Marguerite Bertsch

Marguerite Bertsch (born December 14, 1889; died 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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Selected filmography

writing and directing

• The Glory of Yolanda (1917)

References

1. A Feminist Reader in Early Cinema edited by Jennifer M. Bean and Diane Negra, pg 256
2. Women Filmmakers in Early Hollywood by Karen Ward Mahar, pgs 182-183
3. Robert and Frances Flaherty by Robert J. Christopher, pg 419

External links

• Marguerite Bertsch at Women Film Pioneers Project
• Marguerite Bertsch at IMDb.com
• findagrave.com