Robert H. McLaughlin (1877-1939) was a novelist, playwright, theater manager, publicist, and screenwriter in the

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. He edited the ''Clipper'' newspaper in 1907. He led Cleveland's Success Film Company. He planned to use an Educational Film Company studio in Cleveland. He was also involved in another planned film company in Cleveland.

Novels

*''The Great Chadwick Bubble''

Theater

*''Silas Marner'' (1910), a dramatization of George Eliot's novel *''The Sixth Commandment'' (1910) *''Demi-Tasse'' (1913) *''Pearl of Great Price'' *''The Eternal Magdalene'' (1915) *''Fires of Spring (1919) *''Decameron Night'' (1922) adapted from Boccaccio's Decameron

Filmography

*''

The Eternal Magdalene ''The Eternal Magdalene'' is a 1919 American film adapted from a play by Robert H. McLaughlin. The film was produced by Goldwyn Pictures. Julia Arthur portrayed the title character in the play. It was published by Clark Copp. One critic describ ...

'' (1919), adapted from his play of the same name

References

20th-century American dramatists and playwrights Businesspeople from Cleveland 1877 births 1939 deaths Novelists from Ohio Editors of Ohio newspapers 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American newspaper editors Screenwriters from Ohio American theatre managers and producers American male screenwriters Writers from Cleveland American film studio executives 20th-century American businesspeople {{US-writer-stub