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James Kevin McGuinness (December 20, 1894 – December 4, 1950) was an American screenwriter and film producer. He provided testimony to the House Un-American Activities Committee which led to the Hollywood blacklist in 1947.

Early life

James Kevin McGuinness was born on December 20, 1894 in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland, and immigrated to New York in 1904.

Career

McGuinness 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 wrote for 36 films between 1927 and 1950, and also wrote for The New Yorker magazine.

He later became chief supervisor and executive producer at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Other activities

In 1947, along with fellow screenwriter Jack Moffitt, he testified against others suspected of Communist leanings in Hollywood for hearings associated with the House Un-American Activities Committee, which led to the Hollywood blacklist.

Death

McGuiness died in New York on December 4, 1950 from a heart attack.

Selected filmography

• Slaves of Beauty (1927)
• A Girl in Every Port (1928)
• Woman Wise (1928)
• Strong Boy (1929)
• The Woman from Hell (1929)
• The Black Watch (1929)
• Born Reckless (1930)
• Men Without Women (1930)
• Under Suspicion (1930)
• West of Broadway (1931)
• Attorney for the Defense (1932)
• This Sporting Age (1932)
• When Strangers Marry (1933)
• Viva Villa! (1934)
• A Night at the Opera (1935)
• Madame X (1937)
• The Battle of Midway (1942)
• Rio Grande (1950)

Bibliography

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Articles

• J. M. (February 28, 1925). "A slogan haunts the bishop". Behind the News. The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 2. p. 4.
• McGuinness, James Kevin (February 28, 1925). "Beginning at the bottom". Behind the News. The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 2. p. 5.
• — (February 28, 1925). "The laud will provide". The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 2. p. 22.
• J. M. (March 7, 1925). "Call 'Beekman 2,000'". Behind the News. The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 3. pp. 2–3.
• McGuinness, James Kevin (March 14, 1925). "A symbol in pugilism". Profiles. The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 4. pp. 15–16. Jack Dempsey.
• — (April 18, 1925). "Modom". The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 9. pp. 7–8.
• — (April 25, 1925). "A process of law". The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 10. p. 7.

List of poems

References

1. ^ United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities (1947). Hearings regarding the communist infiltration of the motion picture industry. Hearings before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, first session. Public law 601 (section 121, subsection Q (2)). Boston Public Library. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
2. Doherty, Thomas (2018). "Show Trial: Hollywood, HUAC, and the Birth of the Blacklist 9780231547468". Retrieved December 28, 2024 – via dokumen.pub.

External links

• James Kevin McGuinness at IMDb

• 1894 births
• 1950 deaths
• Irish emigrants to the United States
• American male screenwriters
• American film producers
• The New Yorker people
• 20th-century American male writers
• 20th-century American screenwriters