Irving Cummings Biography (1888-1959)

Born Irving Caminsky on October 9, 1888, in New York, NY; died of a heart ailment, April 18, 1959, in Los Angeles, CA; married Ruth Cummings. Career: Silent and sound film director, producer, writer, and actor. Awards, Honors: Academy Award nomination, best director, 1929, for In Old Arizona..

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: director, producer, writer, actor
Birth Details: October 9, 1888; New York, New York, United States
Death Details: April 18, 1959; Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
La Dame aux camelias(also known as Camille), 1910
The Faith Healer,1913
The Fight for Right,1913
The Bells,1913
Ashes,1913
The Big Boss,1913
The Bawlerout,1913
The Million Dollar Mystery,1914
Jane Eyre,1914
Harry (The Rat), The Leaven of Good,1914
Jones, The Messenger of Death,1914
George Harris, Uncle Tom's Cabin,1914
Prince Ludwig, The Last Volunteer,1914
The Varsity Race,1914
The Diamond Disaster,1914
Louis Beresford, The Three of Us,1914
The Diamond from the Sky,1915
Prince Monte Biona, The Lure of the Mask,1915
Pamela's Past,1916
The Saleslady,1916
Dave Bassett/Dave Rand, The Feud Girl,1916
The World's Great Snare,1916
Prince Boris, The Gilded Cage(also known as The Heart of Princess), 1916
Dave Overton, The Hidden Scar(also known as The Scorching Way), 1916
Wrath of Love,1917
A Royal Romance,1917
A Man's Law,1917
Herbert Brancaster, The Whip,1917
Rasputin, the Black Monk,1917
Jasper Mallory, An American Widow,1917
The Woman Who Gave,1918
The Interloper,1918
Chester Holbrooke, The Debt of Honor(also known as Her Debt ofHonor), 1918
Brandon Kent, The Heart of a Girl,1918
Merely Players,1918
Philip Bellamy, The Unveiling Hand,1919
The Scar,1919
Mandarin's Gold,1919
The Greater Sinner,1919
Andranik, Ravished Armenia(also known as Auction of Souls),1919
Richard Vaughan, The Bluffer,1919
Don't Change Your Husband,1919
Jacques, Her Code of Honor,1919
Henry Morely, Some Bride,1919
Julian Chadwick, Men, Women, and Money,1919
Secret Service,1919
Comte de Cheveral, The Better Wife,1919
Passion, Everywoman,1919
Dave Wallace, Sex,1920
Old Dad,1920
Count Bonzi, Beautifully Trimmed,1920
Loftus Roupelle, The Tree of Knowledge,1920
Ralph Brent, The Ladder of Lies,1920
Anthony Pope, Harriet and the Piper,1920
Dick Lane, The Round-Up,1920

Mark Turner, The Saphead,1920
Dick Raven, Cameron of the Royal Mounted,1921
Pierre de Barre, The Man from Hell's River(also known as Hell's River), 1922
Count de Marsay, The Eternal Flame,1922
Von Bernenstein, Rupert of Hentzau,1923
Major Singh, As Man Desires,1925
Girls' Dormitory,1936
(Uncredited) The Devil and Miss Jones,1941
Film Director, Except Where Indicated
And producer, The Man from Hell's River(also known as Hell's River), Western,1922
And producer, Flesh and Blood, Western, 1922
Paid Back, Universal, 1922
Broad Daylight, Universal, 1922
The Jilt, Universal, 1922
And producer, Environment, Principal, 1922
And producer, The Drug Traffic, Western, 1923
And producer, East Side-West Side, Principal, 1923
And producer, Broken Hearts of Broadway, Western, 1923
Stolen Secrets, Universal, 1924
Fools' Highway, Universal, 1924
The Dancing Cheat, Universal, 1924
Riders Up, Universal, 1924
In Every Woman's Life, First National, 1924
The Rose of Paris, Universal, 1924
As Man Desires, First National, 1925
One Year to Live, First National, 1925
The Desert Flower, First National, 1925
Just a Woman, First National, 1925
Infatuation, First National, 1925
The Johnstown Flood, Fox, 1926
Rustling for Cupid, Fox, 1926
The Midnight Kiss, Fox, 1926
The Country Beyond, Fox, 1926
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl, Fox, 1926
The Brute, Warner Bros., 1927
The Port of Missing Girls, Brenda, 1928
Dressed to Kill, Fox, 1928
Romance of the Underworld(also known as Romance and Bright Lights), Fox, 1928
(With Raoul Walsh) In Old Arizona, Fox, 1929
Not Quite Decent, Fox, 1929
Behind That Curtain, Fox, 1929
Cameo Kirby, Fox, 1930
On the Level, Fox, 1930
A Devil with Women, Fox, 1930
A Holy Terror, Fox, 1932
The Cisco Kid, Fox, 1932
Attorney for the Defense, Columbia, 1932
The Night Club Lady, Columbia, 1932
Man against Woman, Columbia, 1932
Man Hunt, RKO, 1933
The Woman I Stole, Columbia, 1933
The Mad Game, Fox, 1933
I Believed in You, Fox, 1934
Grand Canary, Fox, 1934
The White Parade, Fox, 1934
It's a Small World, Fox, 1935
Curly Top, Fox, 1935
Nobody's Fool, Universal, 1936
The Poor Little Rich Girl, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1936
Girls' Dormitory, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1936
White Hunter, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1936
Vogues of 1938(also known as Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938, Vogues, and All This and Glamour Too), United Artists, 1937
Merry-Go-Round of 1938, Universal, 1937
Little Miss Broadway, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1938
Just around the Corner, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1938
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell(also known as The Modern Miracle), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1939
Hollywood Cavalcade, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1939
Everything Happens at Night, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1939
Lillian Russell, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1940
Down Argentine Way, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1940
That Night in Rio, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1941
Belle Starr, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1941
Louisiana Purchase, Paramount, 1941
My Gal Sal, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1942
Springtime in the Rockies, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1942
Sweet Rosie O'Grady, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1943
And producer, What a Woman!(also known as The Beautiful Cheat), Columbia, 1943
And producer, The Impatient Years, Columbia, 1944
The Dolly Sisters, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1945
Double Dynamite(also known as It's Only Money), RKO, 1951
WRITINGS
Screenplays
The Man from Hell's River(also known as Hell's River), 1922
The Country Beyond,1926
(Story) Dressed to Kill,1928

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