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Jack Cunningham

Jack Cunningham

Known For Writing
Birthday Apr 01, 1882
Died Oct 04, 1941 (59)
Birthplace Ionia, Iowa
Popularity 0.1 (history)
Updated Aug 07, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 28, 2024
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Biography

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 Pittsbur ... gh 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).

Known For

Filmography

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Union Pacific

Union Pacific

1939

Adaptation

Professor Beware

Professor Beware

1938

Writer

Painted Desert

Painted Desert

1938

Story

Mississippi

Mississippi

1935

Screenplay

Double Door

Double Door

1934

Screenplay

The Old-Fashioned Way

The Old-Fashioned Way

1934

Screenplay

The Last Round-up

The Last Round-up

1934

Writer

Wagon Wheels

Wagon Wheels

1934

Screenplay

It's a Gift

It's a Gift

1934

Screenplay

Silent Men

Silent Men

1933

Screenplay, Scenario Writer

Under the Tonto Rim

Under the Tonto Rim

1933

Adaptation

The Thundering Herd

The Thundering Herd

1933

Adaptation

To the Last Man

To the Last Man

1933

Screenplay

Sunset Pass

Sunset Pass

1933

Adaptation

Man of the Forest

Man of the Forest

1933

Screenplay

Flaming Guns

Flaming Guns

1932

Writer

The Fourth Horseman

The Fourth Horseman

1932

Screenplay, Adaptation

The Texas Bad Man

The Texas Bad Man

1932

Screenplay, Story

The Guilty Generation

The Guilty Generation

1931

Adaptation, Dialogue

The Viking

The Viking

1928

Screenplay

The Adventurer

The Adventurer

1928

Writer

Captain Salvation

Captain Salvation

1927

Writer

Rocking Moon

Rocking Moon

1926

Adaptation

The Black Pirate

The Black Pirate

1926

Screenplay, Adaptation

Don Q Son of Zorro

Don Q Son of Zorro

1925

Writer

Homeward Bound

Homeward Bound

1923

Screenplay, Scenario Writer

The Light That Failed

The Light That Failed

1923

Screenplay, Adaptation

The Tiger's Claw

The Tiger's Claw

1923

Screenplay, Story

The Heart Raider

The Heart Raider

1923

Screenplay, Adaptation

The Covered Wagon

The Covered Wagon

1923

Screenplay, Adaptation

Beyond the Rocks

Beyond the Rocks

1922

Screenplay

The Call of the North

The Call of the North

1921

Writer

Where Lights Are Low

Where Lights Are Low

1921

Writer

The Devil to Pay

The Devil to Pay

1920

Writer

The Tiger's Coat

The Tiger's Coat

1920

Screenplay

The House of Whispers

The House of Whispers

1920

Scenario Writer

The Dream Cheater

The Dream Cheater

1920

Screenplay

The Green Flame

The Green Flame

1920

Scenario Writer

All Wrong

All Wrong

1919

Writer

It Happened in Paris

It Happened in Paris

1919

Writer

The Midnight Stage

The Midnight Stage

1919

Screenplay

Todd of the Times

Todd of the Times

1919

Screenplay, Story

Playthings of Passion

Playthings of Passion

1919

Screenplay, Scenario Writer

The Silver Girl

The Silver Girl

1919

Screenplay

The World Aflame

The World Aflame

1919

Scenario Writer

The Bells

The Bells

1918

Screenplay

A Law Unto Herself

A Law Unto Herself

1918

Screenplay, Scenario Writer

The Goddess of Lost Lake

The Goddess of Lost Lake

1918

Screenplay, Scenario Writer

The Heart of Rachael

The Heart of Rachael

1918

Writer

The Narrow Path

The Narrow Path

1918

Writer

Hands Up

Hands Up

1918

Screenplay, Scenario Writer

Border Raiders

Border Raiders

1918

Story

A Stormy Knight

A Stormy Knight

1917

Story

The Wrong Man

The Wrong Man

1917

Scenario Writer

In the Fall of '64

In the Fall of '64

1914

Scenario Writer

A Trip to Paramountown

A Trip to Paramountown

1922

Director

Easy to Take

Easy to Take

1936

Producer

Organization Category Movie
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2024 12 2 5 1
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2025 5 1 1 1
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