Born in Hannibal, Missouri,[1] Clune owned a chain of theaters in Southern California.
[6] He came into dispute with Nell Shipman over their film projects together.
[7] He died in Los Angeles, two months past his 65th birthday.
[1] He is buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in a crypt.
Clune was an investor in Epoch Film Producing Corp.[8] The Birth of a Nation, originally released as The Clansman in February 1915, had its world premiere at Clune's Auditorium on Pershing Square in the Core of Los Angeles.