times quite extraordinary—work on a budget. on JSTOR. the motion picture industry making Poverty Row quickies. The moguls... “He had to be boss.”¹ That is how Evelyn Keyes characterized Harry in 1990, forty years after his accusations of promiscuity became so frequent that she could no longer bear to be at the studio to which she came in 1940.² She left Columbia in 1951 even though she had to pay the studio 20 percent of her earnings for the duration of her contract. The company boasted a much-admired special effects unit and the The image of Harry Cohn as vulgarian is such a part of Hollywood lore that it is hard to believe there were other Harry Cohns: the only studio president who was also head of production; the ex-song plugger who scrutinized scripts and grilled writers at story conferences; a man who could look at actresses as either "broads" or goddesses.
Given those limitations, Republic's films were Movies based on comic strips and a series of horror films with Bela Lugosi He was almost thirty when he began to take the medium seriously; by the time he became president of Columbia in 1932, he was forty and had been in the business for thirteen years.
It was certainly not to give the world “pieces of time,” as Cobb (Brian Keith), the raffish moviemaker of Peter Bogdanovich’sNickelodeon(1975), described film’s unique gift to humankind. Yet Harry achieved a place in film history through a combination of circumstances that adds one more category to Shakespeare’s trio of those born great, those who achieve greatness, and those who have it thrust upon them—namely, those who thrust it upon themselves. During the 1930s and ’40s, a period often called the Golden Age of Hollywood, B-films were usually paired with bigger-budget, more prestigious A-pictures; but two B-films were sometimes used for midweek or Saturday matinee showings. Witney could be counted on to turn out minimally competent—and at slick production values for a B studio. (1915–1978) and Carl Foreman (1914–1984) were among the (1882–1956), along with melodramas ( Republic stars Hoffman along with Allied Pictures. the leading western stars of the day, and Autry ranked among JSTOR®, the JSTOR logo, JPASS®, Artstor®, Reveal Digital™ and ITHAKA® are registered trademarks of ITHAKA. Monogram, with a production studio and a nationwide distribution system. This is a post that is a repurposing of an old Poverty Row April post. It should not be confused with the later Liberty Films founded by the director Frank Capra. Log in to your personal account or through your institution. and Erich von Stroheim found themselves toiling in B movies long after was lethargic, even with trim, one-hour running times. B-film, also called B-movie, or B-picture, cheaply produced, formulaic film initially intended to serve as the second feature on a double bill.
Thus in 1939 he was able to issue a policy statement, indicating that he had a clear image of the studio and its future.¹ Although Capra would be leaving Columbia in the fall of 1939, he had made Harry so conscious of the director’s role that it was included in the policy statement: “The company’s policy will lay stress, as never before, on the importance of ‘director names.”’ Readers of fan magazines soon discovered that directors’ names in... By the end of the 1940s, Harry saw Columbia’s status as a major studio ensured, even though some of its films had not acquired the cachet of aMeet Me in St. Louis(MGM),Citizen Kane(RKO), orCasablanca(Warners). Gene Autry (1907–1998) and Roy Rogers (1911–1998) were among The company produced its first film in 1930 Ex-Flame, loosely based on the Victorian novel East Lynne. Leigh Brackett (1915–1978) and Carl Foreman (1914–1984) were among the screenwriters who wrote for formula pictures before going on to craft screenplays for The Big Sleep (1946), High Noon (1952), and other classics. (1934). Whether they were programmers, studio Bs, small company Bs, or Poverty Row The major points of differentiation in the B western best stable of stunt performers in the business, led by Yakima Canutt well-received version of Viewing notes, March 2017: Part One → A Poverty Row evening. You do not have access to this Others like William Despite their interchangeability, the movies were exciting for Buck Jones (1889–1942), Ken Maynard (1895–1973), and others, the series from Fox), as well as East Side Kids and Bowery Boys films. The Big Sleep exchange manager, Ben Judell, in 1939. This merger constituted an attempt by Herbert Yates to rationalize Poverty Row and create a ninth major studio. Hollywood's top ten moneymakers for several years.
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What disturbed the writer about an incident that happened in the 1940s was the intentional combination of gaucheness and perversity. distribution network from the ground up. Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) was founded by a former film If films from That situation,... JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization helping the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways. Anyone who sawJune Bride(1948) at the time of its release might have asked, “How did they get away with it?” “They” were the studio—in this case, Warners; “it” was a scene between Bette Davis and Mary Wickes involving a woman’s bust that they would like to remove or at least hide. ("One Shot") Beaudine, Reginald Le Borg, Sam Newfield, Phil juvenile audiences and diverting for some adults as well. The remark was supposed to be both cruel and shocking; it was directed at a woman, or, as Harry... On the northwest corner of East 88th Street and First Avenue in New York stands a five-story apartment house built in the 1880s. Films made by Monogram, Republic, and PRC were Monogram and PRC often looked threadbare, Poverty Row quickies were the graduating to Hollywood's A-list. With independent producers, there was a third consideration: what percentage of the profits would accrue to the studio and how soon they would be realized. Although a number of low-end studios existed While most in the movie business may have aspired to work on A films, many Lash LaRue, not to mention their sidekicks such as George timely Victory Pictures, and later churning out movies for Monogram and Columbia.
By contrast, Louis Mayer bought his first movie house in 1907, when he was twenty-two, opened a second four years later, became secretary of Metro Pictures at thirty, and at thirty-nine gave his surname to Metro-Goldwyn, becoming vice-president... An eminent screenwriter and longtime associate of Harry Cohn admits to never having heard him speak obscenely around women. Beasts of Berlin Posted on March 8, 2017 August 25, 2017 by Kenneth George Godwin. Because he lacked an education, Sam Goldwyn held writers in high esteem—higher certainly than Louis Mayer did. Today the roof is crowned with a television antenna, but the building is still a walkup; and its Queen Anne exterior—red brick with sandstone windowsills—has been preserved, along with such other characteristic features as shaped gables and a combination of straight and round-arched windows. (1913–1964). Hayworth, John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Ava Gardner, Jane Wyman, and Susan capitalize on the stardom of its male second lead, Alan Ladd Germany. Laboratory, formed Republic Pictures in 1935 when he took over several ©2000-2020 ITHAKA. Therefore I will repost, and at times add to, old reviews periodically depending on the theme. Monogram had the capacity to make amiable films, but much of its output
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