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; he helped finance the first ''

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'' movies and early work of filmmakers such as

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and

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. In the early 1970s while head of EMI Films he was called the most powerful man in the British film industry.

Early life

Cohen was the son of a kosher butcher from the east end of London who was president of the Jubilee Street synagogue. He was the only son with one elder sister. Cohen's parents had emigrated from Poland in the early 1900s and his father was a silent partner in a cinema in the east end. Cohen attended a local LCV school and then joined his father's business.

Cinema owner

In 1932, Cohen bought a 650-seat cinema, the Savoy, in Teddington. Over three years he built up a circuit of three cinemas in London and four in the regions. One of the cinemas was the Mile End Empire, where Cohen ran talent quests before the movies commenced; among the artists who featured were a young Tommy Trinder and

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. Cohen then turned to distribution, starting with re-releases of the

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comedies. During World War II, Cohen distributed and exhibited military instruction films in England. His wife and daughter were sent to stay with his friend

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Anglo Amalgamated

With Stuart Levy he co-founded Cohen and Levy Films in 1945 which eventually became

. His first film was an £800 documentary called ''Horse and Country''. Cohen produced some films with

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that were directed by

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, ''

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'' (1949) and '' Miss Pilgrim's Progress'' (1949).

Early features

Anglo-Amalgamated began to produce half hour featurettes at a cost of £10,000 then moved into features. Their early films included ''

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'' (1952), ''

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'' (1952), and '' Wide Boy'' (1952). They started to make films with American stars such as '' Street of Shadows'' (1953) which had

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. They also had success with comedies such as '' Glad Tidings'' (1953). Cohen's first film of note was ''

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'' (1954), starring

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and Dirk Bogarde, and directed by

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, an American expatriate making the first of many movies in Britain. ''

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'' (1957) began relationship between Anglo-Amalgamated and

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. The relationship with AIP resulted in ''

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'' (1959), ''

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'' (1960), and ''

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'' (1961).

Box-office success

Cohen had a big box office success with ''

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'' (1957), one of the most popular movies of the year in Britain. They followed it with '' The Duke Wore Jeans'' (1958). Even more popular was ''

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'' (1958), a huge box office success in Britain and very profitable due to its low cost. It led to a series of films: ''

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'' (1959) was even more popular, For the company, he produced ''

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'' and '' The Criminal'' (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

, John Boorman, and

. In 1962 Associated British Picture Corporation bought 50% of Anglo Amalgamated. Cohen became a director of them in 1969.

EMI Films

Anglo Amalgamated were majority owned by ABPC, who were taken over by

. Cohen joined the board of EMI and was put in charge of his own independent unit, Anglo-EMI. The actual head of EMI at the time was

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but Cohen had autonomy over his own unit. EMI were going to spend $36 million on 28 films, 13 of which would be from Cohen's Anglo-Amalgamated unit with a budget of £7 million. Cohen:

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 strength.

, "We now have a great opportunity for British productions by British people", said Cohen. Among the films Cohen made for Anglo-EMI included ''

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'', ''

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'', and several big screen adaptations of popular TV series. On the whole Cohen's movies for EMI outperformed those of Bryan Forbes financially. They were less well received critically, although Cohen's unit was the one that initiated the highly acclaimed ''

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'' (1971).

The most powerful man in the British film industry

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 Anglo-EMI Film Distributors, Anglo-EMI Films, and Anglo Southern Film Music Publishing. By 1973, the British film industry was in crisis, due to a combination of declining audiences, a weak dollar and lack of overseas investment. Anglo-EMI was the biggest studio operating in the country and was dubbed "Britain's one man film industry." Cohen was described as:

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 surprised if Cohen didn't also own the popcorn concessions.

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 really enjoy my power. I need competition and it's important there's competition if the industry is to survive." Cohen however was bullish about the British industry's chances.

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 industry still has life. There's gold in them thar hills I tell you.

During this time Cohen commissioned two short films from director

who later wrote of Cohen:

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 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.

Cohen financed key films in the career of

, ''That'll be the Day'' and ''Stardust''. Puttnam said Cohen would "work out what his downside risk was, the most he would lose, so consequently he would never turn down a project that was remotely interesting." He said Cohen would routinely offer to pay part of the budget, meaning producers had to get the rest. Puttnam's then-producing partner Sandy Lieberson later said, "He gave us a blank cheque in effect, but always kept the reins on. The man had a real flair for movies and was such an underrated figure in the British film industry in the sixties and seventies, probably the most underrated. He made a tremendous contribution... He backed people. If he liked you, he'd back you. He hated failure, that was one thing he couldn't stand to be associated with." Cohen's best known and most successful film from this period was ''

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'' (1974), which Cohen said was his idea. This enabled Cohen to fund a slate of six new films worth £6 million: '' Evil Under the Sun'' (later made in 1982), '' Aces High'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', plus two adaptations of TV shows, ''

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'' and '' The Sweeney'' . Eventually '' To the Devil, a Daughter'' was made instead of ''Evil Under the Sun'' (which was filmed in 1982).

