Robert H. McLaughlin explained

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

He edited the Clipper newspaper in 1907.^[3]

He led Cleveland's Success Film Company.^[4] He planned to use an Educational Film Company studio in Cleveland.^[5] He was also involved in another planned film company in Cleveland.

Novels

• The Great Chadwick Bubble^[6]

Theater

• 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^[1] (1922)^[12] adapted from Boccaccio's Decameron

Filmography

• The Eternal Magdalene (1919), adapted from his play of the same name

Notes and References

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