Jack Cunningham
Writing
- Born
- April 1, 1882 · Ionia, Iowa
- Died
- October 4, 1941 (age 59)
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.
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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).
Known for
It's a Gift
November 30, 1934
Union Pacific
May 5, 1939
The Black Pirate
March 8, 1926
To the Last Man
September 15, 1933
Don Q Son of Zorro
June 15, 1925
Beyond the Rocks
May 7, 1922
The Covered Wagon
March 15, 1923
Double Door
May 4, 1934
The Old-Fashioned Way
July 13, 1934
Wagon Wheels
September 15, 1934
The Viking
November 2, 1928
Buffalo Stampede
March 1, 1933
Behind the camera90
- 1939Union Pacific Adaptation
- 1938Painted Desert Story
- 1938Professor Beware Writer
- 1936Easy to Take Producer
- 1935Mississippi Screenplay
- 1934It's a Gift Screenplay
- 1934Wagon Wheels Screenplay
- 1934The Old-Fashioned Way Screenplay
- 1934Double Door Screenplay
- 1934The Last Round-up Writer