J. D. Kendis

J. D. Kendis (1886–1957) was an American film producer. He was president of low-budget film company Jay-Dee-Kay Productions, known for its exploitation films^[1] released from the mid-1930s to the 1950s. Elmer Clifton directed several of the films. Kendis also released films under the Continental Pictures brand.^[2]

Ida Kendis was Secretary and Treasurer of his film company.^[3]

He died in 1957 at age 71.^[4]

Filmography

• Guilty Parents (1934)
• 1937 rerelease of The Hawk (1935)^[2]
• Jaws of the Jungle (1935)
• Gambling with Souls (1936)
• Wolves of the Sea (1936)
• Slaves in Bondage (1937), a sequel to Gambling with Souls
• Paroled from the Big House, also called Main Street Girl, (1938)^[5]
• Secrets of a Model (1940)
• Escort Girl (1941)
• Teen Age (1943)
• Youth Aflame (1944)
• Vegas Nights (1948)
• Hollywood Burlesque (1949)^[6]