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{{short description|Scottish screenwriter}}
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| birth_place = [[Glasgow]], Scotland
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| death_place = [[Yarmouthport, Massachusetts]], USA
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'''Margaret Turnbull''' (17 November 1872 &ndash; 12 June 1942) was a Scottish novelist, playwright and [[screenwriter]] in [[silent film]]s.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Delahousse|first=Sarah|date=2013|title=Margaret Turnbull|url=https://wfpp.cdrs.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-margaret-turnbull/|access-date=3 October 2016|website=Women Film Pioneers Project}}</ref>
'''Margaret Turnbull''' (17 November 1872 &ndash; 12 June 1942) was a Scottish playwright and [[screenwriter]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wfpp.cdrs.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-margaret-turnbull/|title=Margaret Turnbull – Women Film Pioneers Project|website=wfpp.cdrs.columbia.edu|access-date=2016-10-03}}</ref> She wrote for 51 films between 1914 and 1939. She also wrote novels, such as ''The Close Up'' (1918),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/record/2000028740511?int-auth=3000017287236|title=The Close-up|last=|first=|date=|website=The European Library|publisher=The European Library|access-date=October 3, 2016}}</ref> ''Alabaster Lamps'' (1925)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/record/2000028740507?int-auth=3000017287236|title=Alabaster Lamps|last=|first=|date=|website=The European Library|publisher=The European Library|access-date=October 3, 2016}}</ref> and ''The Bride's Mirror'' (1934).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/record/2000028740509?int-auth=3000017287236|title=The Bride's Mirror|last=|first=|date=|website=The European Library|publisher=The European Library|access-date=October 3, 2016}}</ref> She was born in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] and died in [[Yarmouthport, Massachusetts]]. She was the sister of producer [[Hector Turnbull]]. She worked for the [[Famous Players-Lasky|Famous]] Players-Lasky studios in Islington, England, and also spent some of her career in Hollywood.


==Selected filmography==
== Early life ==
Turnbull was born in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=1926-05-28|title=Margaret Turnbull at Home|pages=4|work=The Daily News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56239276/margaret-turnbull-at-home/|access-date=2020-07-28|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She was the older sister of producer [[Hector Turnbull]] and sister to Jean, Mary, Alice, Donald,<ref>{{Cite news|date=1934-04-09|title=Hector Turnbull Called by Death|pages=5|work=The Morning Call|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56241282/hector-turnbull-called-by-death/|access-date=2020-07-28|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and Isabel.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1933-03-28|title=Obituary for William J. Cooley (Aged 55)|pages=25|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56222974/obituary-for-william-j-cooley-aged-55/|access-date=2020-07-28|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Her family moved to the United States during her childhood, and she attended school in New Jersey.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Turnbull|first=Margaret|date=1926-12-16|title=Alabaster Lamps|pages=6|work=The Salem Post and The Democrat-Bulletin|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56222206/alabaster-lampsmargaret-turnbull/|access-date=2020-07-28|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

== Career ==
Turnbull wrote plays, including ''Genessee of the Hills'' (1905), ''A Society Policeman'' (1905), ''Classmates'' (1907, with [[William C. deMille]]), ''On the Square'' (1913, with her brother), ''The Deadlock'' (1913), and ''At the Mitre'' (1914). In 1912, a script she submitted anonymously was produced in New York by [[Henry Wilson Savage]], as ''The Stronger Claim.''<ref>{{Cite news|date=1912-09-02|title=Theatrical Notes|pages=7|work=Hartford Courant|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56236236/theatrical-notes/|access-date=2020-07-28|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Turnbull wrote for 51 films between 1914 and 1939. She worked for [[Paramount Pictures]] and the [[Famous Players–Lasky]] studios in [[Islington]], and also spent some of her career in Hollywood.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1919-06-06|title=Movie Notes|pages=3|work=The Times Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56222785/movie-notes/|access-date=2020-07-28|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In 1915, she wrote at least three films that starred [[Blanche Sweet]]; she also wrote films starring [[Edna Goodrich]] and [[Enrico Caruso]]. She was described as a "popular writer" and William C. deMille's assistant in a 1915 article about film dramas.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kingsley|first=Grace|date=1915-03-14|title=Day of the Photodrama|pages=45|work=The Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56223165/day-of-the-photodramagrace-kingsley/|access-date=2020-07-28|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Turnbull also wrote novels, including ''W. A. G.'s Tale'' (1913),<ref>{{Cite book|last=Turnbull|first=Margaret|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9844|title=W. A. G.'s Tale|date=2006-02-01|language=en}}</ref> ''Looking After Sandy'' (1915)'',''<ref>{{Cite news|date=1914-10-10|title=Wholesome, Helpful Girl|pages=4|work=The Boston Globe|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56238636/wholesome-helpful-girl/|access-date=2020-07-28|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Turnbull|first=Margaret|date=1914|title=Looking After Sandy: A Simple Romance|url=https://archive.org/details/lookingaftersan00turngoog|access-date=2020-07-28|website=Internet Archive|language=en}}</ref> ''The Close Up'' (1918),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/record/2000028740511?int-auth=3000017287236|title=The Close-up|website=The European Library|publisher=The European Library|access-date=3 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1918-12-24|title=The Book Corner|pages=6|work=The San Bernardino County Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56222500/the-book-corner/|access-date=2020-07-28|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ''Alabaster Lamps'' (1925)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/record/2000028740507?int-auth=3000017287236|title=Alabaster Lamps|website=The European Library|publisher=The European Library|access-date=3 October 2016}}</ref> ''Madame Judas'' (1926),<ref name=":0" /> ''The Left Lady'' (1926),<ref>{{Cite web|last=Turnbull|first=Margaret|date=1926|title=The Left Lady|url=https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20080604|access-date=2020-07-28|website=Faded Page}}</ref>''The Handsome Man'' (1930),<ref>{{Cite news|last=Turnbull|first=Margaret|date=1930-12-11|title=The Handsome Man, part V|pages=3|work=The Blocton Enterprise|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56238022/the-handsome-man-part-vmargaret/|access-date=2020-07-28|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and ''The Bride's Mirror'' (1934).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/record/2000028740509?int-auth=3000017287236|title=The Bride's Mirror|website=The European Library|publisher=The European Library|access-date=3 October 2016}}</ref> "I am sure," she told an interviewer in 1926, "that I get much more pleasure in writing a book or play than [[Henry Ford|Mr. Ford]] has ever gotten from all the machines he has put on the market."<ref name=":0" />

