After leaving film in the early 1940s, Cohen founded and ran the historic dance club in Los Angeles, the Hollywood Palladium.
[4] The combined company of Chesterfield-Invincible produced more than 100 features, and launched the careers of directors Richard Thorpe and Charles Lamont.
[5][6] Also in 1933, Cohen was at the forefront of a movement by independent producers to change the NRA code, in order to assure the validity of theaters being able to show a second feature on a program.
[7] Cohen and Batcheller ended their deal with Universal in 1934, and entered into an agreement with Pathe, to utilize their facilities and equipment.
Smaller companies like Chesterfield and Invincible[9] catered to the "bargain night" exhibitors with lower-priced pictures, and the majors began losing business to the minors.
[20] In 1939 Cohen was hired by United Artists to produce a Spanish language film, slated solely for the foreign market.
[23] In 1941, Cohen opened a dance venue in Hollywood, the Palladium,[24] located on the site of the original Paramount Pictures.
[26] During World War II it was an extremely successful endeavor, particularly among military personnel,[24] and it remained a popular dance spot through the 1940s and 1950s.