Jack Kirkland(1900-1969)

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Jack Kirkland was born on 25 July 1900 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was a writer, known for The Gilded Lily (1935), Heads Up (1930) and Adventure in Manhattan (1936). He was married to Nancy Hoadley, Haila Stoddard, Julie Laird, Jayne Shadduck and Nancy Carroll. He died on 22 February 1969 in New York City, New York, USA.

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Known for

Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, and Fred MacMurray in The Gilded Lily (1935)

The Gilded Lily

6.8

Writer

1935

Charles 'Buddy' Rogers in Heads Up (1930)

5.5

Writer

1930

Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea in Adventure in Manhattan (1936)

Adventure in Manhattan

6.5

Writer

1936

Cary Grant and Myrna Loy in Wings in the Dark (1935)

Wings in the Dark

6.4

Writer

1935

Credits

Writer

Mandingo
6.4
- play
- 1975
The Golden Coach
7.0
- story and screenplay
- 1952
Amazing Monsieur Fabre
6.8
- screenplay
- story
- 1951
The Ford Theatre Hour
7.8
TV Series
- adaptation
- 1950
Tobacco Road
6.4
- stage play
- 1941
Adventure in Manhattan
6.5
- screen play
- 1936
Frankie and Johnnie
6.5
- story
- 1936
Sutter's Gold
5.9
- screenplay
- 1936
Hands Across the Table
6.9
- contributor to screenplay construction (uncredited)
- 1935
Under Pressure
6.3
- contributing writer (uncredited)
- 1935
The Gilded Lily
6.8
- suggested by a story by
- 1935
Wings in the Dark
6.4
- screenplay
- 1935
Now and Forever
6.5
- story "Honor Bright"
- 1934
Zoo in Budapest
6.7
- story
- 1933
Married or Single
Short
- writer
- 1933

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Personal details

Born
- July 25, 1900
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Died
- February 22, 1969
- New York City, New York, USA(heart disease)
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Adapted Erskine Caldwell's novel "Tobacco Road" for Broadway. The play opened at the Theatre Masque on December 4, 1933 and transfered to the 48th Street Theatre on July 16, 1934 and to the Forrest Theatre in September 1934, where it closed on May 31, 1941. The play set a record for longevity on Broadway when it totaled 3,182 performances. The dramatization of "Tobacco Road" still is the longest running drama in Broadway history and is surpassed only by "Life With Father" in the non-musical Broadway production category.
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Father of ballerina-actress-author Gelsey Kirkland.

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