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Hugh Cummings(1891-1953)

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  • Writer
  • Script and Continuity Department
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Hugh Cummings was born on 19 October 1891 in Iron Belt, Wisconsin, USA. He was a writer, known for Polo Joe (1936), The Big Race (1933) and The Roaring Twenties (1939). He was married to Mona Ray and Cecilia Chevrier. He died on 11 April 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornOctober 19, 1891
DiedApril 11, 1953(61)
BornOctober 19, 1891
DiedApril 11, 1953(61)
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Joe E. Brown, Bill Elliott, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Carol Hughes, William C. McGann, and George E. Stone in Polo Joe (1936)
Polo Joe
5.7
  • Writer
  • 1936
Ted Adams, Frankie Darro, John Darrow, Paul Hurst, Boots Mallory, Georgia O'Dell, and Phillips Smalley in The Big Race (1933)
The Big Race
5.7
  • Writer
  • 1933
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Roaring Twenties
7.9
  • Additional Crew
  • 1939
Pardon My Gun (1930)
Pardon My Gun
4.7
  • Writer
  • 1930

Credits

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Additional Crew

  • Jeff Chandler and Faith Domergue in The Great Sioux Uprising (1953)
    The Great Sioux Uprising
    5.5
    • dialogue director (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • Mitzi Gaynor, Bob Graham, Oscar Levant, and David Wayne in The I Don't Care Girl (1953)
    The I Don't Care Girl
    6.2
    • dialogue director (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • Rock Hudson and Julie Adams in The Lawless Breed (1952)
    The Lawless Breed
    6.3
    • dialogue coach (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • The Frogmen (1951)
    The Frogmen
    6.5
    • dialogue director (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Danny Thomas, Benay Venuta, and The Three Dunhills in Call Me Mister (1951)
    Call Me Mister
    5.7
    • dialogue director (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Jack Carson, Lola Albright, and Jean Wallace in The Good Humor Man (1950)
    The Good Humor Man
    6.3
    • dialogue director (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Ray Milland, Paul Douglas, and Jean Peters in It Happens Every Spring (1949)
    It Happens Every Spring
    6.8
    • dialogue director (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)
    When My Baby Smiles at Me
    5.7
    • dialogue director (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray in An Innocent Affair (1948)
    An Innocent Affair
    6.1
    • dialogue director
    • 1948
  • Give My Regards to Broadway (1948)
    Give My Regards to Broadway
    6.0
    • dialogue director (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Maureen O'Hara, Robert Young, and Clifton Webb in Sitting Pretty (1948)
    Sitting Pretty
    7.4
    • dialogue director (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Mona Freeman, and Connie Marshall in Mother Wore Tights (1947)
    Mother Wore Tights
    6.4
    • dialogue director (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • June Haver and Mark Stevens in I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947)
    I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
    6.6
    • dialogue director (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Clem Bevans, June Haver, Connie Marshall, and John Payne in Wake Up and Dream (1946)
    Wake Up and Dream
    6.1
    • dialogue director (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Randolph Scott, Dean Stockwell, Lynn Bari, Peggy Ann Garner, and Connie Marshall in Home, Sweet Homicide (1946)
    Home, Sweet Homicide
    6.9
    • dialogue director (uncredited)
    • 1946

Writer

  • Jimmy Durante, Kay Aldridge, Leslie Brooks, Georgia Carroll, Marguerite Chapman, Peggy Diggins, Phil Silvers, Alix Talton, Jane Wyman, and Navy Blues Sextette in You're in the Army Now (1941)
    You're in the Army Now
    6.1
    • dialogue director
    • 1941
  • Jerry Colonna, Johnnie Davis, Charley Foy, Allen Jenkins, and Marie Wilson in Sweepstakes Winner (1939)
    Sweepstakes Winner
    5.2
    • story (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Billy Mauch and Robert J. Mauch in Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938)
    Penrod and His Twin Brother
    5.9
    • screen play by
    • 1938
  • Patricia Ellis, James Melton, and Wini Shaw in Melody for Two (1937)
    Melody for Two
    6.2
    • dialogue (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • Philip Hurlic, Billy Mauch, and Harry Watson in Penrod and Sam (1937)
    Penrod and Sam
    6.3
    • screen play by
    • 1937
  • Joe E. Brown, Bill Elliott, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Carol Hughes, William C. McGann, and George E. Stone in Polo Joe (1936)
    Polo Joe
    5.7
    • screen play
    • 1936
  • Joe E. Brown and June Travis in Earthworm Tractors (1936)
    Earthworm Tractors
    6.3
    • screen play
    • 1936
  • Roy Rogers, Joan Davis, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr, Myra Keaton, Bob Nolan, Sons of the Pioneers, and Tim Spencer in Way Up Thar (1935)
    Way Up Thar
    6.1
    Short
    • screenplay
    • 1935
  • Flicker Fever (1935)
    Flicker Fever
    4.4
    Short
    • story
    • 1935
  • James Gleason and Zasu Pitts in Hot Tip (1935)
    Hot Tip
    5.7
    • screen play
    • 1935
  • The Big Race
    • story
    • 1933
  • Tom Kennedy in Suits to Nuts (1933)
    Suits to Nuts
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1933
  • Ted Adams, Frankie Darro, John Darrow, Paul Hurst, Boots Mallory, Georgia O'Dell, and Phillips Smalley in The Big Race (1933)
    The Big Race
    5.7
    • story and screenplay
    • 1933
  • El Brendel, George O'Brien, and Claire Trevor in The Last Trail (1933)
    The Last Trail
    5.9
    • contract writer (uncredited)
    • 1933
  • She Outdone Him
    Short
    • story
    • 1933

Script and Continuity Department

  • A Royal Flush
    Short
    • continuity
    • 1930
  • Carnival Revue
    Short
    • continuity
    • 1930

Personal details

  • Born
    • October 19, 1891
    • Iron Belt, Wisconsin, USA
  • Died
    • April 11, 1953
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(heart attack)
  • Spouses
      Mona RayJuly 3, 1948 - April 11, 1953 (his death)

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