Jack Kirkland (July 25, 1902 – February 22, 1969) was an American playwright, producer, director and screenwriter.
Kirkland's greatest success was the play ''
Tobacco Road'', adapted from the
Erskine Caldwell
Erskine Preston Caldwell (December 17, 1903 – April 11, 1987) was an American novelist and short story writer. His writings about poverty, racism and social problems in his native Southern United States, in novels such as '' Tobacco Road'' (1 ...
novel. His other plays included ''
Frankie and Johnny'',
[ ''Tortilla Flat'', ''Suds in your Eye'', '' Mr. Adam'', ''Man with the Golden Arm'', and '' Mandingo''.]Loretta Young
Loretta Young (born Gretchen Young; January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000) was an American actress. Starting as a child, she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1953. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the fil ...
and Gene Raymond
Gene Raymond (born Raymond Guion; August 13, 1908 – May 3, 1998) was an American film, television, and stage actor of the 1930s and 1940s. In addition to acting, Raymond was also a singer, composer, screenwriter, director, producer, and decorat ...
, '' Now and Forever'' (1934) starring Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901May 13, 1961) was an American actor known for his strong, quiet screen persona and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three nominations, ...
, Carole Lombard and Shirley Temple, and '' The Gilded Lily'' (1935) starring Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert ( ; born Émilie Claudette Chauchoin; September 13, 1903July 30, 1996) was an American actress. Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the late 1920s and progressed to films with the advent of talking pictures ...
, Fred MacMurray and Ray Milland.
Jack Kirkland was married several times, including a marriage to actress and producer, Haila Stoddard, and he had several children with several wives, one of whom was the ballerina Gelsey Kirkland
Gelsey Kirkland (born December 29, 1952) is an American ballerina. She received early ballet training at the School of American Ballet. Kirkland joined the New York City Ballet in 1968 at age 15, at the invitation of George Balanchine. She was ...
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Image of Jack Kirkland and actress Betty Douglas, Beverly Hills, California, 1937
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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