Charles Raymond "C. R." Macauley (March 19, 1871 – November 24, 1934) was an American cartoonist and illustrator. He was also involved in the film business.
Born in
Canton, Ohio
Canton () is a city in and the county seat of Stark County, Ohio. It is located approximately south of Cleveland and south of Akron in Northeast Ohio. The city lies on the edge of Ohio's extensive Amish country, particularly in Holmes and ...
, he worked as a freelance illustrator and as staff cartoonist for newspapers including the ''
Cleveland World
The ''Cleveland News'' was a daily and Sunday American newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. It was published from 1905 until 1960 when it was absorbed by the rival paper '' The Cleveland Press''.
History
The ''Cleveland News'' traces its antecedents to ...
'', ''
New York World'', ''
New York Daily Mirror'', ''
New York Evening Graphic'', and ''
Brooklyn Daily Eagle''. He received the 1930
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning for his 1929 cartoon "Paying for a Dead Horse".
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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. In 1919, an advice column in '']United States Investor
United may refer to:
Places
* United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
* United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
Arts and entertainment Films
* ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film
* ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two fi ...
'' warned the company and filmmaking businesses in general were risky and highly speculative.
Child labour cartoon Hine no 3469.jpg, Cartoon depicting the profits of child labor,
File:You- Buy a Liberty Bond Lest I Perish (Macauley).JPG, 1917 Liberty bond poster
File:Paying for a Dead Horse.jpg, "Paying for a Dead Horse", 1929
File:Einstein-cartoon1.jpg, "Einstein takes up the sword", 1933
Books
As writer and illustrator
* ''Emblemland
''Rollo in Emblemland'' or ''Emblemland'' is a novel by John Kendrick Bangs, written in 1902 and published by R. H. Russell of New York. It is a tale inspired by the style of Lewis Carroll's 1865 book, '' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''.
In ...
'', by John Kendrick Bangs and 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
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''(1912), screenplay and appeared in it as an illustrator. The film was made in support of Woodrow Wilson's presidential campaign
*'''' (1916), a film about U.S. President Woodrow Wilson up close and his cabinet, it was part of his re-election efforts
C. R. Macauley Photoplays produced:
*''Whom the Gods Would Destroy (1919 film)
''Whom the Gods Would Destroy'' is a novel written by Richard P. Powell. It was published in 1970 by Charles Scribner's Sons in New York City. The title is currently out of print but available as an Amazon Kindle book.
The story is narrated ...
'' (1919), also known as ''The United States Government in Action''
*'' When Bearcat Went Dry'' (1919)
*'' Seeds of Vengeance'' (1920)
*'' The Gift Supreme'' (1920)
References
External links
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* (as Charles Raymond, Charles R., or C. R.)
* (mainly as Charles Raymond Macauley)
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1871 births
1934 deaths
American editorial cartoonists
American illustrators
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning winners
People from Canton, Ohio
Artists from Ohio