James Kevin McGuinness

James Kevin McGuinness (December 20, 1893 – December 4, 1950) was an American screenwriter and film producer. He wrote for 36 films between 1927 and 1950. He wrote for The New Yorker 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 died in New York in 1950 from a heart attack.

Selected filmography

• Slaves of Beauty (1927)
• A Girl in Every Port (1928)
• Woman Wise (1928)
• Strong Boy (1929)
• The Woman from Hell (1929)
• The Black Watch (1929)
• Born Reckless (1930)
• Men Without Women (1930)
• Under Suspicion (1930)
• Attorney for the Defense (1932)
• Viva Villa! (1934)
• A Night at the Opera (1935)
• Madame X (1937)
• The Battle of Midway (1942)
• Rio Grande (1950)

Bibliography

Articles

• J. M. (February 28, 1925). "A slogan haunts the bishop". Behind the News. The New Yorker. 1 (2): 4. 
• McGuinness, James Kevin (February 28, 1925). "Beginning at the bottom". Behind the News. The New Yorker. 1 (2): 5. 
• — (February 28, 1925). "The laud will provide". The New Yorker. 1 (2): 22. 
• — (March 14, 1925). "A symbol in pugilism". Profiles. The New Yorker. 1 (4): 15–16.  Jack Dempsey.

List of poems

External links

• James Kevin McGuinness at the Internet Movie Database