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Kenneth Macgowan (November 30, 1888 – April 27, 1963) was an American film producer. He won an Academy Award for Best Color Short Film for La Cucaracha (1934), the first live-action short film made in the three-color Technicolor process.
Kenneth Macgowan was a theatrical producer who headed the Provincetown Playhouse in the 1920s with Eugene O'Neill, his close friend and Robert Edmond Jones. He produced plays on Broadway, giving Katherine Hepburn her first role.
- Producer, Writer, Additional Crew
- November 30, 1888
- Kenneth Macgowan
- April 27, 1963
Jan 1, 2015 · B y the time Kenneth Macgowan joined the faculty of UCLA in 1946, the 57-year-old had had three successful careers. His tenure at UCLA added two new roles to his résumé — as a professor, and then as the first chairman of UCLA’s groundbreaking Department of Theater Arts.
KENNETH MACGOWAN (1888-1963) A Memorial Tribute Presented to the AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION The liveliness of Kenneth Macgowan, who died on April 27, 1963, shortly af-ter he had seen the opening of the first play in UCLA's new Theater Arts building named in his honor, was an integral part of anything he did. His
Kenneth Macgowan was a theatrical producer who headed the Provincetown Playhouse in the 1920s with Eugene O'Neill, his close friend and Robert Edmond Jones. He produced plays on Broadway, giving Katherine Hepburn her first role.
- November 30, 1888
- April 27, 1963
Overview. Kenneth Macgowan. (1888—1963) Quick Reference. (1888–1963) American producer and critic. Educated at Harvard, Macgowan reviewed plays for major newspapers and Theatre Arts magazine. The Theatre of Tomorrow (1921) and Continental Stagecraft (with Robert Edmond Jones ...
KENNETH MACGOWAN, a former producer of plays and films, is a member of the staff of the Department of Theater Arts at the University of California, Los Angeles, and an editor of the Quarterly.
