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Jack Cummings (I) (1900–1989)

Producer | Director | Writer

Although related to MGM head Louis B. Mayer, Cummings started his career at the studio as a low-paid office boy. He worked his way up to script supervisor and assistant director, and was eventually placed in charge of the studio's short-subjects department, where he personally produced most (and directed several) of them... See full bio »

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in New Brunswick, Canada

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(age 89) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1976 Pipe Dreams (producer)
 
1964 Viva Las Vegas (producer - uncredited)
 
1962 Bachelor Flat (producer)
 
1961 The Second Time Around (producer)
 
1960 Can-Can (producer - uncredited)
 
1959 The Blue Angel (producer)
 
1956 The Teahouse of the August Moon (producer)
 
1955 Interrupted Melody (producer)
 
1955 Many Rivers to Cross (producer)
 
1954 The Last Time I Saw Paris (producer)
 
1954 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (producer)
 
1953 Give a Girl a Break (producer)
 
1953 Kiss Me Kate (producer)
 
1953 Sombrero (producer)
 
1952 Lovely to Look at (producer)
 
1951 Texas Carnival (producer)
 
1951 Excuse My Dust (producer)
 
1950 Two Weeks with Love (producer)
 
1950 Three Little Words (producer)
 
1949 Neptune's Daughter (producer)
 
1949 The Stratton Story (producer)
 
1947 The Romance of Rosy Ridge (producer)
 
1947 Fiesta (producer)
 
1947 It Happened in Brooklyn (producer)
 
1946 Easy to Wed (producer)
 
1944 Bathing Beauty (producer)
 
1944 Broadway Rhythm (producer)
 
1943 I Dood It (producer)
 
1942 Ship Ahoy (producer)
 
1940 Go West (producer)
 
1940 Two Girls on Broadway (producer)
 
1940 Broadway Melody of 1940 (producer)
 
1939 Honolulu (producer)
 
1938 Listen, Darling (producer)
 
1938 Yellow Jack (producer)
 
1937 Broadway Melody of 1938 (producer)
 
1936 Born to Dance (producer)
 
1936 Tarzan Escapes (producer - uncredited)
 
1935 The Winning Ticket (producer)
 
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1934 Pichianni Troupe (short)
 
1934 Taking Care of Baby (short)
 
1934 Attention Suckers (short)
 
1933 Plane Nuts (short)
 
1933 Hello Pop! (short)
 
1933 Beer and Pretzels (short)
 
1933 Stop, Sadie, Stop (short)
 
1933 Nertsery Rhymes (short)
 
1933 Allez Oop (documentary short)
 
1933 Motorcycle Mania (documentary short)
 
1932 Swing High (documentary short)
 
1932 Over the Counter (short)
 
1930 Crazy House (short) (uncredited)
 
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1936 Tarzan Escapes (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
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1933 The Chief (supervisor - uncredited)
 
1929 The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (assistant director - uncredited)
 
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1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary) (acknowledgement: the special style and content of the musical sequences were created by)
 
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1987 Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (TV mini-series documentary)
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1956 Operation Teahouse (documentary short)
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Trivia:

Cummings was married to Betty Kern, daughter of composer Jerome Kern. He later produced a remake of his father-in-law's 1933 stage musical, "Roberta", entitled Lovely to Look at. The play had previously been filmed by RKO ( Roberta). See more »

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