James Ashmore Creelman was an early Hollywood film writer.

Born in the hometown of his mother, Creelman lived in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 and Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

 where his father worked as a journalist.

Creelman worked for RKO studios from 1929 and contributed to the storyline of the many of the studios's early adventure / thriller films including The Untamed Lady

The Untamed Lady

The Untamed Lady is a silent film starring Gloria Swanson, and marks Nancy Kelly's first screen appearance. The movie was written by James Ashmore Creelman from an original story by Fannie Hurst and directed by Frank Tuttle. A lost film....

, The Most Dangerous Game

The Most Dangerous Game (film)

The Most Dangerous Game is a 1932 Pre-Code adaptation of the 1924 short story of the same name by Richard Connell, the first film version of that story. The plot concerns a big game hunter on an island who chooses to hunt humans for sport. The film stars Joel McCrea, Leslie Banks, and King Kong...

, King Kong

King Kong (1933 film)

King Kong is a Pre-Code 1933 fantasy monster adventure film co-directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, and written by Ruth Rose and James Ashmore Creelman after a story by Cooper and Edgar Wallace. The film tells of a gigantic island-dwelling apeman creature called Kong who dies in...

, Dancers in the Dark

Dancers in the Dark

Dancers in the Dark is a 1932 film about a taxi dancer , a big band leader , and a gangster . The movie was written by Herman J...

and The Last Days of Pompeii

The Last Days of Pompeii (1935 film)

The Last Days of Pompeii is an RKO Radio Pictures film starring Preston Foster and directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper, creators of the original King Kong...

. He began working in Hollywood in 1924 and wrote for 30 films before stopping in 1935. He also directed the 1927 film High Hat.

Creelman committed suicide in 1941 by jumping off the top of a building.

Personal

Creelman was the second son of famous American yellow journalist James Creelman

James Creelman

James Creelman , was a reporter during the height of yellow journalism. He was born in Montreal, Province of Canada, the son of a boiler inspector, Matthew Creelman, and homemaker, Martha Dunwoodie....

. His father's father was born to Scots-Irish

Scots-Irish American

Scotch-Irish Americans are an estimated 250,000 Presbyterian and other Protestant dissenters from the Irish province of Ulster who immigrated to North America primarily during the colonial era and their descendants. Some scholars also include the 150,000 Ulster Protestants who immigrated to...

 migrants to Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 while his father's mother was of Scottish

Scottish people

The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...

 descent. His mother was Marietta native Alice Leffingwell Buell. Creelman's sister Eileen married Frederick Morgan Davenport Jr., son of New York congressman Frederick Morgan Davenport.