Biography
Jack Kirkland (July 25, 1902 β February 22, 1969) was an American playwright, producer, director and screenwriter.Kirkland's greatest success was the play Tobacco Road, adapted from the Erskine Caldwell novel. His other plays included Frankie and Johnny, Tortilla Flat, Suds in your Eye, Mr. Adam, Man with the Golden Arm, and Mandingo.Kirkland collaborated with Melville Baker on several screen projects including Zoo in Budapest (1933) starring Loretta Young and Gene Raymond, Now and Forever (1934) starring Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard and Shirley Temple, and The Gilded Lily (1935) starring Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray and Ray Milland.
Jack Kirkland was married several times, including a marriage to actress and producer, Haila Stoddard, and he had several children with several wives, one of whom was the ballerina Gelsey Kirkland.
Filmography
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Movies 15
Writer 14
Halloween at Aunt Ethel's (2019)
Mandingo (1975)
The Golden Coach (1952)
Amazing Monsieur Fabre (1951)
Tobacco Road (1941)
Adventure in Manhattan (1936)
Frankie and Johnnie (1936)
Sutter's Gold (1936)
Wings in the Dark (1935)
The Gilded Lily (1935)
Now and Forever (1934)
Zoo in Budapest (1933)
Fast and Loose (1930)
Heads Up (1930)
Wall Street (1929)
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GenderMale
Birthday1902-07-25
Deathday1969-02-22 (66 years old)
Birth PlaceSt. Louis, United States of America
ChildrenPatricia Kirkland, Gelsey Kirkland
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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