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Margaret Turnbull (screenwriter)

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Occupation
  
Writer

Siblings
  
Hector Turnbull

Role
  
Playwright

Name
  
Margaret Turnbull

Years active
  
1914-1939


Born
  
17 November 1872 (
1872-11-17
)
Glasgow, Scotland

Died
  
June 12, 1942, Yarmouth Port, Yarmouth, Massachusetts, United States

Books
  
Looking after Sandy, The Handsome Man, Alabaster lamps

Movies
  
The Clue, Eve's Daughter, Classmates, The Battle

Similar People
  
William C deMille, Frank Reicher, Adolph Zukor, Jesse L Lasky, Donald Crisp

Margaret Turnbull (17 November 1872 – 12 June 1942) was a Scottish playwright and screenwriter. She wrote for 51 films between 1914 and 1939. She also wrote novels, such as The Close Up (1918), Alabaster Lamps (1925) and The Bride's Mirror (1934). 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 studios in Islington, England, and also spent some of her career in Hollywood.

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)
  • Lost and Won (1917)
  • 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)
  • References

    Margaret Turnbull (screenwriter) Wikipedia