439:(1971). It has been argued Cohen, in contrast with Forbes, produced a slate that was "inexpensive, sellable and varied. It has some junk but also attempts to make some decent films and promote new talent. He backed as many newbie directors as Forbes but gave them safer material to work on. There are no huge production challenges, more co-productions to spread risk, and stars were cast in the sort of roles that made them stars... some of these films vanished without a trace (eg Spring and Port Wine with a miscast James Mason), but others were hits (Villain, Percy, The Body, Up Pompeii) and even Family Life proved profitable."
52:. In the early 1970s while head of EMI Films he was called the most powerful man in the British film industry. He's been called "an unsung giant of British film who never got his due from the establishment in part because of (possibly unconscious) anti-Semitism... the ability to be a successful studio head is very rare and most only last a few years. Cohen did it successfully at various companies for over two decades."
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playing safe' and describes himself as 'a gambler, but an extremely cautious one. Never reckless. I gamble when the odds are in my favour, not simply on hunches. I back judgement, not luck. But, ultimately, gamble I've got to... when the proposition has merit, I put it into effect without delay. I made the decision on a combination of the project and the individual who brings it to me.'
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except that they’d apparently made a ton of money — one of his racehorses had even won the 1962 Grand
National. He drove up and down Wardour Street in a cream Rolls-Royce with a number plate that said Nat 1 (just to rub it in the noses of all of us snobby and opinionated film industry oiks who were less than enamored by him) to emphasize just who actually was the smart one.
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The most powerful man in the
British film industry and almost the final arbiter of film taste in this country. No single man in Hollywood at its zenith held as much power. Nat Cohen not only finances productions but also distributes and exhibits. One American producer cracked that that he wouldn't be
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Making films is no different from the manufacture of shoes or any other product... My job is to entertain the public and if I can commercialism and art, all the better. But I have to remember they have other means of entertainment and a limited amount of money... Films are a pure gamble and I always
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Cohen was the son of a kosher butcher from the east end of London who was president of the
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British film industry in the sixties and seventies, probably the most underrated. He made a tremendous contribution... He backed people. If he
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I can tell you there are still wonderful opportunities in the film industry, good and wonderful opportunities... a good film is doing better than ever before. A lot of people who complain about the industry don't have their feet on the ground. Look at their track records. They're not very good. The
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That year Cohen estimated he was involved in 70% of films made in
Britain that year; other figures put this at 50%. He also claimed that 95% of the films he had been involved with had made money. "It's bad for the film industry that I'm the only man making films", he said. "Because of this I don't
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In 1932, Cohen bought a 650-seat cinema, the Savoy, in
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Nat Cohen was an avuncular, vulgar man with a shifty, pencil thin moustache who looked more like a Soho strip club spiv than a film mogul. His lowbrow taste in film production had secured him a sizeable wallet and hence his puffed–up position running EMI. No one could remember any films he’d made
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A more urbane version of the one-man-bands who used to boss the studios in
Hollywood's heyday of the movie moguls. An impresario, a bon vivant, a racehorse owner with many winds in his stable, he applies the lessons of the turf to the film industry when he affirms that 'there is no such thing as
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Cohen stayed at EMI for several more years, a period he described as "an awkward stage... not quite sure where I was supposed to be; and rarely finding people available when I wanted to consult them. A delicate situation." During this time, EMI made some expensive failures including
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Right from the start of Bryan Forbes joining the company, there was a sharp distinction between his films and mine. If Bryan had a cocktail party to announce his programme, then I had a cocktail party a few weeks later for mine, too. I had all I needed to keep me at full
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Following the resignation of Forbes, Cohen became overall head of production for EMI. In April 1971 Cohen was appointed managing director of EMI-MGM, a new company formed to make international films. He was also put in charge of
22:(23 December 1905 – 10 February 1988) was a British film producer and executive. For over four decades he was one of the most significant figures in the British film industry, particularly in his capacity as head of
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Murari, Tim (17 November 1973). "Nat King Cohen: To the cinema-going public he is the name at the start of the credits, But to the industry he is a dominant force in production, dustribution, and exhibition".
276:(both 1960), the former, now highly regarded, was badly received at the time of its release. He greenlit some of the most important British films of the 1960s, including early feature films directed by
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February 1988 after suffering a heart attack. He was predeceased by a wife and a daughter who both died of cancer; he was survived by another daughter.
362:|"We now have a great opportunity for British productions by British people", said Cohen. Bryan Forbes later accused Cohen of being Forbes' "in built enemy" at EMI.
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became managing directors of EMI Films while Cohen became executive chairman. He retired from this position at the end of 1977 to become a consultant.
