Wing and a Prayer (1944)

Sometimes billed as Jerry Cady. Screenwriter who entered American film at 20th Century-Fox with THE GREAT HOSPITAL MYSTERY (1937). Other notable credits, alone or in collaboration, include CHARLIE CHAN ON BROADWAY and CHARLIE CHAN AT MONTE CARLO (both also 1937), MR. MOTO'S GAMBLE, ISLAND IN THE SKY and TIME OUT FOR MURDER (all 1938), THE ARIZONA WILDCAT, INSIDE STORY and FIVE CAME BACK (all 1939), THE MARINES FLY HIGH, ANNE OF WINDY POPLARS and CROSS-COUNTRY ROMANCE (all 1940), THE SAINT IN PALM SPRINGS, PLAY GIRL and MEXICAN SPITFIRE'S BABY (all 1941), WHAT'S COOKIN' and MEXICAN SPITFIRE AT SEA (both 1942), SILVER SKATES and GUADALCANAL DIARY (both 1943), THE PURPLE HEART and WING AND A PRAYER (both 1945), THUNDER IN THE VALLEY and FOREVER AMBER (both 1947), CALL NORTHSIDE 777 (1948), and SAND (1949). Cady died from an overdose of sleeping pills on his yacht off Catalina Island.  Nominated for Writing (Original Screenplay) 1944: WING AND A PRAYER 1 nomination