Hugh Cummings

Birth : 1891-10-19, Iron Belt, Wisconsin, USA

Death : 1953-04-11

Movies

Sitting Pretty
Dialogue Coach
Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey puts an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter, and the ad is answered by Lynn Belvedere. But when she arrives, she turns out to be a man. And not just any man, but a most eccentric, outrageously forthright genius with seemingly a million careers and experiences behind him.
Northern Pursuit
Dialogue Coach
Canadian Mountie Steve Wagner captures a German Luftwaffe officer on a spy mission, who later escapes from the prison camp. To catch the spy ring, the Mounties employ a ruse so that the spies, believing Steve to be sympathetic, enlist him in their plans.
Gentleman Jim
Dialogue
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.
The Strawberry Blonde
Dialogue Coach
Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and manipulates Biff into becoming involved in his somewhat nefarious businesses. Hugo appears to have stolen Biff's dreams, and Biff has to deal with the realisation that having what he wants and wanting what another has can be very different things.
Going Places
Dialogue Coach
A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.
Penrod and His Twin Brother
Screenplay
Penrod Schofield's mischievous dog, Duke, is falsely accused of biting Penrod's spoiled friend, Rodney.
Melody for Two
Dialogue
A singing bandleader signs on with an all-girls band.
Penrod and Sam
Screenplay
A boy (Billy Mauch) and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.
Polo Joe
Screenplay
A young man allergic to horses decides he has to learn to play polo in order to impress the girl he loves. Comedy.
Earthworm Tractors
Screenplay
A salesman tries to sell a tractor to a customer who hates tractors while falling for the girl.
Flicker Fever
Story
A family of out-of-work vaudeville performers are finding hard times in the east, so after hearing about the success of a fellow player in Hollywood, they decide to relocate to the movie capitol. Unfortunately, they find themselves equally unemployed there, staying at a n apartment complex filled with similar hopefuls. One day, an offer for an interview at a large studio for the eldest daughter is made, so the father goes on a frantic search, finally locating her at a pool party where he pushes one of the young men in the water, only to find out that the lad was the son of the studio boss.
Hot Tip
Writer
An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.
The Big Race
Screenplay
Bob Hamilton gets into trouble when crooks cause the defeat of his father's horse in the Derby, and it is reported he is in with the crooks. The old man disowns him and his sweetheart, Patricia , breaks their engagement. So Bob and "Skipper", the also-suspected trainer, head for the western tracks, taking with them the horse Hamilton Senior forced them to buy, determined to make good and prove they are on the level.
The Big Race
Story
Bob Hamilton gets into trouble when crooks cause the defeat of his father's horse in the Derby, and it is reported he is in with the crooks. The old man disowns him and his sweetheart, Patricia , breaks their engagement. So Bob and "Skipper", the also-suspected trainer, head for the western tracks, taking with them the horse Hamilton Senior forced them to buy, determined to make good and prove they are on the level.
Suits to Nuts
Writer
Two incompetent lawyers attempt to protect a client accused of being a peeping Tom.
Give Me Action
Adaptation
James Stanton and John Lane meet 30 years after graduating from Yale to decide the winner of a bet as to who is the more successful.
Swell People
Writer
A millionaire bricklayer invites a bank president and his wife to dinner.
Big Hearted
Writer
Elmer and Fannie Blue (Ray Hughes and Dorothy Gulliver) are happy that their neighbors in the duplex apartment next door, that shares an interior wall, have vacated and are looking forward to having newer and nicer neighbors. Then, Oscar Black and his wife (Harry Gribbon and Vivien Oakland, who was billed as Vivian Oakland) move in
Half Pint Polly
Writer
Ted is riding for Pa Martin against Cooper in the big race. When Cooper has his men capture Ted, Peggy overhears them and sets out to free Ted in time for the race.