(1885-1940)
Born in Chicago, William Anthony McGuire worked as a newspaperman, although he wrote plays in his youth. His most successful plays were Six-Cylinder Love (1921) and Twelve Miles Out (1926), but he also directed, produced, and wrote librettos and sketches for nine Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.-produced musicals and revues, including Rosalie (1928), Whoopee (1928), and The Three Musketeers (1928).
The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater. James Fisher.