Louis Owen Macloon (20 May 1893 – 13 August 1979, age 86) was a prominent theatrical producer of the 1920s and 1930s.

Family

Macloon was the son of Chicago Tribune reporter Charles Macloon and his wife, Josephine, née Owen. Louis Macloon married three times: * Lois Florence Hoover in 1916, divorced by 1922 *

Lillian Albertson Lillian Albertson (August 6, 1881 – August 24, 1962) was an American stage and screen actress, and a noted theatrical producer. Early years Born in Indiana, Albertson moved to Los Angeles, California, as a child. She was 19 years old when ...

, in 1922, divorced in 1933 * Lucille Ryman, 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 Gable 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 What Price Glory? may refer to: * ''What Price Glory?'' (1926 film), directed by Raoul Walsh * ''What Price Glory'' (1952 film), directed by John Ford * ''What Price Glory?'' (play), a 1924 play by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings; basis for ...

'' by Laurence Stallings and Maxwell Anderson, another Macloon production. Macloon told Gable, "You'll do, my boy."The Great Lover Clark Gable - By Jim Tully - The Family Circle July 4th, 1941
/ref> 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'' is an American play in four scenes with an English adaptation by Louis Macloon and George Redman from the Hungarian by Johann Vaszary. The Broadway production was directed by Monty Collins at the Morosco Theatre, opening on ...

'', which they translated from Hungarian.

Entrepreneur

Macloon was also an entrepreneur, and was a major investor in Almac Yacht Corporation, of Mystic, Connecticut, which built fifty foot Seven Seas Cruisers with interiors designed by Joseph Urban, the noted architect of the Ziegfeld Theatre.

Death

Macloon died 13 August 1979 at age 86 in Baker City, Oregon.

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1893 births 1979 deaths American theatre managers and producers Hungarian–English translators People from Baker City, Oregon 20th-century translators {{theat-bio-stub