Writing

Cyrus Wood

Born — Died

1893-02-28 — 1942-06-23

Place of birth

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

16 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Alice in Movieland poster
6.4

Alice wins a free trip to Hollywood and dreams about her arrival.

Alice in Movieland

1940

Sally, Irene and Mary poster
5.7

Sally, Irene and Mary are chorus girls who each have a different approach to life and love. The three women face temptation, betrayal and tragedy while performing together in a Broadway show.

Sally, Irene and Mary

1925

The Prisoner of Swing poster
5.3

Musical satire based on Anthony Hope's Ruritanian novel "The Prisoner of Zenda" in which a commoner takes the place of a lookalike king.

The Prisoner of Swing

1938

The Cuckoos poster
8.0

Two phony fortune tellers get mixed up with gypsies.

The Cuckoos

1930

The Knight Is Young poster
7.0

June never leaves her apartment, which has a view of an advertising sign of a knight in shining armor. She is two weeks behind in her rent and believes that if she leaves the apartment, the landlord will never let her back in. The only way she gets food is when her friend, singer Earlayne Schools, brings it to her. One evening June sees Hal, a tap-dancing sign painter, painting over her knight. She explains her predicament, and he does his best to help her out.

The Knight Is Young

1938

Home Run on the Keys poster
4.8

In this short film, Babe Ruth proposes to put a song about baseball on the radio.

Home Run on the Keys

1937

One for the Book poster
6.3

In this entertaining short, famous literary figures step out of the pages of books after dark.

One for the Book

1940

Script Girl poster
2.0

A movie director needs a script girl . A strip girl, misunderstanding the job title, shows up.

Script Girl

1938

Stardust poster
1.0

Songwriter Benny Davis goes through an elaborate buildup before he is allowed to sing a collection of his songs. He takes a group of his friends through his song-factory, and workmen break out in a rash of dances and song numbers. Davis then sings some of his own songs.

Stardust

1938

Double or Nothing poster
5.8

In this Broadway Brevities short, a stunt double is hit on the head and imagines himself in a series of movie scenes with doubles for various stars.

Double or Nothing

1940

Dante's Inferno poster
4.6

The tactics of a vicious slumlord and greedy businessman finally drive a distraught man to commit suicide. The businessman is tried for murder and executed, and is afterward taken by demons to the Hell where he will spend the rest of eternity. .

Dante's Inferno

1924

No artwork available
9.0

A Film Directed by David MacDonald ....

The Midas Touch

1940

The Winnah! poster
7.0

State College is a coeducational school where the athletics are more important than academics. All there are preparing for a big multi-sport match with arch rival Dale College. Students Arthur and Florence are brother and sister, each with love troubles. Their romantic problems are resolved against a background of leggy singing, dancing coeds in this 2 reel musical.

The Winnah!

1934

Good Morning, Eve! poster
7.0

Adam and Eve are in the Garden of Eden preparing their latest meal. After the meal, they take a stroll through time. They make a few stops along the way for some musical interludes. These stops include in the Gardens of Emperor Nero of Rome for a concert circa 100 A.D., in King Arthur's court, and at a beach resort in current times.

Good Morning, Eve!

1934

Straight to Heaven poster
9.0

Singer Jimmy Williams' father Joe is a chemist who recently lost his job to George Elliott. Since then, Joe has been investigating the "Adam and Even" brand of canned goods sold in Harlem.

Straight to Heaven

1939

Jazz Heaven poster
5.9

A young songwriter struggles to make good in New York.

Jazz Heaven

1929