Robert H. McLaughlin (1877-1939) was a novelist, playwright, theater manager, publicist, and screenwriter in the United States.[1][2][3]

He edited the Clipper newspaper in 1907.[4]

He led Cleveland's Success Film Company.[5] He planned to use an Educational Film Company studio in Cleveland.[6] He was also involved in another planned film company in Cleveland.[1]

Novels

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  • The Great Chadwick Bubble[1]

Theater

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  • Silas Marner (1910), a dramatization of George Eliot's novel[7]
  • The Sixth Commandment[8] (1910)[7]
  • Demi-Tasse (1913)[9]
  • Pearl of Great Price
  • The Eternal Magdalene (1915)[10]
  • Fires of Spring (1919)[11]
  • Decameron Night[2] (1922)[12] adapted from Boccaccio's Decameron

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b c The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer. Excelsior Publishing House. 1916.
  2. ^ a b "MCLAUGHLIN, ROBERT H." Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. May 11, 2018.
  3. ^ The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography. Indiana University Press. 1996. ISBN 9780253330550.
  4. ^ Rowell's American Newspaper Directory. Printers' Ink Publishing Company. 1907.
  5. ^ Educational Screen. Educational Screen, Incorporated. 1940.
  6. ^ The Moving Picture World. World Photographic Publishing Company. 1915.
  7. ^ a b Catalog of Copyright Entries. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1910.
  8. ^ Catalogue of Plays, 1916. Sanger & Jordan. 1916.
  9. ^ Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1913.
  10. ^ Harper's Weekly. Harper's Magazine Company. 1915.
  11. ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (April 18, 1919). "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [B] Group 2. Pamphlets, Etc. New Series" – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Who's who in the Theatre. Pitman. 1926.