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Jerome Cady

Jerome Cady

Writer Aug 15 (died age 45) Cabell County, West Virginia, USA 1937–1951 (14 year career)
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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jerome Cady (August 15th, 1903 – November 7th, 1948) was a Hollywood screenwriter. What promised to be a lucrative and successful career as a film writer - graduating up from Charlie Chan movies in the late 1930s to such well respected war films as Guadalcanal Diary (1943), a successful adaptation of Forever Amber (1947) and the police procedural Call Northside 777 (1948) - came to an abrupt end when he died of a sleeping pill overdose onboard his yacht of…

Known For

Call Northside 777
Film

Call Northside 777

Screenplay
Cry Danger
Film

Cry Danger

Story
Five Came Back
Film

Five Came Back

Screenplay
Forever Amber
Film

Forever Amber

Writer
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
Film

Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo

Screenplay
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Film

Mr. Moto's Gamble

Writer
Guadalcanal Diary
Film

Guadalcanal Diary

Adaptation
Wing and a Prayer
Film

Wing and a Prayer

Screenplay

Filmography