Marguerite Bertsch

Marguerite Bertsch (December 14, 1889 – 1967) was an American screenwriter and film director who worked in the early days of film. It has been said that by the time she wrote the script for A Florida Enchantment, she was "one of the most powerful women working at Vitagraph. Her 1917 work How to Write for Moving Pictures: A Manual of Instruction and Information reflected and influenced the screenwriters of the era. In the early days of film it was not uncommon for "scenario writers" to be women and she was among those who, in 1916, also directed films. That stated she would later be called one of the "forgotten women" of silent film as the non-acting women of early film largely became obscure.