Cohn-Brandt-Cohn (CBC) Film Sales Corporation
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film |
| Predecessor | Independent Moving Pictures |
| Founded | June 19, 1918 |
| Founders | Harry and Jack Cohn Joe Brandt |
| Defunct | January 10, 1924 |
| Fate | Re-branded as Columbia Pictures in 1924 |
| Successor | Columbia Pictures |
Key people | Harry Cohn (President) |
| Products | Motion pictures |
Cohn-Brandt-Cohn (CBC) Film Sales Corporation (also known as CBC Film Sales or simply CBC) was an American film studio that was founded on June 19, 1918 by brothers Harry and Jack Cohn and their friend and co-worker at Independent Moving Pictures, Joe Brandt with $250 of capital.[1] The headquarters were at 1600 Broadway in New York.[1]
Brandt was the president of CBC Film Sales, handling sales, marketing and distribution from New York along with Jack Cohn, while Harry Cohn ran production in Hollywood. CBC Film's early productions were low-budget short subjects: Screen Snapshots (started in 1920),[1] the "Hall Room Boys" (the vaudeville duo of Edward Flanagan and Neely Edwards), and the Chaplin imitator Billy West.[2] The start-up CBC leased space in a Poverty Row studio at 6070 Sunset Boulevard in 1922.[3] The studio released its first feature film More to Be Pitied Than Scorned on August 20, 1922. Its success led the company to open its own film exchanges.[1]
Among Hollywood's elite, the studio's small-time reputation led some to joke that "CBC" stood for "Corned Beef and Cabbage". The studio's last film to be released was Innocence on December 1, 1923. The Cohn brothers renamed the CBC Film Sales as Columbia Pictures on January 10, 1924, in hopes to improve its image.
Filmography[]
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| August 20, 1922 | More to Be Pitied Than Scorned | A CBC Film release |
| December 15, 1922 | Only a Shop Girl | A CBC Film release |
| March 1, 1923 | Temptation | A CBC Film release |
| April 16, 1923 | Her Accidental Husband | A CBC Film release |
| August 15, 1923 | Mary of the Movies | Co-produced with FBO |
| August 15, 1923 | The Barefoot Boy | A CBC Film release |
| August 15, 1923 | Yesterday's Wife | A CBC Film release |
| September 15, 1923 | Forgive and Forget | A CBC Film release |
| October 25, 1923 | The Marriage Market | A CBC Film release |
| December 1, 1923 | Innocence | The last CBC Film release |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Jack Cohn Dead; Film Pioneer, 67". The New York Times. December 10, 1956. p. 31. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- ^ The Hollywood Story, by Joel Waldo Finler, page 81
- ^ Natale, Richard (January 25, 1999). "Where Col travels, others follow". Variety (Columbia Pictures 75th Anniversary ed.). p. 12.
- American film studios
- Columbia Pictures