death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
new york city , new york 22 february 1969 st. louis , missouri american july 25 , 1902 '' tobacco road '' jack kirkland
 jack kirkland playwright , producer , director , screenwriter
jack kirkland

jack kirkland -lrb- born july 25 , 1902 in st. louis , missouri , died february 22 , 1969 in new york city -rrb- was an american playwright , producer , director and screenwriter .
kirkland 's greatest success was the play `` tobacco road '' , adapted from the erskine caldwell novel .
his other plays included `` frankie and johnny '' , `` tortilla flats '' , `` suds in your eye '' , `` mr. adam '' , `` man with the golden arm '' , and `` mandingo '' .
kirkland collaborated with melville baker on several screen projects including `` zoo in budapest '' -lrb- 1933 -rrb- starring loretta young and gene raymond , `` now and forever '' -lrb- 1934 -rrb- starring gary cooper , carole lombard and shirley temple , and `` the gilded lily '' -lrb- 1935 -rrb- starring claudette colbert , fred macmurray and ray milland .
jack kirkland was married several times and had several children , one of whom was the ballerina gelsey kirkland .
