Martin G. Cohn
| Martin G. Cohn | |
|---|---|
| Born | Martin Goodman Cohn May 5, 1893 New York City, New York, USA |
| Died | November 19, 1953 (aged 60) Hollywood, California, USA |
| Other names | Moe Cohn |
| Occupation | Film editor, film producer |
| Children | Quinn Martin (son) |
Martin Goodman Cohn (May 5, 1893 – November 19, 1953) was an American film editor and film producer who worked on B-movie genre pictures in Hollywood from the 1910s through the 1940s.[1][2]
Biography
Cohn was born in New York City to Goodman Cohn and Jennie Nathan.[3] His parents were Jewish immigrants. He married Anna Messing in Brooklyn in 1916. He began working as a film editor in the early 1910s, although like most editors of that era, he was not credited onscreen for his efforts.[4] Eventually the family moved from New York City to Los Angeles, where he continued his career.
He was a founding member of the Society of Motion Picture Film Editors (a precursor to the Motion Picture Editors Guild) in 1937; early on, he served as treasurer.[5] In the 1930s, he began working as a producer on projects, although editing seems to have continued to be his primary focus.[6] During this time, he was credited with pioneering the "change-over," a technique that allowed projectionists to keep a film running without stopping to change reels.[6]
He died in 1953 in Hollywood, where he had lived for 28 years. He was survived by his wife, Anna, and his son, Quinn Martin (who later became a famous TV producer).[3][7][8] His brother Elias worked in Hollywood as a cameraman.
Selected filmography
- Oriental Evil (1951)
- Tokyo File 212 (1951)
- The Girl from San Lorenzo (1950)
- Satan's Cradle (1949)
- Zamba (1949)
- The Daring Caballero (1949)
- The Gay Amigo (1949)
- Deadline (1948)
- The Valiant Hombre (1948)
- The Strange Mrs. Crane (1948)
- Lady at Midnight (1948)
- The Counterfeiters (1948)
- Heading for Heaven (1947)
- Killer Dill (1947)
- God's Country (1946)
- Sensation Hunters (1945)
- In Old New Mexico (1945)
- The Cisco Kid Returns (1945)
- Song of the Range (1944)
- Shadow of Suspicion (1944)
- When Strangers Marry (1944)
- Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1944)
- Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)
- The Sultan's Daughter (1943)
- The Unknown Guest (1943)
- A Gentle Gangster (1943)
- Girls' Town (1942)
- Borrowed Hero (1941)
- I Killed That Man (1941)
- The Deadly Game (1941)
- Murder by Invitation (1941)
- Paper Bullets (1941)
- Yukon Flight (1940)
- The Terror of Tiny Town (1938)
- Sunset Murder Case (1938)
- Mis dos amores (1938)
- Castillos en el aire (1938)
- Sing While You're Able (1937)
- Born to Fight (1936)
- Robin Hood, Jr. (1936)
- With Love and Kisses (1936)
- Headline Crasher (1936)
- Wild Horse Round-Up (1936)
- Last of the Pagans (1935)
- Morals for Women (1931)
- Arizona Terror (1931)
- Left Over Ladies (1931)
- Alias the Bad Man (1931)
- The Lost Zeppelin (1929)
- Unmasked (1929)
- Stormy Waters (1928)
- The Scarlet Dove (1928)
- Nameless Men (1928)
- Streets of Shanghai (1927)
- Wild Geese (1927)
- Once and Forever (1927)
- The Girl from Gay Paree (1927)
- The Cat and the Canary (1927)
- Mothers of Men (1917)
- The World and the Woman (1916)
References
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