John McCormick (August 17, 1893 – May 3, 1961) was an American film producer associated with the Hollywood studio First National Pictures.

Biography

Between 1923 and 1930, McCormick was married to Colleen Moore, one of the highest-paid and most popular stars of the silent era. McCormick was initially unconvinced by the development of

sound films A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed befor ...

and vetoed Moore's appearing in them. He changed his mind in 1929 and placed Moore in her first talkie, ''

Smiling Irish Eyes ''Smiling Irish Eyes'' (1929) is a Vitaphone American pre-Code musical film with Technicolor sequences. The film is now considered a lost film. However, the Vitaphone discs still exist. Plot Rory O'More leaves his sweetheart Kathleen O'Connor ba ...

'', which was not a great success. Their marriage was under increasing strain, and in 1930, the couple divorced. His relationship with Moore is believed to have been the basis for the film ''

What Price Hollywood? ''What Price Hollywood?'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Cukor and starring Constance Bennett with Lowell Sherman. The screenplay by Gene Fowler, Rowland Brown, Jane Murfin and Ben Markson is based on a story by A ...

'' (1932).Crafton p.278

Partial filmography

* '' The Huntress'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1925) * ''

We Moderns ''We Moderns'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Colleen Moore. The film was produced by Moore's husband John McCormick and was released through First National Pictures. It was based on the pla ...

'' (1925) * ''

Twinkletoes ''Twinkletoes'' is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Charles Brabin and starring Colleen Moore. The film, as with most of Moore's vehicles at this time, was produced by her husband John McCormick with the couple distribut ...

'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1926) * '' Ella Cinders'' (1926) * '' It Must Be Love'' (1926) * '' Midnight Lovers'' (1926) * '' Naughty but Nice'' (1927) * '' Her Wild Oat'' (1927) * '' Lilac Time'' (1928) * '' Oh, Kay!'' (1928) * ''

'' (1929) * '' Footlights and Fools'' (1929) * '' Synthetic Sin'' (1929) * '' Why Be Good?'' (1929)

References

Bibliography

*Crafton, Donald. ''The Talkies: American Cinema's Transition to Sound, 1926-1931''. University of California Press, 1999.

External links

* 1893 births 1961 deaths Film producers from Missouri Businesspeople from Kansas City, Missouri 20th-century American businesspeople {{US-film-producer-stub