Cocinor was a French

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and

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company based in

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. Established in 1948 its full name is the Compagnie cinématographique du Nord. It was founded by

Ignace Morgenstern Ignace Morgenstern (5 June 1900 – 26 January 1961) was a Hungarian-born French film producer. He was the owner of Cocinor, one of the largest French film distributors of the 1950s. Career Morgenstern was born in 1900 to a Jewish family in M� ...

out of a former distribution company SEDIF he had previously worked for. The company was later sold to Edmond Tenoudji. The company took over Les Films Marceau and distributed some films under the name Cocinor-Marceau. It also acquired the back catalogue of

Charles Delac Charles Delac (1885–1965) was a French Algerian film producer.McCann p.233 Selected filmography * '' The Secret of Polichinelle'' (1923) * ''Graziella'' (1926) * '' The Man with the Hispano'' (1926) * '' The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans ...

's old company. The company established its reputation in the 1950s by releasing a number of commercial hits including comedies. The company also handled films by

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directors from the late 1950s onwards.Marie p.60

References

Bibliography

* Crisp, C.G. ''The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960''. Indiana University Press, 1993 * De Baecque, Antoine & Toubiana, Serge. ''Truffaut: A Biography''. University of California Press, 2000. * Marie, Michel. ''The French New Wave: An Artistic School''. John Wiley & Sons, 2008. French film studios Film production companies of France Film distributors of France {{film-studio-stub