Writing

Hugh Cummings

Born — Died

1891-10-19 — 1953-04-11

Place of birth

Iron Belt, Wisconsin, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

13 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Penrod and Sam poster
6.5

A boy and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.

Penrod and Sam

1937

No artwork available
10.0

A millionaire bricklayer invites a bank president and his wife to dinner.

Swell People

1930

Sham Poo, the Magician poster
10.0

Hugh Herbert and Roscoe Ates are in a bar where all the men wear fezzes. They are trying to make time with cigarette girl Dorothy Granger. Their loud celery-crunching rouses the ire of Jerry Mandy, aka Sham Poo the magician.

Sham Poo, the Magician

1932

Hot Tip poster
7.0

An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.

Hot Tip

1935

The Big Race poster
9.0

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

1934

Penrod and His Twin Brother poster
6.0

Penrod Schofield's mischievous dog, Duke, is falsely accused of biting Penrod's spoiled friend, Rodney.

Penrod and His Twin Brother

1938

Earthworm Tractors poster
5.4

A salesman tries to sell a tractor to a customer who hates tractors while falling for the girl.

Earthworm Tractors

1936

Polo Joe poster
7.0

A young man allergic to horses decides he has to learn to play polo in order to impress the girl he loves. Comedy.

Polo Joe

1936

No artwork available
9.0

Edgar Kennedy short from The Common Man series.

Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath

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Suits to Nuts poster
NR

Two incompetent lawyers attempt to protect a client accused of being a peeping Tom.

Suits to Nuts

1933

No artwork available
9.0

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

Big Hearted

1930

Way Up Thar poster
10.0

This 1934 short subject was Mack Sennett's final directorial effort for Educational Pictures, and comedienne Joan Davis' film debut. It features Buster Keaton's Mother and Sister, Myra and Louise, respectively. A very young Roy Rogers (billed as Leonard Slye) is featured as a member of the Sons of the Pioneers, and sings a few songs during the course of the movie.

Way Up Thar

1935

No artwork available
7.0

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.

Half Pint Polly

1930