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Kenneth Macgowan

American film producer (1888-1963) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 74

Kenneth Macgowan 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.

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1963Died27 April 19631950The Maya Through the AgesFilm, Producer1947Easy Come, Easy GoFilm, Producer1944LifeboatFilm, Producer1943Happy LandFilm, ProducerJane EyreFilm, 1943Producer1941Belle StarrFilm, Producer1940Star DustFilm, Producer1939The Return of the Cisco KidFilm, ProducerYoung Mr. LincolnFilm, 1939Producer1938KidnappedFilm, Producer1935Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, ComedyAwardEnchanted AprilFilm, 1935ProducerMurder on a HoneymoonFilm, 1935Producer1934Anne of Green GablesFilm, ProducerLa CucarachaFilm, 1934Producer1888Born30 November 1888
  • Lifeboat 1944
  • Young Mr. Lincoln 1939
  • Jane Eyre 1943
  • Man Hunt 1941

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Filmography 17

39 credits on file

Awards

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Comedy1935

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1888 to 1963 · aged 74

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