Information About Leslie Bryan Mace

Historical Information about Leslie Bryan Mace

Born January 19, 1898 at Iberia, Missouri (Miller County)

He was the son of William Jasper Mace and Rosa Belle Wheeler.

He is the third of nine boys.  He was the last of them to pass away

Died February 2, 1977 at age of 79 in Santa Ana, California: 

He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California

He is located in the Columbarium of Sincerity, Niche 23377.

First Marriage: Esther Ida Hammond, 

Born on April 4, 1899, in Missouri.  

Married in Kansas City on Tuesday, July 18, 1916

Died on January 29, 1922 in Kansas City, Missouri

Second Marriage: Ida M. Mace.  

United States Census (1930 & 1940): These official records list Leslie Bryan Mace as the "Head of Household" and Ida M. Mace (born around 1906) as his wife. In the 1930 Census, they were recorded living in Central Township, St. Louis, Missouri.

Third Marriage: Married to Shirley Jane Heisner

Born: April 4, 1923

Married on October 13, 1956 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Leslie was 58 and Shirley was 33.

Shirley also worked within the California film and theater equipment industry

Died: December 26, 1993 and is buried next to Leslie

Jobs Held:

Salesman for a Kansas City Tire Service company 

Worked for A.B.C. Storage & Van Company of Kansas City

Had been employed by the Vitagraph Company of America, which was a major early film studio in Kansas City’s Film Row

General Sales Manager at Laugh-O-gram Film Studio. (May 29 through mid-October 1922

Worked in “talking pictures” in St. Louis

By the 1940s, he was employed by the Harold E. Shugart Company, a firm based in Los Angeles that specialized in acoustical engineering and soundproofing.

Role: He worked as an Acoustical Engineer and later as an executive for the company.

Industry Impact: The Harold E. Shugart Company was a prominent contractor in Southern California, often working on significant architectural and industrial projects involving sound control.

By the 1950s, trade publications like Motion Picture Herald and Boxoffice tracked his movements as a veteran salesman for RCA (Radio Corporation of America) and theater supply companies, often traveling between the St. Louis, Missouri and Los Angeles, California regions

Showmen's Trade Review mentions he was a former RCA salesman