"Alfred A. Cohn (March 26, 1880 \u2013 February 3, 1951) was an author, journalist and newspaper editor, Police Commissioner, and screenwriter of the 1920s and 1930s. He is best remembered for his work on The Jazz Singer, which was nominated for (but did not win) an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay in the 1st Academy Awards of 1929.Cohn was born in Freeport, Illinois but subsequently moved to Cleveland, Ohio where he began work as a newspaper editor and journalist."@en . "American writer" . "1880Z"^^ . "Cohn, Alfred"@en . "0169879" . "1880-03-26Z"^^ . "1951Z"^^ . "1951-02-03Z"^^ .