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Jack Cunningham

b. 1882 — d. 1941 (aged 59) Ionia, Iowa
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).

Known For

Daredevil Jack
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★ 6.5
Daredevil Jack
1920
The Avenging Arrow
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★ 4.3
The Avenging Arrow
1921
The Black Pirate
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★ 7.0
The Black Pirate
1926
The Adventurer
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★ 4.9
The Adventurer
1927

Filmography

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Wagon Wheels
1953 Writer
Union Pacific
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★ 7.0
Union Pacific
1939 Writer
Professor Beware
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★ 6.3
Professor Beware
1938 Writer
Painted Desert
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★ 5.9
Painted Desert
1938 Writer
The Arkansas Traveler
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★ 6.3
The Arkansas Traveler
1938 Writer
Poppy
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★ 6.7
Poppy
1936 Writer
Man on the Flying Trapeze
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★ 7.5
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935 Writer
Mississippi
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★ 6.5
Mississippi
1935 Writer
It's a Gift
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★ 7.0
It's a Gift
1934 Writer
The Old Fashioned Way
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★ 7.3
The Old Fashioned Way
1934 Writer
Murder at the Vanities
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★ 6.5
Murder at the Vanities
1934 Writer
Double Door
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★ 6.8
Double Door
1934 Writer
Wagon Wheels
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★ 5.7
Wagon Wheels
1934 Writer
The Last Round-Up
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★ 6.8
The Last Round-Up
1934 Writer
To the Last Man
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★ 6.3
To the Last Man
1933 Writer
The Thundering Herd
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★ 5.6
The Thundering Herd
1933 Writer
Man of the Forest
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★ 5.5
Man of the Forest
1933 Writer
Sunset Pass
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★ 6.8
Sunset Pass
1933 Writer
Silent Men
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★ 6.1
Silent Men
1933 Writer
Terror Trail
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★ 5.7
Terror Trail
1933 Writer
Under the Tonto Rim
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★ 6.1
Under the Tonto Rim
1933 Writer
The Rider of Death Valley
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★ 7.6
The Rider of Death Valley
1932 Writer
The Texas Bad Man
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★ 6.7
The Texas Bad Man
1932 Writer
Flaming Guns
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★ 6.4
Flaming Guns
1932 Writer
The Fourth Horseman
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★ 5.7
The Fourth Horseman
1932 Writer
The Guilty Generation
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★ 6.7
The Guilty Generation
1931 Writer
Clearing the Range
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★ 5.3
Clearing the Range
1931 Writer
The Deceiver
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★ 4.8
The Deceiver
1931 Writer
Shanghaied Love
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★ 6.7
Shanghaied Love
1931 Writer
Fifty Fathoms Deep
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Fifty Fathoms Deep
1931 Writer
The Iron Mask
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★ 7.0
The Iron Mask
1929 Writer
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A Princess of Destiny
1929 Writer
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Manchu Love
1929 Writer
White Shadows in the South Seas
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★ 6.8
White Shadows in the South Seas
1928 Writer
The Viking
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★ 6.6
The Viking
1928 Writer
Wild West Romance
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Wild West Romance
1928 Writer
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Madame DuBarry
1928 Writer
Captain Salvation
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★ 6.9
Captain Salvation
1927 Writer
The Adventurer
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★ 4.9
The Adventurer
1927 Writer
The Black Pirate
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★ 7.0
The Black Pirate
1926 Writer
Rocking Moon
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Rocking Moon
1926 Writer
West of Broadway
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West of Broadway
1926 Writer
Don Q Son of Zorro
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★ 6.8
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925 Writer
The Top of the World
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The Top of the World
1925 Writer
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Just a Woman
1925 Writer
Contraband
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Contraband
1925 Writer
The Man Who Fights Alone
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The Man Who Fights Alone
1924 Writer
The Covered Wagon
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★ 6.6
The Covered Wagon
1923 Writer
Homeward Bound
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★ 5.4
Homeward Bound
1923 Writer
The Tiger's Claw
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The Tiger's Claw
1923 Writer
The Heart Raider
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The Heart Raider
1923 Writer
A Gentleman of Leisure
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A Gentleman of Leisure
1923 Writer
The Light That Failed
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The Light That Failed
1923 Writer
Beyond the Rocks
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★ 6.7
Beyond the Rocks
1922 Writer
A Trip to Paramountown
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★ 6.5
A Trip to Paramountown
1922 Writer
The Ghost Breaker
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★ 5.4
The Ghost Breaker
1922 Writer
Where Lights Are Low
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★ 6.1
Where Lights Are Low
1921 Writer
The Avenging Arrow
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★ 4.3
The Avenging Arrow
1921 Writer
Double Adventure
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★ 4.0
Double Adventure
1921 Writer
A Wife's Awakening
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A Wife's Awakening
1921 Writer
The Call of the North
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The Call of the North
1921 Writer
The Rowdy
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The Rowdy
1921 Writer
The Tiger's Coat
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★ 5.6
The Tiger's Coat
1920 Writer
Daredevil Jack
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★ 6.5
Daredevil Jack
1920 Writer
The Dream Cheater
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★ 5.1
The Dream Cheater
1920 Writer
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Live Sparks
1920 Writer
Number 99
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Number 99
1920 Writer
The Green Flame
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The Green Flame
1920 Writer
The House of Whispers
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The House of Whispers
1920 Writer
The Devil to Pay
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The Devil to Pay
1920 Writer
Big Happiness
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Big Happiness
1920 Writer
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$30,000
1920 Writer
It Happened in Paris
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★ 7.2
It Happened in Paris
1919 Writer
Todd of the Times
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Todd of the Times
1919 Writer
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Gates of Brass
1919 Writer
All Wrong
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All Wrong
1919 Writer
Adele
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Adele
1919 Writer
The World Aflame
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The World Aflame
1919 Writer
The Midnight Stage
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The Midnight Stage
1919 Writer
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The Joyous Liar
1919 Writer
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The False Code
1919 Writer
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The Master Man
1919 Writer
Playthings of Passion
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Playthings of Passion
1919 Writer
The Silver Girl
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The Silver Girl
1919 Writer
All of a Sudden Norma
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All of a Sudden Norma
1919 Writer
Hands Up
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★ 4.8
Hands Up
1918 Writer
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★ 7.8
Betty Takes a Hand
1918 Writer
The Bells
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★ 5.7
The Bells
1918 Writer
Real Folks
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Real Folks
1918 Writer
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The Hopper
1918 Writer
Winning Grandma
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Winning Grandma
1918 Writer
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The Argument
1918 Writer
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Limousine Life
1918 Writer
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Two-Gun Betty
1918 Writer
Ghost of the Rancho
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Ghost of the Rancho
1918 Writer
The Heart of Rachael
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The Heart of Rachael
1918 Writer
A Law Unto Herself
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A Law Unto Herself
1918 Writer
The Goddess of Lost Lake
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The Goddess of Lost Lake
1918 Writer
The Narrow Path
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The Narrow Path
1918 Writer
A Burglar for a Night
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A Burglar for a Night
1918 Writer
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