== Personal life ==
Turnbull lived in [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=":0" /> She died in [[Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts]] in 1942, aged 69 years.<ref name=":1" />

== Selected filmography ==
[[File:Stolengoods-newspaperad-1915.jpg|alt=Stolen Goods is a 1915 American drama silent film directed by George Melford and written by Margaret Turnbull. This is a newspaper advert for the film.|thumb|Newspaper advertisement for ''Stolen Goods'' (1915), starring [[Blanche Sweet]], with Margaret Trumbull credited as writer.]]
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* ''[[The Fighting Hope]]'' (1915)
* ''[[The Fighting Hope]]'' (1915)
* ''[[Armstrong's Wife]]'' (1915)
* ''[[Blackbirds (1915 film)|Blackbirds]]'' (1915)
* ''[[Blackbirds (1915 film)|Blackbirds]]'' (1915)
* ''[[The Secret Sin]]'' (1915)
* ''[[The Secret Sin]]'' (1915)
* ''[[The Unknown (1915 Paramount film)|The Unknown]]'' (1915)
* ''[[The Unknown (1915 drama film)|The Unknown]]'' (1915)
* ''[[Stolen Goods (film)|Stolen Goods]]'' (1915)
* ''[[The Clue]]'' (1915)
* ''[[To Have and to Hold (1916 film)|To Have and to Hold]]'' (1916)
* ''[[To Have and to Hold (1916 film)|To Have and to Hold]]'' (1916)
* ''[[Alien Souls]]'' (1916)
* ''[[Alien Souls]]'' (1916)
* ''[[Public Opinion (1916 film)|Public Opinion]]'' (1916)
* ''[[Public Opinion (1916 film)|Public Opinion]]'' (1916)
* ''[[The Victory of Conscience]]'' (1916)
* ''[[The Victory of Conscience]]'' (1916)
* ''[[Shirley Kaye]]'' (1917)
* ''[[Magda (1917 film)|Magda]]'' (1917)
* ''[[Lost and Won (1917 film)|Lost and Won]]'' (1917)
* ''[[Lost and Won (1917 film)|Lost and Won]]'' (1917)
* ''[[The Shuttle (film)|The Shuttle]]'' (1918)
* ''[[My Cousin]]'' (1918)<ref>{{Cite news|date=1919-01-11|title=At the Regent|pages=10|work=Harrisburg Telegraph|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56236914/at-the-regent/|access-date=2020-07-28|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
* ''[[The Two Brides]]'' (1919)
* ''[[The Two Brides]]'' (1919)
* ''[[The Tree of Knowledge (1920 film)|The Tree of Knowledge]]'' (1920)
* ''[[The Tree of Knowledge (1920 film)|The Tree of Knowledge]]'' (1920)
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* ''[[Appearances (film)|Appearances]]'' (1921)
* ''[[Appearances (film)|Appearances]]'' (1921)
* ''[[Three Live Ghosts (1922 film)|Three Live Ghosts]]'' (1922)
* ''[[Three Live Ghosts (1922 film)|Three Live Ghosts]]'' (1922)
* ''La Bataille'' (1923)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bccb8c6|title=La BATAILLE (1923)|last=|first=|date=|website=BFI.org|publisher=BFI|access-date=October 3, 2016}}</ref>
* ''La Bataille'' (1923)<ref>{{Cite web|title=La BATAILLE (1923)|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bccb8c6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005132923/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bccb8c6|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 October 2016|access-date=3 October 2016|website=BFI.org|publisher=BFI}}</ref>
* ''Rogue's March'' (1928)<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56236662/rogues-march-is-first-class/ "Rogue's March is First Class"] ''Spokane Chronicle'' (May 18, 1928): 4. via Newspapers.com.</ref>
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Gutenberg author | id=Turnbull,+Margaret | name=Margaret Turnbull}}
* {{Gutenberg author | id=3170| name=Margaret Turnbull}}
* {{FadedPage|id=Turnbull, Margaret|name=Margaret Turnbull|author=yes}}
* {{FadedPage|id=Turnbull, Margaret|name=Margaret Turnbull|author=yes}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Margaret Turnbull |birth=1872 |death=1942 |sopt=t }}
* {{IMDb name|0877332|Margaret Turnbull}}
*{{IMDb name|0877332|Margaret Turnbull}}
* {{IBDB name}}
*[https://wfpp.cdrs.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-margaret-turnbull/ Maragret Turnbull] at Women Film Pioneers Project
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161005115144/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba95aebf2 Margaret Turnbull] at the [[British Film Institute]]
*{{IBDB name}}
*[http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba95aebf2 Margaret Turnbull] at the [[British Film Institute]].


