Joe Brandt(1882-1939)

Originally a lawyer who worked in advertising. Joe was brought into the film business by Jack Cohn at Universal and jumped at the offer to become the President of CBC (Cohn-Brandt-Cohn) Film Sales, which morphed into Columbia Pictures on January 10, 1924. He served as a long time mediator between the two continually feuding brothers (the other being Harry Cohn), remaining largely in New York. Brandt was eventually bought out and left the industry. He died in 1939.