Margaret Turnbull (screenwriter)
Margaret Turnbull | |
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 Margaret Turnbull in 1915 | |
| Born | 17 November 1872 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 12 June 1942 (aged 69) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 1914-1939 |
Margaret Turnbull (17 November 1872 – 12 June 1942) was a Scottish playwright and screenwriter.[1]
Early life
Turnbull was born in Glasgow, Scotland. She was the older sister of producer Hector Turnbull; she also had a sister, Isabel.[2] Her family moved to the United States in her girlhood, and she attended school in New Jersey.[3]
Career
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.[4] She was described as a "popular writer" and Cecil B. deMille's assistant in a 1915 article about film dramas.[5]
Turnbull also wrote novels, such as The Close Up (1918),[6][7] Looking After Sandy, Alabaster Lamps (1925)[8] and The Bride's Mirror (1934).[9]
Personal life
Turnbull died in Yarmouthport, Massachusetts in 1942, aged 69 years.
Selected filmography
- The Fighting Hope (1915)
- Blackbirds (1915)
- The Secret Sin (1915)
- The Unknown (1915)
- To Have and to Hold (1916)
- Alien Souls (1916)
- Public Opinion (1916)
- The Victory of Conscience (1916)
- Shirley Kaye (1917)
- Magda (1917)
- Lost and Won (1917)
- The Shuttle (1918)
- The Two Brides (1919)
- The Tree of Knowledge (1920)
- The Bonnie Brier Bush (1921)
- The Princess of New York (1921)
- The Mystery Road (1921)
- Appearances (1921)
- Three Live Ghosts (1922)
- La Bataille (1923)[10]
References
- ^ "Margaret Turnbull – Women Film Pioneers Project". wfpp.cdrs.columbia.edu. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "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) - ^ 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) - ^ "Movie Notes". The Times Herald. 6 June 1919. p. 3. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 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) - ^ "The Close-up". The European Library. The European Library. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "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) - ^ "Alabaster Lamps". The European Library. The European Library. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "The Bride's Mirror". The European Library. The European Library. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "La BATAILLE (1923)". BFI.org. BFI. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
External links
- Works by Margaret Turnbull at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Margaret Turnbull at Faded Page (Canada)
- Works by or about Margaret Turnbull at the Internet Archive
- Margaret Turnbull at IMDb
- Maragret Turnbull at Women Film Pioneers Project
- Margaret Turnbull at the Internet Broadway Database
- Margaret Turnbull at the British Film Institute.
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