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Jerome Cady

Jerome Cady

Writer

Born August 15, 1903 in Cabell County, West Virginia, USA

Died November 7, 1948

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Jerome Cady (August 15th, 1903 – November 7th, 1948) was a Hollywood screenwriter.

What promised to be a lucrative and successful career as a film writer - graduating up from Charlie Chan movies in the late 1930s to such well respected war films as Guadalcanal Diary (1943), a successful adaptation of Forever Amber (1947) and the police procedural Call Northside 777 (1948) - came to an abrupt end when he died of a sleeping pill overdose onboard his yacht off Catalina Island in 1948. At the time of his death he was doing a treatment for a documentary on the Northwest Mounted Police. There was a Masonic funeral service for him.

He received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay for Wing and a Prayer in 1944.

A native of West Virginia, Cady started as a newspaper copy boy. He was later a reporter with the Los Angeles Record, before joining the continuity staff of KECA-KFI, Los Angeles in June 1932. He spent time in New York in the 1930s with Fletcher & Ellis Inc., as its director of radio, returning to Los Angeles in 1936. He joined 20th Century Fox in 1940, having previously been employed at RKO between radio jobs.

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The 20th Century-Fox Hour Poster

The 20th Century-Fox Hour TV Series1955

Cry Danger Poster

Cry Danger Feature Film1951

Sand Feature Film1949

Call Northside 777 Poster

Call Northside 777 Feature Film1948

Los que volvieron Poster

Los que volvieron Feature Film1948

Forever Amber Poster

Forever Amber Feature Film1947

Thunder in the Valley Poster

Thunder in the Valley Feature Film1947

Captain Eddie Poster

Captain Eddie Feature Film1945

Man Alive Poster

Man Alive Feature Film1945

Roger Touhy, Gangster Poster

Roger Touhy, Gangster Feature Film1944

The Purple Heart Poster

The Purple Heart Feature Film1944

Wing and a Prayer Poster

Wing and a Prayer Feature Film1944

Winged Victory Poster

Winged Victory Feature Film1944

Guadalcanal Diary Poster

Guadalcanal Diary Feature Film1943

Silver Skates Poster

Silver Skates Feature Film1943

Mexican Spitfire at Sea Poster

Mexican Spitfire at Sea Feature Film1942

Obliging Young Lady Poster

Obliging Young Lady Feature Film1942

What's Cookin' Poster

What's Cookin' Feature Film1942

Play Girl Poster

Play Girl Feature Film1941

Repent at Leisure Poster

Repent at Leisure Feature Film1941

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby Poster

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby Feature Film1941

The Saint in Palm Springs Poster

The Saint in Palm Springs Feature Film1941

They Met in Argentina Poster

They Met in Argentina Feature Film1941

Anne of Windy Poplars Poster

Anne of Windy Poplars Feature Film1940

Cross-Country Romance Poster

Cross-Country Romance Feature Film1940

Laddie Feature Film1940

Millionaires in Prison Poster

Millionaires in Prison Feature Film1940

The Marines Fly High Poster

The Marines Fly High Feature Film1940

You Can't Fool Your Wife Poster

You Can't Fool Your Wife Feature Film1940

Five Came Back Poster

Five Came Back Feature Film1939

Full Confession Poster

Full Confession Feature Film1939

Inside Story Poster

Inside Story Feature Film1939

Sued for Libel Poster

Sued for Libel Feature Film1939

The Arizona Wildcat Poster

The Arizona Wildcat Feature Film1939

Two Thoroughbreds Poster

Two Thoroughbreds Feature Film1939

Winner Take All Poster

Winner Take All Feature Film1939

Island in the Sky Poster

Island in the Sky Feature Film1938

Mr. Moto's Gamble Poster

Mr. Moto's Gamble Feature Film1938

One Wild Night Poster

One Wild Night Feature Film1938

Time Out for Murder Poster

Time Out for Murder Feature Film1938

Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo Poster

Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo Feature Film1937

Charlie Chan on Broadway Poster

Charlie Chan on Broadway Feature Film1937

Thank You, Mr. Moto Poster

Thank You, Mr. Moto Feature Film1937

The Great Hospital Mystery Poster

The Great Hospital Mystery Feature Film1937

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