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Irving Cummings
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Director, Actor Born: October 9, 1888 in New York City, NY Death: April 18, 1959 in Hollywood, CA Biography:A stage actor in the 1900s, "Cummings" began acting in films in 1909. He appeared in such notable films as "Cecil B. De Mille"'s "Don't Change Your Husband" and the comedy "The Saphead" with "Buster Keaton". "Cummings" switched to directing in the early '20s and helmed numerous silent dramas and actioners. In the '30s and '40s he showed a special flair for musicals, guiding such beloved performers as "Shirley Temple" ("Curly Top", "Poor Little Rich Girl", "Little Miss Broadway", "Just Around the Corner"), "Alice Faye" ("Hollywood Cavalcade", "Lillian Russell", "That Night in Rio"), and "Betty Grable" ("Down Argentine Way", "Springtime in the Rockies", "Sweet Rosie O'Grady", "The Dolly Sisters"). "Cummings"' other notable talkies include the Cisco Kid western "In Old Arizona", which he co-directed with Raoul Wals; the "Irving Berlin" musical "Louisiana Purchase" starring "Bob Hope"; and the... Full Biography
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