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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).
Release Date | Title | Job | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 5th, 1939 | Union Pacific | Adaptation | 6.7 | |
August 12th, 1938 | Painted Desert | Story | 6 | |
July 29th, 1938 | Professor Beware | Writer | 6.4 | |
March 22nd, 1935 | Mississippi | Screenplay | 6.8 | |
November 30th, 1934 | It's a Gift | Screenplay | 6.3 | |
September 15th, 1934 | Wagon Wheels | Screenplay | 5.1 | |
July 13th, 1934 | The Old-Fashioned Way | Screenplay | 7.2 | |
May 4th, 1934 | Double Door | Screenplay | 7 | |
May 1st, 1934 | The Last Round-up | Writer | 8 | |
September 15th, 1933 | To the Last Man | Screenplay | 5.9 | |
August 24th, 1933 | Man of the Forest | Screenplay | 6.3 | |
May 26th, 1933 | Sunset Pass | Adaptation | 8 | |
April 7th, 1933 | Under the Tonto Rim | Adaptation | 10 | |
March 3rd, 1933 | Silent Men | Scenario Writer | 9 | |
March 3rd, 1933 | Silent Men | Screenplay | 9 | |
March 1st, 1933 | Buffalo Stampede | Adaptation | 4.1 | |
February 2nd, 1933 | Terror Trail | Adaptation | 7 | |
December 22nd, 1932 | Flaming Guns | Writer | 7.5 | |
September 25th, 1932 | The Fourth Horseman | Adaptation | 9 | |
September 25th, 1932 | The Fourth Horseman | Screenplay | 9 | |
June 29th, 1932 | The Texas Bad Man | Story | 5 | |
June 29th, 1932 | The Texas Bad Man | Screenplay | 5 | |
April 23rd, 1932 | The Rider of Death Valley | Writer | 8.5 | |
November 21st, 1931 | The Deceiver | Writer | 8 | |
November 19th, 1931 | The Guilty Generation | Adaptation | 6.2 | |
November 19th, 1931 | The Guilty Generation | Dialogue | 6.2 | |
September 20th, 1931 | Shanghaied Love | Screenplay | 9 | |
April 1st, 1931 | Clearing the Range | Story | 5 | |
November 2nd, 1928 | The Viking | Screenplay | 6.8 | |
July 14th, 1928 | The Adventurer | Writer | 7 | |
May 14th, 1927 | Captain Salvation | Writer | 6 | |
October 18th, 1926 | West of Broadway | Scenario Writer | 9 | |
March 8th, 1926 | The Black Pirate | Adaptation | 6.7 | |
March 8th, 1926 | The Black Pirate | Screenplay | 6.7 | |
January 10th, 1926 | Rocking Moon | Adaptation | 10 | |
June 15th, 1925 | Don Q Son of Zorro | Writer | 6.7 | |
May 25th, 1925 | Just a Woman | Writer | 9 | |
February 16th, 1925 | Contraband | Writer | 8 | |
September 15th, 1924 | The Man Who Fights Alone | Writer | 8 | |
October 25th, 1923 | The Light That Failed | Adaptation | 9 | |
October 25th, 1923 | The Light That Failed | Screenplay | 9 | |
July 29th, 1923 | Homeward Bound | Scenario Writer | 8 | |
July 29th, 1923 | Homeward Bound | Screenplay | 8 | |
July 15th, 1923 | A Gentleman of Leisure | Writer | 8 | |
June 10th, 1923 | The Heart Raider | Adaptation | 7 | |
June 10th, 1923 | The Heart Raider | Screenplay | 7 | |
April 22nd, 1923 | The Tiger's Claw | Screenplay | 9 | |
April 22nd, 1923 | The Tiger's Claw | Story | 9 | |
March 15th, 1923 | The Covered Wagon | Adaptation | 6.4 | |
March 15th, 1923 | The Covered Wagon | Screenplay | 6.4 | |
September 10th, 1922 | The Ghost Breaker | Adaptation | 10 | |
July 10th, 1922 | A Trip to Paramountown | Writer | 7.8 | |
