Jack Cunningham

Writer

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).

Born: April 1, 1882 in Ionia, Iowa

Died: October 4, 1941 (Age 59)

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Jack Cunningham Movies & TV Credits

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Beyond the Rocks Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.5	Writing	Screenplay	1922
Captain Salvation Movie	6.6	Writing	Writer	1927
Don Q Son of Zorro Movie	6.7	Writing	Writer	1925
Double Door Movie	6.6	Writing	Screenplay	1934
It's a Gift Movie	6.9	Writing	Screenplay	1934
Man of the Forest Movie	5.3	Writing	Screenplay	1933
Mississippi Movie	6.4	Writing	Screenplay	1935
Painted Desert Movie	5.7	Writing	Story	1938
Professor Beware Movie	6.1	Writing	Writer	1938
The Black Pirate Movie Available on 26 streaming services.	7.2	Writing	Adaptation, Screenplay	1926
The Covered Wagon Movie	6.4	Writing	Adaptation, Screenplay	1923
The Guilty Generation Movie	6.5	Writing	Adaptation, Dialogue	1931
The Old-Fashioned Way Movie	7.1	Writing	Screenplay	1934
The Thundering Herd Movie	5.4	Writing	Adaptation	1933
The Viking Movie	6.4	Writing	Screenplay	1928
To the Last Man Movie	6.1	Writing	Screenplay	1933
Union Pacific Movie	6.9	Writing	Adaptation	1939
Wagon Wheels Movie	5.4	Writing	Screenplay	1934
The Man Who Fights Alone Movie		Writing	Writer	1924
The Adventurer Movie	4.8	Writing	Writer	1928
All Wrong Movie	5.6	Writing	Writer	1919
The Fourth Horseman Movie	5.8	Writing	Adaptation, Screenplay	1932
Under the Tonto Rim Movie	7	Writing	Adaptation	1933
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack Movie	6.6	Writing	Story	1920
Flaming Guns Movie	6.4	Writing	Writer	1932
The Rider of Death Valley Movie	7.7	Writing	Writer	1932
Sunset Pass Movie	7	Writing	Adaptation	1933
Terror Trail Movie	6	Writing	Adaptation	1933
The Last Round-up Movie	7.1	Writing	Writer	1934
Adele Movie		Writing	Writer	1919
A Law Unto Herself Movie		Writing	Scenario Writer, Screenplay	1918
Silent Men Movie	6.6	Writing	Scenario Writer, Screenplay	1933
Playthings of Passion Movie		Writing	Scenario Writer, Screenplay	1919
Clearing the Range Movie	5	Writing	Story	1931
The Texas Bad Man Movie	6.8	Writing	Screenplay, Story	1932
The Devil to Pay Movie		Writing	Writer	1920
The Goddess of Lost Lake Movie		Writing	Scenario Writer, Screenplay	1918
The Light That Failed Movie		Writing	Adaptation, Screenplay	1923
Hands Up Movie	4.9	Writing	Scenario Writer, Screenplay	1918
The Tiger's Coat Movie	5.5	Writing	Screenplay	1920
A Stormy Knight Movie		Writing	Story	1917
The Heart Raider Movie		Writing	Adaptation, Screenplay	1923
The Narrow Path Movie		Writing	Writer	1918
The Rowdy Movie		Writing	Scenario Writer	1921
Where Lights Are Low Movie	6.3	Writing	Writer	1921
It Happened in Paris Movie	7.4	Writing	Writer	1919
The Heart of Rachael Movie		Writing	Writer	1918
The Midnight Stage Movie		Writing	Screenplay	1919
Easy to Take Movie	7	Production	Producer	1936
The Dream Cheater Movie	5.3	Writing	Screenplay	1920
The Tiger's Claw Movie		Writing	Screenplay, Story	1923
Border Raiders Movie		Writing	Story	1918
The Silver Girl Movie		Writing	Screenplay	1919
Homeward Bound Movie	5.3	Writing	Scenario Writer, Screenplay	1923
Limousine Life Movie		Writing	Writer	1918
A Gentleman of Leisure Movie		Writing	Writer	1923
The Call of the North Movie		Writing	Writer	1921
Double Adventure Movie	4.1	Writing	Writer	1921
Rocking Moon Movie		Writing	Adaptation	1926
The World Aflame Movie		Writing	Scenario Writer	1919
The Green Flame Movie		Writing	Scenario Writer	1920
The House of Whispers Movie		Writing	Scenario Writer	1920
Todd of the Times Movie		Writing	Story, Screenplay	1919
The Bells Movie	5.9	Writing	Screenplay	1918
A Trip to Paramountown Short Film	6.4	Directing	Director, Writer	1922
The Wrong Man Short Film		Writing	Scenario Writer	1917
In the Fall of '64 Short Film		Writing	Scenario Writer	1914
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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