Charles R. Macauley

Charles Raymond 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, he worked as a freelance illustrator and as staff cartoonist for newspapers including the Cleveland World, 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". In 1919, an advice column in United States Investor warned the company and filmmaking businesses in general were risky and highly speculative.

Books

As writer and illustrator Emblemland, 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 (1912), screenplay and appeared in it as an illustrator. The film was made in support of Woodrow Wilson's presidential campaign Motion Picture Portrait Studies of the President of the United States and the Cabinet (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) (1919), also known as The United States Government in Action When Bearcat Went Dry (1919) Seeds of Vengeance (1920) The Gift Supreme (1920)