Jack Cummings

Jack Cummings

Known for: Production
Biography: 1900-02-16
Deathday: 1989-04-28 (89 years old)

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John "Jack" Cummings (February 16, 1905 – April 28, 1989) was an American film producer and director. He was the second husband of Betty Kern, daughter of Jerome Kern.


Cummings spent most of his career at his uncle Louis B. Mayer's studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he began work in the 1920s. Mayer started his nephew out as an office boy and expected him to work his way up through the ranks.


Cummings became a staff producer at MGM in 1934, where he worked in the B-feature unit for two years. In 1936, he produced the extravagant Cole Porter musical Born to Dance, which established his reputation as a respected producer. Cummings remained at MGM even after his uncle was fired from the studio in 1951, working with talent such as the Marx Brothers, Red Skelton, Esther Williams, and Fred Astaire and producing some of the era's best-known musicals, including 1953's Kiss Me Kate and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers in 1954, for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He left MGM to become an independent producer affiliated with Twentieth Century-Fox and produced the 1959 remake of The Blue Angel and the 1960 movie version of the Abe Burrows-Cole Porter Broadway musical Can-Can. In 1964, he returned to MGM one last time to produce the Elvis Presley musical Viva Las Vegas. Other credits included Easy to Wed, It Happened in Brooklyn, Three Little Words, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Interrupted Melody, and The Teahouse of the August Moon.


Jack Cummings was the son of Ida Mayer Cummings, sister of Louis B Mayer. He had two sisters, Ruth (married to film director Roy Rowland) and Mitzi (married to film producer Sol Baer Fielding), as well as a younger half brother Leonard 'Sonny' Cummings. Mr. Cummings was survived by his four daughters, Julie Cummings Siff, of Manhattan, Kathy Cummings St. Aubin, of Los Angeles, Linda Kern Cummings, of Danville, Ky., and Carla Luisa Cummings, of Los Angeles.

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Filmography

all 46

Movies 46

Producer 38

Director 8

Producer
Pipe Dreams

Pipe Dreams (1976)

Movie
Producer
Viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas (1964)

Movie
Producer
Bachelor Flat

Bachelor Flat (1962)

Movie
Producer
The Second Time Around

The Second Time Around (1961)

Movie
Producer
Can-Can

Can-Can (1960)

Movie
Producer
The Blue Angel

The Blue Angel (1959)

Movie
Producer
The Teahouse of the August Moon

The Teahouse of the August Moon (1957)

Movie
Producer
Interrupted Melody

Interrupted Melody (1955)

Movie
Producer
Many Rivers to Cross

Many Rivers to Cross (1955)

Movie
Producer
The Last Time I Saw Paris

The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)

Movie
Producer
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

Movie
4
Producer
Rose Marie

Rose Marie (1954)

Movie
Producer
Kiss Me Kate

Kiss Me Kate (1953)

Movie
Producer
Give a Girl a Break

Give a Girl a Break (1953)

Movie
Producer
Sombrero

Sombrero (1953)

Movie
Producer
Texas Carnival

Texas Carnival (1951)

Movie
Producer
Two Weeks with Love

Two Weeks with Love (1950)

Movie
Producer
Three Little Words

Three Little Words (1950)

Movie
Producer
Neptune's Daughter

Neptune's Daughter (1949)

Movie
Producer
The Stratton Story

The Stratton Story (1949)

Movie
Producer
The Romance of Rosy Ridge

The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)

Movie
Producer
Fiesta

Fiesta (1947)

Movie
Producer
It Happened in Brooklyn

It Happened in Brooklyn (1947)

Movie
Producer
Easy to Wed

Easy to Wed (1946)

Movie
Producer
Bathing Beauty

Bathing Beauty (1944)

Movie
Producer
Broadway Rhythm

Broadway Rhythm (1944)

Movie
Producer
I Dood It

I Dood It (1943)

Movie
Producer
Ship Ahoy

Ship Ahoy (1942)

Movie
Producer
Go West

Go West (1940)

Movie
1
Producer
Two Girls on Broadway

Two Girls on Broadway (1940)

Movie
Producer
Broadway Melody of 1940

Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)

Movie
Producer
Honolulu

Honolulu (1939)

Movie
Producer
Listen, Darling

Listen, Darling (1938)

Movie
Producer
Yellow Jack

Yellow Jack (1938)

Movie
Producer
Broadway Melody of 1938

Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)

Movie
Producer
Born to Dance

Born to Dance (1936)

Movie
Producer
The Winning Ticket

The Winning Ticket (1935)

Movie
Producer
Jail Birds of Paradise

Jail Birds of Paradise (1934)

Movie
Director
Plane Nuts

Plane Nuts (1933)

Movie
Director
Hello Pop

Hello Pop (1933)

Movie
Director
Beer and Pretzels

Beer and Pretzels (1933)

Movie
Director
Nertsery Rhymes

Nertsery Rhymes (1933)

Movie
Director
Swing High

Swing High (1932)

Movie
Director
Over the Counter

Over the Counter (1932)

Movie
Director
Crazy House

Crazy House (1930)

Movie
Director
Gems of M-G-M

Gems of M-G-M (1930)

Movie

Ratings

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Information

Known For
Production

Gender
Male

Birthday
1900-02-16

Deathday
1989-04-28 (89 years old)

Birth Place
New Brunswick, Canada

Citizenships
United States


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