James Kevin McGuinness (December 20, 1894 – December 4, 1950) was an American

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

and

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. He wrote for 36 films between 1927 and 1950. He wrote for ''

The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Founded as a weekly in 1925, the magazine is published 47 times annually, with five of these issues ...

'' magazine. He was born in Ireland and immigrated to New York in 1904. He arrived in Los Angeles in the 1920s at the dawn of the "talkies" era and thereafter worked in the film industry as a writer and later a producer. He later became chief supervisor and executive producer at

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. He died in New York in 1950 from a

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Selected filmography

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Slaves of Beauty ''Slaves of Beauty'' is a 1927 American silent comedy drama film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Olive Tell, Holmes Herbert, Earle Foxe, Margaret Livingston, and future talent agent Sue Carol. The film was written by William M. Conse ...

'' (1927) *'' A Girl in Every Port'' (1928) *'' Woman Wise'' (1928) *''

Strong Boy ''Strong Boy'' is a 1929 American silent comedy film directed by John Ford which had a synchronized music track. The film, which was Ford's last silent film, is now considered to be lost. A trailer for the film was discovered in the New Zealand ...

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The Woman from Hell ''The Woman from Hell'' newly renamed as ''The Woman from Luna'' was a 1929 American silent film drama produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and starring Mary Astor. This film had a Movietone sound system, Movietone sound track of musi ...

'' (1929) *'' The Black Watch'' (1929) *'' Born Reckless'' (1930) *'' Men Without Women'' (1930) *'' Under Suspicion'' (1930) *'' West of Broadway'' (1931) *'' Attorney for the Defense'' (1932) * ''

This Sporting Age ''This Sporting Age'' is a 1932 American sports drama film directed by Andrew Bennison and A.F. Erickson and starring Jack Holt, Evalyn Knapp and Walter Byron.Dooley p.540 Synopsis A top polo player's daughter is in love with a worthy young m ...

'' (1932) * ''

When Strangers Marry ''When Strangers Marry'' (rerelease title ''Betrayed'') is a 1944 American suspense film directed by William Castle and starring Dean Jagger, Kim Hunter and Robert Mitchum. Plot Millie Baxter, a naïve woman, comes to New York City to meet her ...

'' (1933) *''

Viva Villa! ''Viva Villa!'' is a 1934 American pre-Code film directed by Jack Conway and starring Wallace Beery as Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. The screenplay was written by Ben Hecht, adapted from the 1933 book ''Viva Villa!'' by Edgecumb Pinchon an ...

'' (1934) *'' A Night at the Opera'' (1935) *''

Madame X ''Madame X'' (original title ''La Femme X'') is a 1908 play by French playwright Alexandre Bisson (1848–1912). It was novelized in English and adapted for the American stage; it was also adapted for the screen twelve times over sixty-five ...

'' (1937) *''

The Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. The U.S. Navy under Ad ...

'' (1942) *''

Rio Grande The Rio Grande ( and ), known in Mexico as the Río Bravo del Norte or simply the Río Bravo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. The length of the Rio G ...

'' (1950)

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Jack Dempsey William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), nicknamed Kid Blackie and The Manassa Mauler, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927, and reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926. ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McGuinness, James Kevin 1894 births 1950 deaths Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923) American male screenwriters American film producers The New Yorker people Place of birth missing 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters