Biography
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).
Wrote 79
1930s
- 1939
- 1938
Painted Desert
Story
Professor Beware
Writer
- 1935
Mississippi
Screenplay
- 1934
It's a Gift
Screenplay
The Old-Fashioned Way
Screenplay
Double Door
Screenplay
The Last Round-up
Writer
- 1933
Sunset Pass
Adaptation
Under the Tonto Rim
Adaptation
Silent Men
Scenario Writer, Screenplay
Terror Trail
Adaptation
- 1932
Flaming Guns
Writer
The Fourth Horseman
Adaptation, Screenplay
The Texas Bad Man
Story, Screenplay
The Rider of Death Valley
Writer
- 1931
The Deceiver
Writer
The Guilty Generation
Adaptation, Dialogue
Shanghaied Love
Screenplay
Clearing the Range
Story
1920s
- 1928
The Viking
Screenplay
The Adventurer
Writer
- 1927
Captain Salvation
Writer
- 1926
West of Broadway
Scenario Writer
Rocking Moon
Adaptation
- 1925
Don Q Son of Zorro
Writer
Just a Woman
Writer
Contraband
Writer
- 1924
The Man Who Fights Alone
Writer
- 1923
The Light That Failed
Adaptation, Screenplay
Homeward Bound
Scenario Writer, Screenplay
The Heart Raider
Adaptation, Screenplay
The Tiger's Claw
Screenplay, Story
The Covered Wagon
Adaptation, Screenplay
- 1922
The Ghost Breaker
Adaptation
A Trip to Paramountown
Writer
Beyond the Rocks
Screenplay
- 1921
A Wife's Awakening
Story
The Rowdy
Scenario Writer
Double Adventure
Writer
- 1920
The Devil to Pay
Writer
The Tiger's Coat
Screenplay
The House of Whispers
Scenario Writer
Big Happiness
Writer
The Green Flame
Scenario Writer
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
Story
The Dream Cheater
Screenplay
$30,000
Writer
Live Sparks
Writer
1910s
- 1919
It Happened in Paris
Writer
The Joyous Liar
Screenplay, Story
The World Aflame
Scenario Writer
Playthings of Passion
Scenario Writer, Screenplay
All Wrong
Writer
The Silver Girl
Screenplay
Todd of the Times
Story, Screenplay
Adele
Writer
The Midnight Stage
Screenplay
- 1918
Two-Gun Betty
Writer
The Narrow Path
Writer
The Goddess of Lost Lake
Scenario Writer, Screenplay
Border Raiders
Story
The Heart of Rachael
Writer
The Bells
Screenplay
A Law Unto Herself
Scenario Writer, Screenplay
Hands Up
Scenario Writer, Screenplay
The Ghost of the Rancho
Scenario Writer
The Shoes That Danced
Writer
Limousine Life
Writer
- 1917
The Stainless Barrier
Scenario Writer
A Stormy Knight
Story
Directed 1
1920s
- 1922
A Trip to Paramountown
Director
Produced 1
1930s
- 1936
Easy to Take
Producer