Jack Kirkland (July 25, 1902 – February 22, 1969) was an American playwright, producer, director and screenwriter. Kirkland's greatest success was the play ''

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'', adapted from the Erskine Caldwell novel. His other plays included '' Frankie and Johnny'', ''Tortilla Flat'', ''Suds in your Eye'', ''

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'', ''Man with the Golden Arm'', and '' Mandingo''. Kirkland collaborated with

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on several screen projects including '' Zoo in Budapest'' (1933) starring Loretta Young and Gene Raymond, '' Now and Forever'' (1934) starring Gary Cooper,

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, and '' The Gilded Lily'' (1935) starring Claudette Colbert,

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and

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. Jack Kirkland was married several times, including a marriage to actress and producer,

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, and he had several children with several wives, one of whom was the ballerina Gelsey Kirkland.

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Image of Jack Kirkland and actress Betty Douglas, Beverly Hills, California, 1937
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections,

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, University of California, Los Angeles. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirkland, Jack 1902 births 1969 deaths Writers from St. Louis American male screenwriters 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American male writers Screenwriters from Missouri 20th-century American screenwriters