Script-writer of the unreleased film
Out of the Shadows. In newspaper reports, he is variously described as 'the Australian novelist, Mr. J. Summers' ('
Australian Producer',
News, 5 March 1931, p.4) or as 'Mr. J. Summers, a Victorian, who has had experience in scenario writing at Hollywood' ('Australian Talkie',
Western Mail, 26 March 1931, p.4).