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Margaret Mayo is a Scriptwriter American born on 19 november 1882 at Illinois (USA)
Margaret Mayo, born Lillian Elizabeth Slatten (November 19, 1882 in Brownsville, Illinois –
February 25, 1951), was an American actress, playwright and screenwriter. She is buried in St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery, Mount Kisco, New York.
Margaret Mayo was instrumental in making housing arrangements for the Indian spiritual teacher Meher Baba at Harmon, near New York City, during his fist visit to America in 1931. She owned and provided the stone house retreat where he stayed on this first trip.
She died on February 25, 1951 in Ossining, New York.
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Margaret Mayo
Nationality USA
Birth 19 november 1882 at Illinois (USA)
Death 25 february 1951 (at 68 years) at Ossining (village) (USA)
Birth 19 november 1882 at Illinois (USA)
Death 25 february 1951 (at 68 years) at Ossining (village) (USA)
February 25, 1951), was an American actress, playwright and screenwriter. She is buried in St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery, Mount Kisco, New York.
Biography
Margaret Mayo was a stage actress from 1896 to 1903, when she retired from performing to devote herself to playwriting. Her earliest successes were adaptations of novels: The Marriage of William Ashe (1905) and The Jungle (1907). However, Mayo is best remembered as the author of more original plays such as Polly of the Circus (1907), Baby Mine (1910), Twin Beds (1914), and Seeing Things (1920), written with Aubrey Kennedy. She adapted several of her plays for the silent screen. Her play Polly of the Circus became the first film produced by the Goldwyn Company in 1917, of which she was a founding member along with her former husband Edgar Selwyn. The play was again made into a film in 1932.Margaret Mayo was instrumental in making housing arrangements for the Indian spiritual teacher Meher Baba at Harmon, near New York City, during his fist visit to America in 1931. She owned and provided the stone house retreat where he stayed on this first trip.
She died on February 25, 1951 in Ossining, New York.
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Polly of the Circus (1932)
, 1h9Directed by Jack Conway, Alfred Santell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Circus films
Actors Marion Davies, Clark Gable, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Hatton, David Landau, Edward LeSaint
Roles Writer
Rating60%
When a traveling circus arrives in a small town, trapeze artist Polly Fisher (Marion Davies) is outraged to find that clothing has been added to posters of her to hide her moderately skimpy costume. She goes to see the man she mistakenly holds responsible, Reverend John Hartley (Clark Gable). He denies being the censor, but their relationship gets off to a rocky start.
Polly of the Circus (1932)
, 1h9Directed by Alfred Santell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Actors Clark Gable, Marion Davies, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Hatton, David Landau, Maude Eburne
Roles Theatre Play
Rating60%
Lorsqu’un cirque itinérant arrive dans une petite ville, la trapéziste Polly Fisher (Marion Davies) est outrée de voir que des vêtements ont été ajoutés sur les affiches la représentant. Elle part à la recherche de l’homme qu’elle prend pour le responsable, le révérend John Hartley (Clark Gable). Il nie être à l’origine de la censure mais leur relation commence sur un mauvais pied.
Baby Mine (1928)
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Karl Dane, George K. Arthur, Charlotte Greenwood, Louise Lorraine
Roles Novel
The Poor Boob (1919)
, 50minutesDirected by Donald Crisp
Origin USA
Actors Bryant Washburn, Wanda Hawley, Richard Rosson, Theodore Roberts, Raymond Hatton, Charles Ogle
Baby Mine (1917)
Directed by John S. Robertson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Madge Kennedy, Kathryn Adams, Frank Morgan
Roles Pièce de théatre
As described in a film magazine, Alfred (Morgan) catches his wife Zoie (Kennedy) in so many lies that he leaves home and establishes an office in Boston. He is very fond of children so Zoie and Jimmie's wife Aggie (Adams) conspire to tell him that an heir has arrived, with Zoie planning on adopting a baby. Before arrangements have been completed for the baby's adoption, Alfred arrives home, necessitating the stealing of a child from a foundling home. The mother of the baby, however, sets up such a rumpus that they decide to return it and borrow the washerwoman's new-born babe, one of a set of twins. More complications result when Jimmie (Cumberland) comes in with the other twin, followed by the washerwoman's husband demanding his children back. While the three babies are being cooed over by Alfred, who believes he is the father of triplets, the respective parents arrive and claim their children.
Nearly Married (1917)
, 1hDirected by Chester Withey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Richard Barthelmess, Madge Kennedy, Hedda Hopper, Alma Tell
Roles Story
As described in a film magazine, on the evening of Betty Griffon's (Kennedy) scheduled wedding the guests are assembled, the minister is waiting, but no bride appears. Betty is waiting for her brother Dick (Barthelmess), who is out celebrating his admission to the bar. When it dawns on him that it is his duty to give his sister away in marriage, he rushes out, steals an automobile, and is arrested. Betty and Harry Lindsey (Thomas) are married and are about to leave on their honeymoon when word comes of Dick's arrest. Harry is disgusted by Dick and leaves the house. Dick, anxious to secure a legal case, urges his sister to get a divorce. Legal proceedings are instituted but before the granting of the decree the couple find that they still love each other so plan to elope. The arrival of Dick with the divorce decree upsets this plan. They start to make another attempt at marriage but discover that, due to the insertion of a clause in the decree by Betty, they cannot get remarried in New York. The couple then plan to get married in New Jersey, but Betty finds Harry's hired co-respondent for the divorce in his room, so Betty refuses to accompany him. Utterly disgusted, Harry is about to leave when Betty denounces her brother and begs Harry to take her with him, which he does.
Polly of the Circus (1917)
Directed by Charles Horan, Edwin L. Hollywood
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Mae Marsh, Vernon Steele, Wellington A. Playter, Charles Eldridge, Lucille La Verne, Viola Compton
Roles Theatre Play
Rating67%
As described in a film magazine, the parents of Polly (Marsh), a little horseback rider, are dead, and circus performers Jim (Playter) and Toby (Eldridge) are her sponsors. One night while performing Polly is thrown from her horse and injured. She is taken to the home of parson John Douglas (Steele), and the circus is forced to leave without her. The parson finds in Polly someone different than anyone in his flock, but his liking for the circus rider does not please the members of the congregation. They force Polly to leave and she reenters the circus, but thoughts of the parson make her unhappy. After a year's separation, the circus comes to town again. Douglas has not forgotten his little circus performer, and one night he goes to the tent to visit her. She tries to send him away, but he will not go. The circus tents catch fire, and in the general confusion and wreckage, Douglas and Jim bring Polly to safety. In the arms of the parson, Polly bids her circus friends goodbye.
The Jungle (1914)
, 1h12Directed by George Irving, Augustus E. Thomas
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Gail Kane, George Irving, Robert Cummings, Julia R. Hurley, Harold Vermilyea
Roles Writer
Rating67%
Behind the Scenes (1914)
Directed by James Kirkwood Sr.
Origin USA
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Mary Pickford, Lowell Sherman, James Kirkwood Sr., Ida Waterman, Russell Bassett
Roles Writer
Rating64%