Ralph Cohn(1914-1959)
- Producer
Cohn started Screen Gems as a subsidiary to Columbia Pictures and
served as it's general manager. He was responsible for starting the
The Ford Television Theatre (1952) on television and in 1952 was named vice president and general
manager of Screen Gems, becoming president in 1958. Columbia Pictures'
willingness to enter television production flew in the face of
then-prevailing industry mentality, but Screen Gems would prove to be
an extremely lucrative business for the company well into the 1970's.
Cohn's body lies at Mt. Carmel cemetery in Queens.
