always Called a Spade a Steam Shovel'".p. A-4.RetrievedNovember 15,2017– via newspapers.com.
- ^Winchell, Walter(January 10, 1958)."Walter Winchell (column)".The Star Press.Muncie, Indiana.RetrievedNovember 16,2017– via newspapers.com.
- ^Columnist was early, angry voice against sports color line[dead link]Los Angeles Times, March 23, 2008.
Further reading[edit]
- Cohn introductionin theOakland Tribunevia newspapers.com (September 5, 1936)
- Cohn-ing Towerfirst columnin theOakland Tribunevia newspapers.com (September 6, 1936)
- Harvill, Nick (July 21, 2016)."Art Cohn, the Biographer Who Became Part of the Story".
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