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 Aller et retour (1935), Heads Up (1930) and Aventure à 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 Aller et retour (1935)

Aller et retour

6.7

Writer

1935

Charles 'Buddy' Rogers in Heads Up (1930)

5.5

Writer

1930

Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea in Aventure à Manhattan (1936)

Aventure à Manhattan

6.5

Writer

1936

Cary Grant and Myrna Loy in Les ailes dans l'ombre (1935)

Les ailes dans l'ombre

6.4

Writer

1935

Credits

Writer

Mandingo
6.5
- play
- 1975
Le carrosse d'or
7.0
- story and screenplay
- 1952
Monsieur Fabre
6.7
- screenplay
- story
- 1951
The Ford Theatre Hour
7.7
TV Series
- adaptation
- 1950
La route au tabac
6.4
- stage play
- 1941
Aventure à Manhattan
6.5
- screen play
- 1936
Frankie and Johnnie
6.5
- story
- 1936
L'or maudit
5.9
- screenplay
- 1936
Jeux de mains
6.9
- contributor to screenplay construction (uncredited)
- 1935
Rivaux
6.3
- contributing writer (uncredited)
- 1935
Aller et retour
6.7
- suggested by a story by
- 1935
Les ailes dans l'ombre
6.4
- screenplay
- 1935
C'est pour toujours
6.5
- story "Honor Bright"
- 1934
Révolte au zoo
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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