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| Willard
Mack
1873 - 1934 |
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. The author and screenwriter Willard Mack was born as Charles McLaughlin. He came in contact with acting during his study at the Georgetown University via student plays. After his study he began as a support actor on different stages and used the pseudonym Willard Mack. He soon found his real talent as a writer of plays. He had first successes with own plays at the theater and finally he made his Broadway debut in 1914 with one of his play where he also appeared as an actor. He became established as an author and there were more than 20 Broadway productions in the next years he wrote. In some of them he also took part as an actor. Willard Mack already wrote first scripts for movies from 1916, to his first movies belong "The Dragnet" (16), "The Saleslady" (16), "Nanette of the Wilds" (16), "A Woman Alone" (17), "Aladdin's Other Lamp" (17), "The Hell Cat" (18) and "Shadows" (19). He continued his career successfully in the 20's both at the theater
and in the film business, to his movies belong "Heritage" (20), "Tiger
Rose" (23), "Little Robinson Crusoe" (24), "The Monster" (25), "The Dove"
(27) and "Madame X" (29).
In the 30's he wrote scripts for "Olympia" (30), "Reducing" (31), "Sporting Blood" (31), "Billion Dollar Scandal" (33), "Night of Terror" (33) and "Nana" (34). Willard Mack died at the age of 61 in 1934. He was married with the
actresses Marjorie Rambeau and Pauline Frederick.
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