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Barker, Dennis (14 May 1977). "The final fade-out for British Lion".
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Malcom, Derek (26 March 1971). "The eclipse of the moon man".
1542:"Cold Streaks: The Studio Stewardship of Bryan Forbes at EMI"
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Michael Pye (13 July 1975). "The great movie money show".
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a local LCV school and then joined his father's business.
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Pulleine, Tim (11 February 1988). "A mogul's farewell".
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1684:"A.B. Pictures Acquire 50% Of Anglo Amalgamated".
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1980:Enigma : David Puttnam, the story so far ..
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108:. His first film was an £800 documentary called
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2193:Peter Lennon. (11 April 1971). "People".
1819:"8 new British films are in the pipeline"
1735:"Shot in Arm for British Film Industry".
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399:from a novel by Susan Baratt (never made)
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1903:Blundy, David (16 December 1973).
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2066:. London. 9 July 1975. p. 5.
1932:"£5 mill boost for British films"
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1791:Fowler, Roy (9 August 1994).
1669:Anglo Amalgamated Productions
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1406:All Creatures Great and Small
1374:It's Not the Size That Counts
264:For the company, he produced
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1930:Owen, Michael (8 May 1973).
1889:. 22 April 1971. p. 67.
1454:It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
1398:Murder on the Orient Express
1106:Those Fantastic Flying Fools
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503:Murder on the Orient Express
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1982:. Sphere Books. p. 90.
1859:. 8 March 1971. p. 12.
1721:. 28 March 1969. p. 3.
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1146:All Neat in Black Stockings
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1026:The Masque of the Red Death
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910:Horrors of the Black Museum
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450:Anglo-EMI Film Distributors
403:My Family and Other Animals
211:Horrors of the Black Museum
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1885:"M-G-M Forms World Unit".
1318:Steptoe and Son Ride Again
623:He also invested money in
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2047:"Acquisition of B Lion".
1951:"Our Cissy and Footsteps"
1699:"Business Appointments".
1242:Straight on Till Morning
639:In 1976, EMI bought out
613:To the Devil, a Daughter
524:produced by Arthur Lewis
126:Mystery at the Burlesque
1617:""Better Than Ever."".
750:Miss Pilgrim's Progress
716:Cohen said of himself:
132:Miss Pilgrim's Progress
2283:British film producers
1654:"The Cinema Tycoons".
1633:"In Production - 1965"
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1978:Yule, Andrew (1989).
1874:. London. p. 15.
1470:Are You Being Served?
1446:Seven Nights in Japan
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325:Entertaining Mr Sloan
2081:. London. p. 2.
2002:"Walker 1985 p 141".
1765:"Walker 1985 p 114".
1643:on 24 December 2015.
1358:Swallows and Amazons
1326:Holiday on the Buses
1210:City Beneath the Sea
1186:Up the Chastity Belt
1138:The Year of Sir Ivor
1010:Nothing But the Best
949:– executive producer
664:Can't Stop the Music
616:was made instead of
498:Swallows and Amazons
313:Spring and Port Wine
2212:Walker, Alexander,
2209:Stein and Day, 1974
2205:Walker, Alexander,
1911:. London. p. 5
1842:The Daily Telegraph
1719:The Daily Telegraph
1637:www.britmovie.co.uk
1334:The Final Programme
1082:Catch Us If You Can
1058:Three Hats for Lisa
947:The Concrete Jungle
878:The Duke Wore Jeans
382:The Burden of Proof
243:The Duke Wore Jeans
1776:"BUSINESS diary".
1310:Love Thy Neighbour
1282:That'll Be the Day
1258:Demons of the Mind
1066:The Tomb of Ligeia
978:Dentist on the Job
838:The Sleeping Tiger
658:Honky Tonk Freeway
618:Evil Under the Sun
577:Evil Under the Sun
547:That'll be the Day
230:Box-office success
194:, and directed by
183:The Sleeping Tiger
2249:Los Angeles Times
2207:Hollywood England
2109:Walker 1985 p 207
2094:Los Angeles Times
1992:Walker 1985 p 129
1737:Los Angeles Times
1486:Death on the Nile
1422:A Boy and His Dog
1234:A Time for Loving
1226:Fear in the Night
1162:The Chastity Belt
934:A Christmas Carol
926:Circus of Horrors
886:Carry On Sergeant
881:(1958) – producer
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798:Street of Shadows
790:The Dark Stairway
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252:Carry On Sergeant
217:Circus of Horrors
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110:Horse and Country
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28:EMI Films
20:Nat Cohen
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