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Art Cohn (April 5, 1909 – March 22, 1958) was an American sportswriter, screenwriter and author. Cohn was born in New York, New York. He was a sportswriter and sports editor for the ''Oakland Tribune'' (Oakland, California) newspaper who published the sports column ''The Cohn-ing Tower''. Cohn was also a press correspondent during World War II. He also wrote for the ''Long Beach Press-Telegram''. He was a controversial opinion writer of the time.〔(Columnist was early, angry voice against sports color line ) Los Angeles Times, March 23, 2008. Quote: ''Art Cohn died 50 years ago today. From Long Beach to the Bay Area, the newsman afflicted the sports world with hard questions about racial equality long before the civil rights movement.〕 He was a boxing fan. ==Career as screen writer== He was a Hollywood screenwriter on many movies, including: *''The Set-Up'' (1949) *''Stromboli'' (1950) *''The Tall Target'' (1951) *''Tomorrow Is Another Day'' (1951) *''Carbine Williams'' (1952) *''Glory Alley'' (1952) *''Red Skies of Montana'' (1952) *''Fatal Desire'' (1953) *''The Girl Who Had Everything'' (1953) *''Tennessee Champ'' (1954) *''Men of the Fighting Lady'' (1954) *''Ten Thousand Bedrooms'' (1957) *''The Seven Hills of Rome'' (1958) He was the author of the Joe E. Lewis biography ''The Joker Is Wild'', published by Random House in 1955, on which the movie ''The Joker Is Wild'' (1957) was based. He also wrote teleplays for unsold television show pilots ''Plane for Hire'' in 1957 and ''The Celeste Holm Show'' in 1958. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Art Cohn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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