May 7th, 1922 | Beyond the Rocks | Screenplay | 6 | |
November 27th, 1921 | The Call of the North | Writer | 9 | |
September 25th, 1921 | A Wife's Awakening | Story | 7 | |
September 19th, 1921 | The Rowdy | Scenario Writer | 7 | |
September 4th, 1921 | Where Lights Are Low | Writer | 5.7 | |
January 23rd, 1921 | Double Adventure | Writer | 10 | |
November 28th, 1920 | The Devil to Pay | Writer | 7 | |
November 8th, 1920 | The Tiger's Coat | Screenplay | 5.6 | |
October 1st, 1920 | The House of Whispers | Scenario Writer | 7 | |
September 5th, 1920 | Big Happiness | Writer | 8 | |
July 8th, 1920 | The Green Flame | Scenario Writer | 7 | |
June 30th, 1920 | The Adventures of Daredevil Jack | Story | 10 | |
April 4th, 1920 | The Dream Cheater | Screenplay | 8 | |
February 29th, 1920 | $30,000 | Writer | 7 | |
January 18th, 1920 | Live Sparks | Writer | 10 | |
December 26th, 1919 | It Happened in Paris | Writer | 8 | |
December 1st, 1919 | The Joyous Liar | Screenplay | 9 | |
December 1st, 1919 | The Joyous Liar | Story | 9 | |
August 17th, 1919 | The World Aflame | Scenario Writer | 8 | |
June 8th, 1919 | Playthings of Passion | Scenario Writer | 10 | |
June 8th, 1919 | Playthings of Passion | Screenplay | 10 | |
June 1st, 1919 | All Wrong | Writer | 4.5 | |
April 6th, 1919 | The Silver Girl | Screenplay | 10 | |
February 9th, 1919 | Todd of the Times | Story | 7 | |
February 9th, 1919 | Todd of the Times | Screenplay | 7 | |
January 26th, 1919 | Adele | Writer | TBD | |
January 12th, 1919 | The Midnight Stage | Screenplay | 8 | |
December 16th, 1918 | Two-Gun Betty | Writer | 8 | |
December 15th, 1918 | The Narrow Path | Writer | 10 | |
October 14th, 1918 | The Goddess of Lost Lake | Scenario Writer | TBD | |
October 14th, 1918 | The Goddess of Lost Lake | Screenplay | TBD | |
October 6th, 1918 | Border Raiders | Story | TBD | |
October 4th, 1918 | The Heart of Rachael | Writer | 8 | |
September 15th, 1918 | The Bells | Screenplay | TBD | |
August 19th, 1918 | A Law Unto Herself | Scenario Writer | 9 | |
August 19th, 1918 | A Law Unto Herself | Screenplay | 9 | |
August 18th, 1918 | Hands Up | Scenario Writer | 7 | |
August 18th, 1918 | Hands Up | Screenplay | 7 | |
August 11th, 1918 | The Ghost of the Rancho | Scenario Writer | TBD | |
March 3rd, 1918 | The Shoes That Danced | Writer | TBD | |
February 10th, 1918 | Real Folks | Writer | TBD | |
February 3rd, 1918 | Limousine Life | Writer | TBD | |
November 11th, 1917 | The Medicine Man | Story | TBD | |
October 28th, 1917 | The Stainless Barrier | Scenario Writer | 8 | |
October 14th, 1917 | Wild Sumac | Scenario Writer | 8 | |
September 10th, 1917 | A Stormy Knight | Story | TBD | |
July 7th, 1917 | The Wrong Man | Scenario Writer | TBD | |
June 25th, 1917 | His Fatal Beauty | Scenario Writer | TBD | |
June 17th, 1917 | Her Strange Experience | Scenario Writer | 9 | |
June 2nd, 1917 | Uneasy Money | Writer | 9 | |
February 4th, 1917 | The Diamonds of Destiny | Scenario Writer | 10 | |
February 20th, 1914 | The Raiders | Scenario Writer | 9 | |
February 3rd, 1914 | In the Fall of '64 | Scenario Writer | 8 |