James McGuinness

Background

He was born in Ireland and immigrated to New York in 1904.

Career

He wrote for 36 films between 1927 and 1950. He wrote for The New Yorker magazine. He arrived in Los Angeles in the 1920s at the dawn of the "talkies" era and thereafter worked in the film industry as a writer and later a producer.

He died in New York in 1950 from a heart attack.

Works

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  • A Night At the Opera the MGM Library of Film Scripts