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
6.4Alice wins a free trip to Hollywood and dreams about her arrival.
Alice in Movieland
1940
5.7Sally, 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
5.3Musical 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
8.0Two phony fortune tellers get mixed up with gypsies.
The Cuckoos
1930
7.0June 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
4.8In this short film, Babe Ruth proposes to put a song about baseball on the radio.
Home Run on the Keys
1937
Behind the camera
6.4Alice wins a free trip to Hollywood and dreams about her arrival.
Alice in Movieland
1940
5.7Sally, 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
5.3Musical 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
8.0Two phony fortune tellers get mixed up with gypsies.
The Cuckoos
1930
7.0June 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
4.8In this short film, Babe Ruth proposes to put a song about baseball on the radio.
Home Run on the Keys
1937
6.3In this entertaining short, famous literary figures step out of the pages of books after dark.
One for the Book
1940
2.0A movie director needs a script girl . A strip girl, misunderstanding the job title, shows up.
Script Girl
1938
1.0Songwriter 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
5.8In 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
4.6The 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
A Film Directed by David MacDonald ....
The Midas Touch
1940
7.0State 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
7.0Adam 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
9.0Singer 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
5.9A young songwriter struggles to make good in New York.
Jazz Heaven
1929
