Charles R. Macauley
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Charles Raymond Macauley (March 19, 1871 – November 24, 1934) was an American cartoonist and illustrator. He was also involved in the film business.[1]
Born in
He got into filmmaking in support of Woodrow Wilson's campaigns in 1912 and 1916. He also made a film in support of his League of Nations plan. After leaving the New York World towards the end of World War I he again got into filmmaking launching his owm film company.[4] In 1919, an advice column in United States Investor warned the company and filmmaking businesses in general were risky and highly speculative.[5]
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Cartoon depicting the profits ofchild labor, c. 1913 -
1917 Liberty bond poster -
"Paying for a Dead Horse", 1929 -
"Einstein takes up the sword", 1933
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Books
As writer and illustrator
- Emblemland, by John Kendrick Bangsand Macauley (Doubleday, 1902)
- Fantasma Land (Bobbs-Merrill, 1904)
- The Red Tavern (D. Appleton, 1914)
- Rollo in Emblemland: A Tale Inspired by Lewis Carroll's Wonderland (Evertype, 2010) – recent new edition of Emblemland
Filmography
- The Old Way and the New (1912), screenplay and appeared in it as an illustrator. The film was made in support of Woodrow Wilson's presidential campaign
- Motion Picture Portrait Studies of the President of the United States and the Cabinet (1916), a film about U.S. President Woodrow Wilson up close and his cabinet, it was part of his re-election efforts[6]
C. R. Macauley Photoplays produced:
- Whom the Gods Would Destroy (1919 film) (1919), also known as The United States Government in Action[7][8]
- When Bearcat Went Dry (1919)[9]
- Seeds of Vengeance (1920)
- The Gift Supreme (1920)[10]
References
- ^ "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. October 18, 1916 – via Google Books.
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Elizabeth A. Brennan; Elizabeth C. Clarage (1999). Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-57356-111-2.
- ^ "C. R. Macauley, Cartoonist, Dies at Age of 63". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 25, 1934. p. A 11.
- ^ "Editor & Publisher". 1917.
- ^ "United States Investor". 1919.
- ^ "The Moving Picture World". 1916.
- ^ The Old Way and the New (1912),
- ISBN 9780786440986.
- ^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries". 1919.
- ^ "Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures". 1920.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to C. R. Macauley.
- Works by Charles R. Macauley at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Charles R. Macauley at Internet Archive (as Charles Raymond, Charles R., or C. R.)
- C. R. Macauley at Library of Congress, with 13 library catalog records (mainly as Charles Raymond Macauley)
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