James Kevin McGuinness

James Kevin McGuinness
Born	20 December 1893(1893-12-20) Ireland
Died	4 December 1950(1950-12-04) (aged 56) New York City, New York, U.S.
Other names	J.K. McGuiness James K. McGuiness J.K. McGuinness James K. McGuinness
Years active	1927-1950

James Kevin McGuinness (20 December 1893 – 4 December 1950) was an American screenwriter and film producer. He wrote for 36 films between 1927 and 1950. He wrote for The New Yorker magazine.

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

Selected filmography

• A Girl in Every Port (1928)
• Strong Boy (1929)
• The Black Watch (1929)
• Born Reckless (1930)
• Men Without Women (1930)
• Attorney for the Defense (1932)
• Viva Villa! (1934)
• A Night at the Opera (1935)
• Madame X (1937)
• The Battle of Midway (1942)
• Rio Grande (1950)

Bibliography

Contributions to The New Yorker

Title	Department	Volume/Part	Date	Page(s)	Subject(s)
Beginning at the Bottom	Behind the News	1/2	28 February 1925	5	Humour
The Laud will Provide		1/2	28 February 1925	22	Humour
A Bob Ballad: Modes		1/3	7 March 1925	18	Poem
A Symbol in Pugilism	Profiles	1/4	14 March 1925	15-16	Jack Dempsey

External links

• James Kevin McGuinness at the Internet Movie Database