Biography
Jack Cunningham was an American scriptwriter who started out during the silent era. Cunningham provided continuity for such
Douglas Fairbanks epics as
The Black Pirate (1925), Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925) and
The Iron Mask (1929). He also tied up a few loose plot ends in the location-filmed 1928 effort
White Shadows in the South Seas. Working at Paramount in the 1930s, Cunningham did touch-up work and/or full screen treatments for W.C. Fields'
Mississippi (1935) and
Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935),
Harold Lloyd's
Professor Beware (1938) and C. B. DeMille's
Union Pacific (1939), to name but a few. He was promoted to producer of the 1936 Paramount programmer
Easy to Take. Though Cunningham did take on a couple of acting roles late in his career, he should not be confused with the British actor of the same name, who appeared onscreen in the '50s and '60s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide