Jack Cunningham
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).
Known for
WritingBirthday
April 1, 1882Deathday
October 4, 1941Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
68Place of birth
Ionia, Iowa
Crew credits
Professor Beware
Writer
Wagon Wheels
Screenplay
Clearing the Range
Story
The Thundering Herd
Adaptation
Man of the Forest
Screenplay
The Viking
Screenplay
Double Door
Screenplay
Captain Salvation
Writer
To the Last Man
Screenplay
The Last Round-up
Writer
Sunset Pass
Adaptation
The Rider of Death Valley
Writer
Flaming Guns
Writer
The Covered Wagon
Adaptation, Screenplay
Silent Men
Scenario Writer, Screenplay
The Adventurer
Writer
Playthings of Passion
Scenario Writer, Screenplay
The Black Pirate
Adaptation, Screenplay
The Guilty Generation
Adaptation, Dialogue
Adele
Writer
The Goddess of Lost Lake
Scenario Writer, Screenplay
