Macgowan, Kenneth, 1888-1963
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His "The living stage" was published in 1955.
From the description of Letter, 1951 Sep. 18, Los Angeles, to Maurice Browne, London. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34365417
Macgowan was born in Winthrop, MA, Nov. 30, 1888; graduated Harvard, 1911; married Edna Behre, 1913; drama critic for Philadelphia evening ledger, the New York globe, Vogue, Theatre arts magazine, and Shadowland; publicity director for Goldwyn Pictures Corp., 1918-19; formed an association with Eugene O'Neill and Robert Edmond Jones at the Provincetown Playhouse; producer and director with the Actor's Theater, 1927-29; worked at RKO Studios (early 1930s-35), 20th Century Fox (1935-41), and Paramount Studios (1944-46); among his many film credits is La Cucaracha, the first production in modern Technicolor; instructor and first dept. chair at the UCLA Theater Arts Dept. (1946-58); studied both anthropology and archaeology; publications include The theater of tomorrow (1921), Footlights across America (1929), Early man in the new world (1950), Behind the screen : the history and technique of the motion picture (1965); he died of cancer on August 27, 1963.
From the description of Papers, 1915-1970. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 38942505
Kenneth MacGowan collected African and Pre-Columbian art. He was a client of the Weyhe Gallery.
From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1938-1939, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155902096
Biography
Macgowan was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts, November 30, 1888; graduated Harvard, 1911; married Edna Behre, 1913; drama critic for Philadelphia evening ledger, the New York globe, Vogue, Theatre arts magazine, and Shadowland ; publicity director for Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, 1918-19; formed an association with Eugene O'Neill and Robert Edmond Jones at the Provincetown Playhouse; producer and director with the Actor's Theater, 1927-29; worked at RKO Studios (early 1930s-35), 20th Century Fox (1935-41), and Paramount Studios (1944-46); among his many film credits is La Cucaracha, the first production in modern Technicolor; instructor and first department chair at the UCLA Theater Arts Department (1946-58); studied both anthropology and archaeology; publications include The theater of tomorrow (1921), Footlights across America (1929), Early man in the new world (1950), Behind the screen: the history and technique of the motion picture (1965); he died of cancer on August 27, 1963.
From the guide to the Kenneth Macgowan Papers, 1915-1970, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)
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Subjects:
- Loyalty security program, 1947-
- Motion picture producers and directors
- Theater critics
- Theatrical producers and directors
Occupations:
- Motion picture producers and directors
- Theater critics
- Theatrical producers and directors
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- California (as recorded)
