Marguerite Bertsch
American screenwriter and film director / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Marguerite Bertsch?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Marguerite Bertsch (December 14, 1889 ā 1967) was an American screenwriter and film director who worked in the early days of film. Her 1917 text 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, beginning in 1916, also directed films.[2] However, 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] Prints of two films that Bertsch had worked on as a screenwriter were rediscovered in the Netherlands, at the Nederlands Filmmuseum. These newly discovered films, The Diver and The Troublesome Step-Daughter, and the 1914 film A Florida Enchantment, are currently the only films from Bertsch's career that have been recovered. The rest are presumed to be lost.[4]