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Irving Cummings

Irving Cummings, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1959)

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Born
October 9, 1888
Died
April 18, 1959
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1888

About Irving Cummings

Irving Cummings, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1959) In 1943, as part of the 50th anniversary of the birth of the motion picture industry, Cummings was awarded the Thomas A. Cummings was known for the big splashy 1930s Technicolor musicals with popular leading ladies such as Betty Grable, Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, and Shirley Temple (Little Miss Broadway, 1938) he directed at 20th Century Fox.

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Irving Cummings timeline

  1. Cummings was known for the big splashy 1930s Technicolor musicals with popular leading ladies such as Betty Grable, Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, and Shirley Temple (Little Miss Broadway, 1938) he directed at 20th Century Fox.
  2. In 1943, as part of the 50th anniversary of the birth of the motion picture industry, Cummings was awarded the Thomas A.

The world when Irving Cummings was born

Irving Cummings was born in 1888. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineGreat Blizzard of 1888 paralyzes US East Coast
  • Technology milestoneKodak box camera — "You press the button, we do the rest"
  • Defining fadKodak camera craze
  • World population~1.48B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population57.6M

1888 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Irving Cummings's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18882026
Population57.6M341 million

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