Margaret Turnbull (screenwriter)

Margaret Turnbull
Born	(1872-11-17)17 November 1872 Glasgow, Scotland
Died	12 June 1942(1942-06-12) (aged 69) Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, USA
Occupation	Writer
Years active	1914-1939

Margaret Turnbull (17 November 1872 – 12 June 1942) was a Scottish playwright and screenwriter.^[1] She wrote for 51 films between 1914 and 1939. She also wrote novels, such as The Close Up (1918),^[2] Alabaster Lamps (1925)^[3] and The Bride's Mirror (1934).^[4] 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)^[5]

References

External links

• Works by Margaret Turnbull at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Margaret Turnbull at Internet Archive
• Margaret Turnbull at the Internet Movie Database
• Maragret Turnbull at Women Film Pioneers Project
• Margaret Turnbull at the Internet Broadway Database
  
• Margaret Turnbull at the British Film Institute.