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Jack Cummings

Jack Cummings

Known For Production
Birthday Feb 16, 1905
Died Apr 28, 1989 (84)
Birthplace New Brunswick, Canada
Popularity 0.6 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025
Entry Date Apr 26, 2024
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John "Jack" Cummings (February 16, 1905 – April 28, 1989) was an American film producer and director. He was the second husband of Betty Kern, daughter of Jerome Kern. Cummings spent most of his career at his uncle Louis B. Mayer's studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, ... where he began work in the 1920s. Mayer started his nephew out as an office boy and expected him to work his way up through the ranks. Cummings became a staff producer at MGM in 1934, where he worked in the B-feature unit for two years. In 1936, he produced the extravagant Cole Porter musical Born to Dance, which established his reputation as a respected producer. Cummings remained at MGM even after his uncle was fired from the studio in 1951, working with talent such as the Marx Brothers, Red Skelton, Esther Williams, and Fred Astaire and producing some of the era's best-known musicals, including 1953's Kiss Me Kate and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers in 1954, for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He left MGM to become an independent producer affiliated with Twentieth Century-Fox and produced the 1959 remake of The Blue Angel and the 1960 movie version of the Abe Burrows-Cole Porter Broadway musical Can-Can. In 1964, he returned to MGM one last time to produce the Elvis Presley musical Viva Las Vegas. Other credits included Easy to Wed, It Happened in Brooklyn, Three Little Words, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Interrupted Melody, and The Teahouse of the August Moon. Jack Cummings was the son of Ida Mayer Cummings, sister of Louis B Mayer. He had two sisters, Ruth (married to film director Roy Rowland) and Mitzi (married to film producer Sol Baer Fielding), as well as a younger half brother Leonard 'Sonny' Cummings. Mr. Cummings was survived by his four daughters, Julie Cummings Siff, of Manhattan, Kathy Cummings St. Aubin, of Los Angeles, Linda Kern Cummings, of Danville, Ky., and Carla Luisa Cummings, of Los Angeles.

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Plane Nuts

Plane Nuts

1933

Director

Nertsery Rhymes

Nertsery Rhymes

1933

Director

Hello Pop

Hello Pop

1933

Director

Beer and Pretzels

Beer and Pretzels

1933

Director

Over the Counter

Over the Counter

1932

Director

Swing High

Swing High

1932

Director

Crazy House

Crazy House

1930

Director

Gems of M-G-M

Gems of M-G-M

1930

Director

Pipe Dreams

Pipe Dreams

1976

Producer

Viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas

1964

Producer

Bachelor Flat

Bachelor Flat

1961

Producer

The Second Time Around

The Second Time Around

1961

Producer

Can-Can

Can-Can

1960

Producer

The Blue Angel

The Blue Angel

1959

Producer

Many Rivers to Cross

Many Rivers to Cross

1955

Producer

Interrupted Melody

Interrupted Melody

1955

Producer

Rose Marie

Rose Marie

1954

Producer

Kiss Me Kate

Kiss Me Kate

1953

Producer

Sombrero

Sombrero

1953

Producer

Give a Girl a Break

Give a Girl a Break

1953

Producer

Lovely to Look At

Lovely to Look At

1952

Producer

Texas Carnival

Texas Carnival

1951

Producer

Three Little Words

Three Little Words

1950

Producer

Two Weeks with Love

Two Weeks with Love

1950

Producer

Neptune's Daughter

Neptune's Daughter

1949

Producer

The Stratton Story

The Stratton Story

1949

Producer

Easy to Wed

Easy to Wed

1946

Producer

Bathing Beauty

Bathing Beauty

1944

Producer

Broadway Rhythm

Broadway Rhythm

1944

Producer

I Dood It

I Dood It

1943

Producer

Ship Ahoy

Ship Ahoy

1942

Producer

Go West

Go West

1940

Producer

Broadway Melody of 1940

Broadway Melody of 1940

1940

Producer

Honolulu

Honolulu

1939

Producer

Listen, Darling

Listen, Darling

1938

Producer

Yellow Jack

Yellow Jack

1938

Producer

Broadway Melody of 1938

Broadway Melody of 1938

1937

Producer

Born to Dance

Born to Dance

1936

Producer

The Winning Ticket

The Winning Ticket

1935

Producer

Jail Birds of Paradise

Jail Birds of Paradise

1934

Producer

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