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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|last=|first=|date=1919-06-06|title=Movie Notes|pages=3|work=The Times Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56222785/movie-notes/|url-status=live|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/|url-status=live|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|last=|first=|date=1919-06-06|title=Movie Notes|pages=3|work=The Times Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56222785/movie-notes/|url-status=live|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/|url-status=live|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=English}}</ref> ''Looking After Sandy'' (1915)'',''<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=1914-10-10|title=Wholesome, Helpful Girl|pages=4|work=The Boston Globe|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56238636/wholesome-helpful-girl/|url-status=live|access-date=2020-07-28|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ''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=3 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|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/|url-status=live|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|last=|first=|date=|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|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|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/|url-status=live|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|last=|first=|date=|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" />
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=English}}</ref> ''Looking After Sandy'' (1915)'',''<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=1914-10-10|title=Wholesome, Helpful Girl|pages=4|work=The Boston Globe|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56238636/wholesome-helpful-girl/|url-status=live|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|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|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|last=|first=|date=|website=The European Library|publisher=The European Library|access-date=3 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|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/|url-status=live|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|last=|first=|date=|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|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|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/|url-status=live|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|last=|first=|date=|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 ==
== Personal life ==

Revision as of 15:18, 28 July 2020

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

Turnbull was born in Glasgow, Scotland.[2] She was the older sister of producer Hector Turnbull; she also had a sister, Isabel.[3] Her family moved to the United States in her girlhood, and she attended school in New Jersey.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7]

Turnbull also wrote novels, including W. A. G.'s Tale (1913),[8] Looking After Sandy (1915),[9][10] The Close Up (1918),[11][12] Alabaster Lamps (1925)[13] Madame Judas (1926),[2] The Left Lady (1926),[14]The Handsome Man (1930),[15] and The Bride's Mirror (1934).[16] "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

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

Selected filmography

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

  1. ^ "Margaret Turnbull – Women Film Pioneers Project". wfpp.cdrs.columbia.edu. 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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Obituary for William J. Cooley (Aged 55)". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 28 March 1933. p. 25. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Turnbull, Margaret (16 December 1926). "Alabaster Lamps". The Salem Post and The Democrat-Bulletin. p. 6. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Theatrical Notes". Hartford Courant. 2 September 1912. p. 7. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Movie Notes". The Times Herald. 6 June 1919. p. 3. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Kingsley, Grace (14 March 1915). "Day of the Photodrama". The Los Angeles Times. p. 45. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Turnbull, Margaret (1 February 2006). W. A. G.'s Tale.
  9. ^ "Wholesome, Helpful Girl". The Boston Globe. 10 October 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Turnbull, Margaret (1914). "Looking After Sandy: A Simple Romance". Internet Archive. Retrieved 28 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "The Close-up". The European Library. The European Library. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  12. ^ "The Book Corner". The San Bernardino County Sun. 24 December 1918. p. 6. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "Alabaster Lamps". The European Library. The European Library. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  14. ^ Turnbull, Margaret (1926). "The Left Lady". Faded Page. Retrieved 28 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ Turnbull, Margaret (11 December 1930). "The Handsome Man, part V". The Blocton Enterprise. p. 3. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ "The Bride's Mirror". The European Library. The European Library. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  17. ^ "At the Regent". Harrisburg Telegraph. 11 January 1919. p. 10. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "La BATAILLE (1923)". BFI.org. BFI. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  19. ^ "Rogue's March is First Class" Spokane Chronicle (May 18, 1928): 4. via Newspapers.com.
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