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Jack Cunningham

Jack Cunningham

Writer · Died October 4, 1941, aged 59 · Ionia, Iowa

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).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 1, 1882
Died
October 4, 1941 (aged 59)
From
Ionia, Iowa
Works as
Writer
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 93 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 14% in 30 days

What are Jack Cunningham's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 78th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 81st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
36%
Bonds
34%
Self
10%
Power
8%
Survival
8%
Ideas
3%
Society
2%
Justice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 8 · Serious 2 · Dark 1

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 4 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 8 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling
5
Tense
5
Romantic
6
Absurd
3
Bittersweet
2
Other
8

How their films linger

Feel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jack Cunningham's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jack Cunningham's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

93 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.

  • Union Pacific(1939)

    Adaptation

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Painted Desert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Story

  • Professor Beware (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Writer

  • Easy to Take (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Producer

  • Mississippi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Screenplay

  • Man on the Flying Trapeze(1935)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • It's a Gift(1934)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Wagon Wheels(1934)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Old-Fashioned Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Screenplay

  • Double Door (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Screenplay

  • The Last Round-up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Writer

  • To the Last Man(1933)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Man of the Forest(1933)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Sunset Pass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Adaptation

  • Under the Tonto Rim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Adaptation

  • Silent Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Scenario Writer · Screenplay

  • The Thundering Herd(1933)

    Adaptation

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Terror Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Adaptation

  • Flaming Guns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Writer

  • The Fourth Horseman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Adaptation · Screenplay

  • The Texas Bad Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Screenplay · Story

  • The Rider of Death Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Writer

  • The Deceiver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Writer

  • The Guilty Generation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Adaptation · Dialogue

  • Shanghaied Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Screenplay

  • Clearing the Range(1931)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Iron Mask(1929)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Viking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Screenplay

  • The Adventurer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Writer

  • White Shadows in the South Seas(1928)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Captain Salvation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Writer

  • West of Broadway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Black Pirate(1926)

    Adaptation · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Rocking Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Adaptation

  • Don Q Son of Zorro(1925)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Just a Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Writer

  • Contraband (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Writer

  • The Man Who Fights Alone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Writer

  • The Light That Failed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Adaptation · Screenplay

  • Homeward Bound (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Scenario Writer · Screenplay

  • A Gentleman of Leisure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Writer

  • The Heart Raider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Adaptation · Screenplay

  • The Tiger's Claw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Screenplay · Story

  • The Covered Wagon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Adaptation · Screenplay

  • The Ghost Breaker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Adaptation

  • A Trip to Paramountown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Director · Writer

  • Beyond the Rocks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Screenplay

  • The Call of the North (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Writer

  • A Wife's Awakening (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Story

  • The Rowdy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Scenario Writer

  • Where Lights Are Low (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Writer

  • Double Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Writer

  • The Devil to Pay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Writer

  • The Tiger's Coat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Screenplay

  • The House of Whispers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Scenario Writer

  • Big Happiness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Writer

  • The Green Flame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Adventures of Daredevil Jack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Story

  • The Dream Cheater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Screenplay

  • $30,000 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Writer

  • Live Sparks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Writer

  • It Happened in Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Writer

  • The Joyous Liar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Screenplay · Story

  • The World Aflame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Scenario Writer

  • Playthings of Passion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Scenario Writer · Screenplay

  • All Wrong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Writer

  • The Silver Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Screenplay

  • Todd of the Times (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Adele (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Writer

  • The Midnight Stage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Screenplay

  • Two-Gun Betty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Writer

  • The Narrow Path (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Writer

  • The Goddess of Lost Lake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Scenario Writer · Screenplay

  • Border Raiders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Story

  • The Heart of Rachael (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Writer

  • The Bells (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Screenplay

  • A Law Unto Herself (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Scenario Writer · Screenplay

  • Hands Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Scenario Writer · Screenplay

  • The Ghost of the Rancho (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Shoes That Danced (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Writer

  • Real Folks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Writer

  • Limousine Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Writer

  • The Medicine Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Story

  • The Stainless Barrier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Scenario Writer

  • Wild Sumac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Scenario Writer

  • A Stormy Knight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Story

  • The Wrong Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Scenario Writer

  • His Fatal Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Scenario Writer

  • Her Strange Experience (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Scenario Writer

  • Uneasy Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Writer

  • The Diamonds of Destiny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Raiders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Scenario Writer

  • In the Fall of '64 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Scenario Writer

Career shape

A full career of 90 titles from 1914 to 1939.

Highest rated

Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)

Midcredits 85th

Most popular right now

The Iron Mask (1929)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing1 of 90: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting89 of 90: 88 only writing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score52ndProducing1 of 90: 1 only producing, 0 with another role

By decade

1910s32 · crew1920s33 · crew1930s25 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Jack Cunningham's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 71st percentile, the median of all 12; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

None of their 12 titles divides audiences: 7 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Mixed4

Most loved · writer

Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)

Midcredits 85th · 77% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 49/100 and the plot and story 44/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Jack Cunningham work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jack Cunningham's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Zane Grey shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers