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- Birth nameJacob Spencer Kominsky
- Although related to MGM head Louis B. Mayer, Cummings started his career at the studio as a low-paid office boy. He worked his way up to script supervisor and assistant director, and was eventually placed in charge of the studio's short-subjects department, where he personally produced most (and directed several) of them. In 1934 MGM made Cummings a producer of features, and as such he was responsible for many of the studio's most famous musicals.
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- SpousesBetty Kern Miller(May 28, 1947 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)Marjorie Straus(April 15, 1931 - May 15, 1946) (divorced, 2 children)
- Nephew of Louis B. Mayer, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.
- Cummings was married to Betty Kern, daughter of composer Jerome Kern. He later produced a remake of his father-in-law's 1933 stage musical, "Roberta", entitled Lovely to Look At (1952). The play had previously been filmed by RKO (Roberta (1935)).
- Son of Ida Mayer Cummings.
- Son Steve Cummings (b. 1942).
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