James Kevin McGuinness
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James Kevin McGuinness | |
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Born | Ireland | December 20, 1894
Died | December 4, 1950 New York City, New York, U.S. | (aged 56)
Years active | 1927–1950 |
James Kevin McGuinness (December 20, 1894 – December 4, 1950)[1] was an American screenwriter and film producer. He wrote for 36 films between 1927 and 1950. He wrote for The New Yorker magazine. He was born in Ireland and immigrated to New York in 1904. He arrived in Los Angeles in the 1920s at the dawn of the "talkies" era and thereafter worked in the film industry as a writer and later a producer. He later became chief supervisor and executive producer at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[1] He died in New York in 1950 from a heart attack.
Selected filmography
- Slaves of Beauty (1927)
- A Girl in Every Port (1928)
- Woman Wise (1928)
- Strong Boy (1929)
- The Woman from Hell (1929)
- The Black Watch (1929)
- Born Reckless (1930)
- Men Without Women (1930)
- Under Suspicion (1930)
- West of Broadway (1931)
- Attorney for the Defense (1932)
- This Sporting Age (1932)
- When Strangers Marry (1933)
- Viva Villa! (1934)
- A Night at the Opera (1935)
- Madame X (1937)
- The Battle of Midway (1942)
- Rio Grande (1950)
Bibliography
Articles
- J. M. (February 28, 1925). "A slogan haunts the bishop". Behind the News. The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 2. p. 4.
- McGuinness, James Kevin (February 28, 1925). "Beginning at the bottom". Behind the News. The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 2. p. 5.
- — (February 28, 1925). "The laud will provide". The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 2. p. 22.
- J. M. (March 7, 1925). "Call 'Beekman 2,000'". Behind the News. The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 3. pp. 2–3.
- McGuinness, James Kevin (March 14, 1925). "A symbol in pugilism". Profiles. The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 4. pp. 15–16. Jack Dempsey.
- — (April 18, 1925). "Modom". The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 9. pp. 7–8.
- — (April 25, 1925). "A process of law". The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 10. p. 7.
List of poems
Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected |
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A Bob ballad : modes | 1925 | McGuinness, James Kevin (March 7, 1925). "A Bob ballad : modes". The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 3. p. 18. | |
Supper club lights | 1925 | McGuinness, James Kevin (May 23, 1925). "Supper club lights". The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 14. p. 6. |
References
- ^ a b United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities (1947). Hearings regarding the communist infiltration of the motion picture industry. Hearings before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, first session. Public law 601 (section 121, subsection Q (2)). Boston Public Library. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
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