Active in Hollywood from 1924, James Ashmore Creelman was in on the ground floor at fledgling RKO radio studios in 1929. Creelman either produced or wrote several seminal RKO features, including Rudy Vallee's Vagabond Lover, Wheeler & Woolsey's Half Shot at Sunrise (1930) and the experimental wide-screen effort Danger Lights (1930). A veteran scrivener of adventure stories, he worked on many of RKO's best thrillers. It was Creelman who added the sexual element to the villainous Count Zaroff's bloodlust in 1932's The Most Dangerous Game ("First hunt the enemy, then the woman.") He went on to collaborate with Merian C. Cooper on the storyline for RKO's premiere adventure attraction, King Kong (1933). Useful though he was in conjuring up perilous situations, he reportedly had trouble confining his imagination within the film's budgetary limitations, which may be why he didn't contribute as much to the final shooting script of King Kong as his co-writers. In addition to his film credits, James Ashmore Creelman was a prolific playwright; his theatrical piece Jazz King was filmed in 1932 as Dancers in the Dark.
| Title | Year | Editors' Rating | User Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
King Kong
From Screenplay by |
1976 | |||
|
East of Java
Screenwriter |
1935 | |||
|
The Last Days of Pompeii
Screen Story |
1935 | |||
|
The Social Register
Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
|
These Thirty Years
Screen Story |
1934 | |||
|
King Kong
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
|
Dancers in the Dark
Play Author |
1932 | |||
|
The Most Dangerous Game
Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
|
Honor of the Family
Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
|
Danger Lights
Screenwriter |
1930 | |||
|
Half-Shot at Sunrise
Screenwriter |
1930 | |||
|
The Last Performance
Screenwriter |
1929 | |||
|
The Vagabond Lover
Producer, Screenwriter |
1929 | |||
|
Gang War
Screen Story |
1928 | |||
|
The Circus Kid
Screen Story |
1928 | |||
|
The Red Dance
Screenwriter |
1928 | |||
|
High Hat
Director, Screenwriter |
1927 | |||
|
Aloma of the South Seas
Screenwriter |
1926 | |||
|
Fine Manners
Screen Story, Screenwriter |
1926 | |||
|
Popular Sin
Screenwriter |
1926 | |||
|
The Untamed Lady
Screenwriter |
1926 | |||
|
Coast of Folly
Screen Story, Screenwriter |
1925 | |||
|
The Coming of Amos
Screenwriter |
1925 | |||
|
Grit
Screenwriter |
1924 | |||
|
Sinners in Heaven
Screenwriter |
1924 | |||
|
Unguarded Women
Screenwriter |
1924 | |||
|
Second Fiddle
Screenwriter |
1923 |