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Latest revision as of 20:25, 19 April 2024

Margaret Turnbull
Black and white photograph of Margaret Turnbull, standing in a door way.
Margaret Turnbull in 1915
Born(1872-11-17)17 November 1872
Glasgow, Scotland
Died12 June 1942(1942-06-12) (aged 69)
Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, USA
OccupationWriter
Years active1914-1939

Margaret Turnbull (17 November 1872 – 12 June 1942) was a Scottish novelist, playwright and screenwriter in silent films.[1]

Early life

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Turnbull was born in Glasgow, Scotland.[2] She was the older sister of producer Hector Turnbull and sister to Jean, Mary, Alice, Donald,[3] and Isabel.[4] Her family moved to the United States during her childhood, and she attended school in New Jersey.[5]

Career

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Turnbull wrote plays, including Genessee of the Hills (1905), A Society Policeman (1905), Classmates (1907, with William C. deMille), On the Square (1913, with her brother), The Deadlock (1913), and At the Mitre (1914). In 1912, a script she submitted anonymously was produced in New York by Henry Wilson Savage, as The Stronger Claim.[6]

Turnbull wrote for 51 films between 1914 and 1939. She worked for Paramount Pictures and the Famous Players–Lasky studios in Islington, and also spent some of her career in Hollywood.[7] In 1915, she wrote at least three films that starred Blanche Sweet; she also wrote films starring Edna Goodrich and Enrico Caruso. She was described as a "popular writer" and William C. deMille's assistant in a 1915 article about film dramas.[8]

Turnbull also wrote novels, including W. A. G.'s Tale (1913),[9] Looking After Sandy (1915),[10][11] The Close Up (1918),[12][13] Alabaster Lamps (1925)[14] Madame Judas (1926),[2] The Left Lady (1926),[15]The Handsome Man (1930),[16] and The Bride's Mirror (1934).[17] "I am sure," she told an interviewer in 1926, "that I get much more pleasure in writing a book or play than Mr. Ford has ever gotten from all the machines he has put on the market."[2]

Personal life

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Turnbull lived in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.[2] She died in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts in 1942, aged 69 years.[1]

Selected filmography

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Stolen Goods is a 1915 American drama silent film directed by George Melford and written by Margaret Turnbull. This is a newspaper advert for the film.
Newspaper advertisement for Stolen Goods (1915), starring Blanche Sweet, with Margaret Trumbull credited as writer.

References

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  1. ^ a b Delahousse, Sarah (2013). "Margaret Turnbull". Women Film Pioneers Project. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "Margaret Turnbull at Home". The Daily News. 28 May 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Hector Turnbull Called by Death". The Morning Call. 9 April 1934. p. 5. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Obituary for William J. Cooley (Aged 55)". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 28 March 1933. p. 25. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Turnbull, Margaret (16 December 1926). "Alabaster Lamps". The Salem Post and The Democrat-Bulletin. p. 6. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Theatrical Notes". Hartford Courant. 2 September 1912. p. 7. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Movie Notes". The Times Herald. 6 June 1919. p. 3. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Kingsley, Grace (14 March 1915). "Day of the Photodrama". The Los Angeles Times. p. 45. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Turnbull, Margaret (1 February 2006). W. A. G.'s Tale.
  10. ^ "Wholesome, Helpful Girl". The Boston Globe. 10 October 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Turnbull, Margaret (1914). "Looking After Sandy: A Simple Romance". Internet Archive. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  12. ^ "The Close-up". The European Library. The European Library. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  13. ^ "The Book Corner". The San Bernardino County Sun. 24 December 1918. p. 6. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Alabaster Lamps". The European Library. The European Library. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  15. ^ Turnbull, Margaret (1926). "The Left Lady". Faded Page. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  16. ^ Turnbull, Margaret (11 December 1930). "The Handsome Man, part V". The Blocton Enterprise. p. 3. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "The Bride's Mirror". The European Library. The European Library. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  18. ^ "At the Regent". Harrisburg Telegraph. 11 January 1919. p. 10. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "La BATAILLE (1923)". BFI.org. BFI. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  20. ^ "Rogue's March is First Class" Spokane Chronicle (May 18, 1928): 4. via Newspapers.com.
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