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

It's a Gift
Union Pacific
The Black Pirate
The Black Pirate
Don Q Son of Zorro
To the Last Man
Birth Location Ionia, Iowa
Born 1882-04-01
Died 1941-10-04
Jack Cunningham hasn't appeared in any movies or TV shows

Movies

Union Pacific Adaptation
1939
1938
1938
Easy to Take Producer
1936
Mississippi Screenplay
1935
It's a Gift Screenplay
1934
Wagon Wheels Screenplay
1934
1934
Double Door Screenplay
1934
1934
To the Last Man Screenplay
1933
Man of the Forest Screenplay
1933
Sunset Pass Adaptation
1933
Under the Tonto Rim Adaptation
1933
Silent Men Screenplay
1933
Silent Men Scenario Writer
1933
The Thundering Herd Adaptation
1933
Terror Trail Adaptation
1933
Flaming Guns Writer
1932
The Fourth Horseman Screenplay
1932
The Fourth Horseman Adaptation
1932
The Texas Bad Man Screenplay
1932
1932
1931
1931
1931
The Viking Screenplay
1928
1928
1927
The Black Pirate Screenplay
1926
The Black Pirate Adaptation
1926
Rocking Moon Adaptation
1926
1925
1923
1923
Homeward Bound Screenplay
1923
Homeward Bound Scenario Writer
1923
The Heart Raider Screenplay
1923
The Heart Raider Adaptation
1923
1923
The Tiger's Claw Screenplay
1923
The Covered Wagon Screenplay
1923
The Covered Wagon Adaptation
1923
1922
Beyond the Rocks Screenplay
1922
1921
The Rowdy Scenario Writer
1921
1921
1921
1920
The Tiger's Coat Screenplay
1920
The House of Whispers Scenario Writer
1920
The Green Flame Scenario Writer
1920
The Dream Cheater Screenplay
1920
1919
The World Aflame Scenario Writer
1919
1919
Playthings of Passion Scenario Writer
1919
All Wrong Writer
1919
The Silver Girl Screenplay
1919
Todd of the Times Screenplay
1919
1919
Adele Writer
1919
The Midnight Stage Screenplay
1919
1918
1918
The Goddess of Lost Lake Scenario Writer
1918
1918
1918
The Bells Screenplay
1918
A Law Unto Herself Screenplay
1918
A Law Unto Herself Scenario Writer
1918
Hands Up Screenplay
1918
Hands Up Scenario Writer
1918
1918
1917
The Wrong Man Scenario Writer
1917
In the Fall of '64 Scenario Writer
1914