Margaret Turnbull | |
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![]() Margaret Turnbull in 1915 | |
Born |
Glasgow, Scotland | 17 November 1872
Died | 12 June 1942 | (aged 69)
Occupation | Writer |
Years active | 1914-1939 |
Margaret Turnbull (17 November 1872 – 12 June 1942) was a Scottish novelist, playwright and screenwriter in silent films. [1]
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]
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]
Turnbull lived in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [2] She died in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts in 1942, aged 69 years. [1]
Margaret Turnbull | |
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![]() Margaret Turnbull in 1915 | |
Born |
Glasgow, Scotland | 17 November 1872
Died | 12 June 1942 | (aged 69)
Occupation | Writer |
Years active | 1914-1939 |
Margaret Turnbull (17 November 1872 – 12 June 1942) was a Scottish novelist, playwright and screenwriter in silent films. [1]
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]
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]
Turnbull lived in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [2] She died in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts in 1942, aged 69 years. [1]