- Known For
- Editing
- Born
- January 16, 1898
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- October 28, 2002
Margaret Booth
Margaret Booth (January 16, 1898 – October 28, 2002) was an American film editor. Born in Los Angeles, she started her Hollywood career as a 'patcher', editing films by D. W. Griffith, around 1915. Her brother was actor Elmer Booth. Later she worked for Louis B. Mayer when he was an independent film producer. When Mayer merged with others to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1924, she worked as a director's assistant with that company. She edited several films starring Greta Garbo, including Camille (1936). Booth later edited such diverse films as Mutiny on the Bounty (1935, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award). A few films associated with her are Wise Girls (1929), A Yank at Oxford (1938), The Way We Were (1973), The Sunshine Boys (1975), The Goodbye Girl (1977), The Cheap Detective (1978), and Seems Like Old Times (1980). She was supervising editor and associate producer on se…
Filmography
movieThe Women Who Run Hollywood
2016 · Self (archive footage)
movieReel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014 · Self
tvMGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
movieThe Slugger's Wife
1985 · Executive Producer
movieThe Toy
1982 · Associate Producer
movieAnnie
1982 · Supervising Editor
movieSeems Like Old Times
1980 · Associate Producer
movieChapter Two
1979 · Associate Producer
movieThe Cheap Detective
1978 · Associate Producer
movieThe Goodbye Girl
1977 · Supervising Editor
movieMurder by Death
1976 · Supervising Film Editor
movieThe Sunshine Boys
1975 · Supervising Editor
movieFat City
1972 · Supervising Editor
movieA Yank at Oxford
1938 · Supervising Editor
movieCamille
1936 · Editor
movieRomeo and Juliet
1936 · Editor
movieMutiny on the Bounty
1935 · Editor, Screenplay
movieReckless
1935 · Editor
movieThe Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934 · Editor
movieRiptide
1934 · Editor
movieDancing Lady
1933 · Editor
movieBombshell
1933 · Editor
movieStorm at Daybreak
1933 · Editor
moviePeg o' My Heart
1933 · Editor
movieThe White Sister
1933 · Editor
movieStrange Interlude
1932 · Editor
movieThe Son-Daughter
1932 · Editor
movieSmilin' Through
1932 · Editor
movieLovers Courageous
1932 · Editor
movieThe Cuban Love Song
1931 · Editor
movieSusan Lenox
1931 · Editor
movieFive and Ten
1931 · Editor
movieIt's a Wise Child
1931 · Editor
movieThe Prodigal
1931 · Editor
movieNew Moon
1930 · Editor
movieA Lady's Morals
1930 · Editor
movieThe Lady of Scandal
1930 · Editor
movieStrictly Unconventional
1930 · Editor
movieRedemption
1930 · Editor
movieThe Rogue Song
1930 · Editor
movieWise Girls
1929 · Editor
movieThe Bridge of San Luis Rey
1929 · Editor
movieA Lady of Chance
1928 · Editor
movieThe Mysterious Lady
1928 · Editor
movieTelling the World
1928 · Editor
movieBringing Up Father
1928 · Editor
movieThe Enemy
1927 · Editor
movieLovers
1927 · Editor
movieMemory Lane
1926 · Editor
movieFine Clothes
1925 · Editor
movieHusbands and Lovers
1924 · Editor
movieEditors on Editing
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