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Jerome Cady

Jerome Cady

Known For Writing
Birthday Aug 15, 1903
Died Nov 07, 1948 (45)
Birthplace Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Aug 14, 2025
Entry Date Aug 14, 2025
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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jerome Cady (August 15th, 1903 – November 7th, 1948) was a Hollywood screenwriter. What promised to be a lucrative and successful career as a film writer - graduating up from Charlie Chan movies in the late 1930s to such well respected war films as Guadalcanal ... Diary (1943), a successful adaptation of Forever Amber (1947) and the police procedural Call Northside 777 (1948) - came to an abrupt end when he died of a sleeping pill overdose onboard his yacht off Catalina Island in 1948. At the time of his death he was doing a treatment for a documentary on the Northwest Mounted Police. There was a Masonic funeral service for him. He received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay for Wing and a Prayer in 1944. A native of West Virginia, Cady started as a newspaper copy boy. He was later a reporter with the Los Angeles Record, before joining the continuity staff of KECA-KFI, Los Angeles in June 1932. He spent time in New York in the 1930s with Fletcher & Ellis Inc., as its director of radio, returning to Los Angeles in 1936. He joined 20th Century Fox in 1940, having previously been employed at RKO between radio jobs.

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Cry Danger

Cry Danger

1951

Story

Sand

Sand

1949

Writer

Call Northside 777

Call Northside 777

1948

Screenplay

Thunder in the Valley

Thunder in the Valley

1947

Writer

Forever Amber

Forever Amber

1947

Writer

Man Alive

Man Alive

1945

Story

Roger Touhy, Gangster

Roger Touhy, Gangster

1944

Screenplay

The Purple Heart

The Purple Heart

1944

Writer

Wing and a Prayer

Wing and a Prayer

1944

Story, Screenplay

Guadalcanal Diary

Guadalcanal Diary

1943

Adaptation

Silver Skates

Silver Skates

1943

Writer

What's Cookin'?

What's Cookin'?

1942

Screenplay

Repent at Leisure

Repent at Leisure

1941

Writer

Play Girl

Play Girl

1941

Screenplay

They Met in Argentina

They Met in Argentina

1941

Screenplay

The Marines Fly High

The Marines Fly High

1940

Writer

Laddie

Laddie

1940

Writer

You Can't Fool Your Wife

You Can't Fool Your Wife

1940

Screenplay

Cross-Country Romance

Cross-Country Romance

1940

Screenplay

Anne of Windy Poplars

Anne of Windy Poplars

1940

Screenplay

Inside Story

Inside Story

1939

Writer

Sued for Libel

Sued for Libel

1939

Screenplay

Winner Take All

Winner Take All

1939

Story

The Arizona Wildcat

The Arizona Wildcat

1939

Screenplay

Full Confession

Full Confession

1939

Screenplay

Five Came Back

Five Came Back

1939

Screenplay

Two Thoroughbreds

Two Thoroughbreds

1939

Screenplay

Time Out for Murder

Time Out for Murder

1938

Screenplay

Mr. Moto's Gamble

Mr. Moto's Gamble

1938

Writer

Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo

Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo

1937

Screenplay

The Great Hospital Mystery

The Great Hospital Mystery

1937

Screenplay

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