Who was Charles R. Macauley?
Charles Raymond Macauley was an American cartoonist and illustrator who lived from the 19th of March 1871 to the 24th of November 1934. He also worked in the film business alongside his newspaper and book career.
Questions about Charles R. Macauley
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What did Charles R. Macauley win the Pulitzer Prize for?
Macauley won the 1930 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning for his 1929 cartoon Paying for a Dead Horse.
Which newspapers did Charles R. Macauley work for?
Macauley worked as a freelance illustrator and staff cartoonist for the Cleveland World, the New York World, the New York Daily Mirror, the New York Evening Graphic, and the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
What films did Charles R. Macauley make to support Woodrow Wilson?
In 1912, Macauley wrote and appeared in The Old Way and the New to support Woodrow Wilson's presidential campaign. In 1916, he made Motion Picture Portrait Studies of the President of the United States and the Cabinet for Wilson's re-election effort, and he also produced a separate film backing Wilson's League of Nations plan.
What was C. R. Macauley Photoplays?
C. R. Macauley Photoplays was the film company Macauley launched after leaving the New York World near the end of World War I. It produced Whom the Gods Would Destroy and When Bearcat Went Dry in 1919, and Seeds of Vengeance and The Gift Supreme in 1920.
What books did Charles R. Macauley write and illustrate?
Macauley wrote and illustrated Emblemland with John Kendrick Bangs in 1902, Fantasma Land in 1904, and The Red Tavern in 1914. Emblemland was reissued in 2010 as Rollo in Emblemland: A Tale Inspired by Lewis Carroll's Wonderland.
Why was Charles R. Macauley's film company considered risky?
In 1919, an advice column in United States Investor warned that Macauley's company, and filmmaking businesses in general, were risky and highly speculative.