There was a casting couch in his office. His office was all in white. Behind the desk were his Oscars, and they were spotlighted very dramatically. And next to them were a series of shelves containing French perfumes and nylon stockings. For services rendered.
I wanted a mix of 'B' films and first-class films, because I don't look down my nose at 'B' films. We have a very good collection of Randolph Scott westerns.
I went over his notes to 'All the King's Men,' and he sounds like a college professor, talking about unity, characterization, forward movement of the action, all of which you would not expect of someone of Cohn's limited education. He respected writers.
It's a resource for our students in our film courses. And when we do these series for the community, it makes them aware of the richness of American cinema.
