Biography
James Ashmore Creelman (September 21, 1894 β September 9, 1941) was an American screenwriter in Hollywood, known for co-writing King Kong in 1933. He was born on September 21, 1894, in Marietta, Ohio. He was the second son of James Creelman, the journalist and Alice Leffingwell Buell. He had a sister, Eileen Creelman, who married Frederick Morgan Davenport Jr., son of New York congressman Frederick Morgan Davenport.
Creelman moved to New York City and then Washington, D.C. where his father worked as a journalist.
He was a graduate of Yale University, where he edited campus humor magazine The Yale Record with Clements Ripley, writer of Jezebel.
Creelman worked for RKO studios from 1929 and contributed to the storyline of many of the studios' early adventure and thriller films including The Untamed Lady, The Most Dangerous Game, King Kong, Dancers in the Dark and The Last Days of Pompeii.Creelman began working in Hollywood in 1924 and wrote for 30 films before stopping in 1935. He also directed the 1927 film High Hat.
On September 9, 1941, twelve days before his 47th birthday, Creelman committed suicide by jumping off the roof garden at the top of a building on 325 E. 72nd Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York. He was pronounced dead at Metropolitan Hospital.
Filmography
all 33
Movies 33
Writer 31
Screenplay 1
The Lost Spider Pit Sequence (2005)
The Mighty Kong (1998)
King Kong (1976)
East of Java (1935)
The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
These Thirty Years (1934)
Social Register (1934)
King Kong (1933)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Dancers in the Dark (1932)
Honor of the Family (1931)
Danger Lights (1930)
Half Shot at Sunrise (1930)
The Vagabond Lover (1929)
The Last Performance (1929)
The Red Dance (1928)
The Circus Kid (1928)
Gang War (1928)
The Popular Sin (1926)
Fine Manners (1926)
Aloma of the South Seas (1926)
The Untamed Lady (1926)
The Coast of Folly (1925)
The Coming of Amos (1925)
A Man Must Live (1925)
Sinners in Heaven (1924)
Unguarded Women (1924)
Grit (1924)
Puritan Passions (1923)
Second Fiddle (1923)
Smilin' Through (1922)
Arme Violetta (1920)
Vendetta (1919)
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GenderMale
Birthday1894-09-21
Deathday1941-09-09 (46 years old)
Birth PlaceMarietta, United States of America
FatherJames Creelman
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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