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James Ashmore Creelman
1894–1941
Best remembered as a co-writer of the original 1933 King Kong, he helped shape some of early Hollywood’s most memorable adventure and drama films. His career moved from silent-era storytelling into the sound era, with credits that still echo through film history.
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The vagabond lover
by Charleson Gray, James Ashmore Creelman
About the author
Born in Marietta, Ohio, in 1894, he was the son of journalist James Creelman and studied at Yale University. He went on to build a career in film writing during Hollywood’s fast-changing early decades, working on both silent and early sound productions.
His screen credits include A Man Must Live (1925), High Hat (1927), The Last Performance (1929), Danger Lights (1930), Half Shot at Sunrise (1930), The Most Dangerous Game (1932), King Kong (1933), and The Last Days of Pompeii (1935). He also directed the 1927 silent comedy High Hat, but he is most often remembered for his contribution to King Kong, one of the landmark fantasy-adventure films of the studio era.
He died in Manhattan in 1941 at the age of 46. A suitable verified portrait image was not clearly available from the sources checked, so no profile image is included here.