EMI Changes Management

In 1976, EMI bought out British Lion and their management wound up running EMI.

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and

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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. 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."Walker 1985 p 207 During this time, EMI made some expensive failures including ''

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'' and ''

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'', none of which involved Cohen. "I suppose you could sum it up this way", he said later, "I was very fortunate that as these costly deals were being made, I seemed to be losing control of picture making in the company." Michael Deeley, however, claimed that Cohen committed $1 million of EMI's money for the flop '' Roar''. Deeley said Cohen was "quite a different" type of executive to him and Spikings. "His style was defined by great lies", according to Deeley.

Racehorse owner

With the success of his film company, Cohen was able to become a racehorse owner. His blue colours with white diamond, hooped sleeves and amber cap were carried to victory by Kilmore in the 1962

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Personal life

Cohen died in hospital in 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.

Appraisal

In 1974 a profile of Cohen described him as:

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 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.'

Another 1971 article called him "a natty, cool, watchful man he does not admit to, and has never admitted to a crisis in the British film industry." Cohen said of himself:

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 try to bet with the odds in my favour. It's not so much the film one gambles on as the people making it.

Filmography

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That'll Be the Day "That'll Be the Day" is a song written by Buddy Holly and Jerry Allison. It was first recorded by Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes in 1956 and was re-recorded in 1957 by Holly and his new band, the Crickets. The 1957 recording achieved widespr ...

'' (1973) – executive producer *''Our Cissy'' (1973) (short) – executive producer *''Footsteps'' (1973) (short) – executive producer *''

Steptoe and Son ''Steptoe and Son'' is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father-and-son rag-and-bone business in 26a Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd's Bush, London. Four series were broadcast by the BBC in black and w ...

'' (1973) – executive producer *''

Love Thy Neighbour Love Thy Neighbor or Love Thy Neighbour refers to the Biblical phrase "thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" from the Book of Leviticus 19:18 in the Old Testament about the ethic of reciprocity known as the Golden Rule or the Great Commandment. ...

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Steptoe and Son Ride Again ''Steptoe and Son Ride Again'' is a 1973 British comedy film. It is a sequel to the film ''Steptoe and Son (film), Steptoe and Son'' (1972) based on Steptoe and Son, the television series. As usual, the film starred Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. C ...

'' (1973) – executive producer *''

Holiday on the Buses ''Holiday on the Buses'' is a 1973 British comedy film directed by Bryan Izzard and starring Reg Varney and Doris Hare. The film is the third and final spin-off film from the ITV sitcom ''On the Buses'' and succeeded the films ''On the Buses'' ...

'' (1973) – executive producer *''

The Final Programme ''The Final Programme'' is a novel by British science fiction and fantasy writer Michael Moorcock. Written in 1965 as the underground culture was beginning to emerge, it was not published for several years. Moorcock has stated that publishers a ...

'' (1973) – executive producer *''The House in Nightmare Park'' (1973) – executive producer *''Man at the Top (film), Man at the Top'' (1973) – executive producer *''Swallows and Amazons (1974 film), Swallows and Amazons'' (1974) – executive producer *''Take Me High'' (1974) – executive producer *''It's Not the Size That Counts'' (1974) – executive producer *''Stardust (1974 film), Stardust'' (1974) – executive producer *''The Dove (1974 film), The Dove'' (1974) – executive producer *''Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film), Murder on the Orient Express'' (1974) – executive producer *''All Creatures Great and Small (film), All Creatures Great and Small'' (1975) – executive producer *''Alfie Darling'' (1975) – executive producer *''A Boy and His Dog (1975 film), A Boy and His Dog'' (1975) – executive producer *''

'' (1976) – executive producer *'' Aces High'' (1976) – executive producer *''

'' (1976) – executive producer *''It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet'' (1976) – executive producer *''

'' (1976) – executive producer *''Are You Being Served? (film), Are You Being Served?'' (1977) – executive producer *''Sweeney!'' (1977) – executive producer *''Death on the Nile'' (1978) – executive producer *''Clockwise (film), Clockwise'' (1986) – executive producer

References

*Walker, Alexander, ''Hollywood England'' Stein and Day, 1974 *Walker, Alexander, ''National Heroes'', Harrap, 1985

External links

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Nat Cohen
at British Film Institute, BFI
Obituary
at Los Angeles Times
Obituary
at New York Times {{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, Nat 1905 births 1988 deaths British film producers British Jews British racehorse owners and breeders