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Jack Cunningham papers
- Title
- Jack Cunningham papers, 1922-1939.
- Author
- Cunningham, Jack, 1882-1941.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1942-003 | Offsite |
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- Description
- .1 lf (1 portfolio)
- Summary
- The Jack Cunningham papers consist primarily of correspondence pertaining to Cunningham's screenwriting career, especially two of his biggest successes, the epic Westerns THE COVERED WAGON (1923) and UNION PACIFIC (1939).
- Subjects
- DeMille, Cecil B (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959 > Friends and associates
- The covered wagon (Motion picture)
- Motion picture industry > California > Los Angeles
- Cruze, James, 1884-1942 > Friends and associates
- Union Pacific (Motion picture)
- Correspondence
- Railroad construction workers > United States > History > 19th century
- Railroads > United States > History > 19th century
- Motion picture producers and directors
- Cunningham, Jack, 1882-1941
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence.
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Source (note)
- found in cage file
- Biography (note)
- Jack Cunningham (1882-1941) was a Hollywood screenwriter and producer who worked primarily for Paramount Pictures, and developed material for many prominent stars, including Douglas Fairbanks, Barbara Stanwyck, W.C. Fields and Harold Lloyd.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 1942-003
- OCLC
- NYPW03-A196
- Author
- Cunningham, Jack, 1882-1941.
- Title
- Jack Cunningham papers, 1922-1939.
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography
- Jack Cunningham (1882-1941) was a Hollywood screenwriter and producer who worked primarily for Paramount Pictures, and developed material for many prominent stars, including Douglas Fairbanks, Barbara Stanwyck, W.C. Fields and Harold Lloyd. Cunningham began his career as a screenwriter in 1913, and had written over seventy screenplays before his epic Western THE COVERED WAGON, one of the biggest box office successes of the silent film era, brought him acclaim in 1923. In the years that followed he specialized in Westerns, and also wrote a number of swashbucklers for Douglas Fairbanks, such as THE BLACK PIRATE (1926) and THE IRON MASK (1929). In the mid-1930s Cunningham turned to comedy, writing several films for W.C. Fields including IT'S A GIFT and THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY (both 1934), MISSISSIPPI (1935), and POPPY (1936). Cunningham also wrote PROFESSOR BEWARE for Harold Lloyd in 1938 before returning to Westerns with the Cecil B. DeMille production UNION PACIFIC in 1939. Jack Cunningham died in Santa Monica, Calif, on Oct. 4, 1941, at the age of 59.
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- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 1942-003