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{{Infobox actor
| name = James Kevin McGuinness
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| birthdate = 20 December 1893
| birth_place = [[Ireland]], [[(often gave New York as his place of birth)]]
| deathdate = 4 December 1950
| deathplace = [[New York]], [[USA]]
| yearsactive = [[1927 in film|1927]]-[[1950 in film|1950]]
| birthname =
| othername = J.K. McGuiness<br>James K. McGuiness<br>J.K. McGuinness<br>James K. McGuinness
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'''James Kevin McGuinness''' (20 December 1893 – 4 December 1950) was an American [[screenwriter]] and [[film producer]]. He wrote for 36 films between [[1927 in film|1927]] and [[1950 in film|1950]]. He also 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 [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]].
==Selected filmography==
*''[[A Girl in Every Port (1928 film)|A Girl in Every Port]]'' ([[1928 in film|1928]])
*''[[Strong Boy]]'' ([[1929 in film|1929]])
*''[[The Black Watch]]'' (1929)
*''[[Born Reckless (1930 film)|Born Reckless]]'' ([[1930 in film|1930]])
*''[[Men Without Women (film)|Men Without Women]]'' (1930)
*''[[Viva Villa!]]'' ([[1934 in film|1934]])
*''[[A Night at the Opera (film)|A Night at the Opera]]'' ([[1935 in film|1935]])
*''[[Madame X (1937 film)|Madame X]]'' ([[1937 in film|1937]])
*''[[The Battle of Midway]]'' ([[1942 in film|1942]])
*''[[Rio Grande (film)|Rio Grande]]'' ([[1950 in film|1950]])
==Bibliography==
===Contributions to ''The New Yorker''===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! 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==
*{{imdb name|id=0570130|name=James Kevin McGuinness}}
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|DATE OF DEATH= 4 December 1950
|PLACE OF DEATH= [[New York, New York]], [[USA]]
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