Jack Cunningham

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Jack Cunningham

Writing April 1, 1882

Ionia, Iowa

Date of Death 4 October1941, Santa Monica, California  (cerebral hemorrhage) One the more prolific and fast working screenwriters in Hollywood. He once completed ten five-reel fi…

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It's a Gift

It's a Gift

6.4 1934 Movie
Union Pacific

Union Pacific

6.7 1939 Movie
The Black Pirate

The Black Pirate

6.7 1926 Movie
Don Q Son of Zorro

Don Q Son of Zorro

6.7 1925 Movie
To the Last Man

To the Last Man

5.9 1933 Movie
Beyond the Rocks

Beyond the Rocks

6.0 1922 Movie
The Covered Wagon

The Covered Wagon

6.3 1923 Movie
Double Door

Double Door

6.9 1934 Movie
The Old-Fashioned Way

The Old-Fashioned Way

7.2 1934 Movie
Buffalo Stampede

Buffalo Stampede

4.1 1933 Movie
Mississippi

Mississippi

6.8 1935 Movie
The Viking

The Viking

6.8 1928 Movie

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Date of Death 4 October1941, Santa Monica, California  (cerebral hemorrhage) One the more prolific and fast working screenwriters in Hollywood. He once completed ten five-reel films in ten-weeks. Between 1918 and 1925 he turned out one hundred full-length films. Had been the editor of The Pittsburgh Leader and The New York Evening Sun. Was working for the publicity department of an Eastern US film company when he decided to try his hand at scenario writing. His father, Maurice Frederick Cunningham (c.1861-1937), was a building contractor who had built many of the Hollywood studios constructed in the early 1920s. Never recovered from a stroke he suffered while working on the film Union Pacific (1939).

Filmography

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  1. 1939
    Union Pacific

    Movie Adaptation

  2. 1938
    Painted Desert

    Movie Story

  3. 1938
    Professor Beware

    Movie Writer

  4. 1936
    Easy to Take

    Movie Producer

  5. 1935
    Mississippi

    Movie Screenplay

  6. 1934
    It's a Gift

    Movie Screenplay

  7. 1934
    Wagon Wheels

    Movie Screenplay

  8. 1934
    The Old-Fashioned Way

    Movie Screenplay

  9. 1934
    Double Door

    Movie Screenplay

  10. 1934
    The Last Round-up

    Movie Writer

  11. 1933
    To the Last Man

    Movie Screenplay

  12. 1933
    Man of the Forest

    Movie Screenplay

  13. 1933
    Sunset Pass

    Movie Adaptation

  14. 1933
    Under the Tonto Rim

    Movie Adaptation

  15. 1933
    Silent Men

    Movie Scenario Writer

  16. 1933
    Buffalo Stampede

    Movie Adaptation

More credits
  1. 1933
    Terror Trail

    Movie Adaptation

  2. 1932
    Flaming Guns

    Movie Writer

  3. 1932
    The Fourth Horseman

    Movie Adaptation

  4. 1932
    The Texas Bad Man

    Movie Story

  5. 1932
    The Rider of Death Valley

    Movie Writer

  6. 1931
    The Deceiver

    Movie Writer

  7. 1931
    The Guilty Generation

    Movie Adaptation

  8. 1931
    Shanghaied Love

    Movie Screenplay

  9. 1931
    Clearing the Range

    Movie Story

  10. 1928
    The Viking

    Movie Screenplay

  11. 1928
    The Adventurer

    Movie Writer

  12. 1927
    Captain Salvation

    Movie Writer

  13. 1926
    West of Broadway

    Movie Scenario Writer

  14. 1926
    The Black Pirate

    Movie Adaptation

  15. 1926
    Rocking Moon

    Movie Adaptation

  16. 1925
    Don Q Son of Zorro

    Movie Writer

  17. 1925
    Just a Woman

    Movie Writer

  18. 1925
    Contraband

    Movie Writer

  19. 1924
    The Man Who Fights Alone

    Movie Writer

  20. 1923
    The Light That Failed

    Movie Adaptation

  21. 1923
    Homeward Bound

    Movie Scenario Writer

  22. 1923
    A Gentleman of Leisure

    Movie Writer

  23. 1923
    The Heart Raider

    Movie Adaptation

  24. 1923
    The Tiger's Claw

    Movie Screenplay