Louis Macloon
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Louis Owen Macloon was a prominent theatrical producer of the 1920s and 1930s.
reporter Charles Macloon and his wife, Josephine, née Owen.
Louis Macloon married three times:
He had one child, a daughter, Ruth, by his first wife.
his first professional acting role, carrying a spear as a soldier. Later, Gable served as understudy to the role of Sergeant Quirk in What Price Glory by Laurence Stallings
and Maxwell Anderson
, another Macloon production. Macloon told Gable, "You'll do, my boy."
Macloon's career with producing partner and wife Lillian Albertson was prolific, marking over a decade of successful plays and musicals from New York to Chicago and Los Angeles, including It Pays to Sin
, which they translated from Hungarian.
, which built fifty foot Seven Seas Cruisers with interiors designed by Joseph Urban
, the noted architect of the Ziegfeld Theatre
.
Family
Macloon was the son of Chicago TribuneChicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
reporter Charles Macloon and his wife, Josephine, née Owen.
Louis Macloon married three times:
- Lois Florence Hoover in 1916, divorced by 1922
- Lillian AlbertsonLillian AlbertsonLillian Albertson was an American stage and screen actress, and a noted theatrical producer. She and her husband, Louis O. Macloon, were credited with discovering future film star Clark Gable....
, in 1922, divorced in 1933 - Lucille RymanGarnett Lucille RymanGarnett Lucille Ryman Carroll, stage name Jane Starr was an American Broadway actress.-Early life:Carroll was born to Dr. Herbert R. Ryman and Cora Belle Ryman while her father was a medical student at Kansas State Medical College. Dr...
, 1936 (also ended in divorce)
He had one child, a daughter, Ruth, by his first wife.
Theatrical producer career
Macloon is credited with having given Clark GableClark Gable
William Clark Gable , known as Clark Gable, was an American film actor most famous for his role as Rhett Butler in the 1939 Civil War epic film Gone with the Wind, in which he starred with Vivien Leigh...
his first professional acting role, carrying a spear as a soldier. Later, Gable served as understudy to the role of Sergeant Quirk in What Price Glory by Laurence Stallings
Laurence Stallings
Laurence Tucker Stallings was an American playwright, screenwriter, lyricist, literary critic, journalist, novelist, and photographer...
and Maxwell Anderson
Maxwell Anderson
James Maxwell Anderson was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist.-Early years:Anderson was born in Atlantic, Pennsylvania, the second of eight children to William Lincoln "Link" Anderson, a Baptist minister, and Charlotte Perrimela Stephenson, both of Scots and Irish descent...
, another Macloon production. Macloon told Gable, "You'll do, my boy."
Macloon's career with producing partner and wife Lillian Albertson was prolific, marking over a decade of successful plays and musicals from New York to Chicago and Los Angeles, including It Pays to Sin
It Pays to Sin
It Pays to Sin is an American play in four scenes with an English adaptation by Louis Macloon and George Redman from the Hungarian by Johann Vaszary....
, which they translated from Hungarian.
Entrepreneur
Macloon was also an entrepreneur, and was a major investor in Almac Yacht Corporation, of Mystic, ConnecticutMystic, Connecticut
Mystic is a village and census-designated place in New London County, Connecticut, in the United States. The population was 4,001 at the 2000 census. A historic locality, Mystic has no independent government because it is not a legally recognized municipality in the state of Connecticut...
, which built fifty foot Seven Seas Cruisers with interiors designed by Joseph Urban
Joseph Urban
Joseph Urban Born in Vienna, Austria, died in New York City, trained as an architect, known also for his theatrical design and his early illustrations of children's books....
, the noted architect of the Ziegfeld Theatre
Ziegfeld Theatre
The Ziegfeld Theatre was a Broadway theater located at the intersection of Sixth Avenue and 54th Street in Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1927 and, despite public protests, was razed in 1966....
.