Kohner Exhibition on Display at Goethe Institute

“Hollywood’s Gentleman Agent,” an exhibition celebrating the extraordinary career of the late Paul Kohner, is running at the Goethe Institute and run through May 31.

Kohner, the son of a Czechoslovakian theater owner, arrived in New York in 1920 at 18 and began as an office boy for Carl Laemmle at the New York branch of Universal Studios. He later moved to Hollywood, where he become a producer and married Mexican movie star Lupita Tovar. In 1938 he opened his legendary talent agency--through which he saved many lives by securing work in Hollywood for film and theater people from Hitler’s Germany--and went on to represent top stars, writers and directors until his death 50 years later.

The Goethe Institute is at 5700 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 110, in Los Angeles. Information: (213) 525-3388. Admission is free.