Columbia Tristar

Columbia Tristar originated from a company orginally founded in 1920 called Columbia Pictures, the founders were Jack and Harry Cohn and Joe Brandt. Harry Cohn was the studio's president and his brother Jack was based in New York and handled distribution.

Gower Street in Hollywood was the company's home. ,Columbia produced many westerns and comedies. which helped maintainb the company through the Great Depression. Movies series were also popular "Blondie" films and "Lone Wolf" particularly so.

Batman and Batman and Robin in the forties sparked Columbia's interest of joining the trend toward television. Columbia was highly regarded in the 1950's unfortunately the deaths of both Cohen brothers occurred during this decade. After their deaths, Abe Schneider and Leo Jaffe took over the company and it continued to prosper.

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