Margaret Mann

Nacimiento : 1868-04-04, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

Muerte : 1941-02-04

Perfil

Margaret Mann

Películas

The Remarkable Andrew
Bit Role
When Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city budget, his superiors try to explain it away. When he insists on pursuing the matter, he's in danger of being blamed himself. In his trouble, the spirit of Andrew Jackson, whom he idolizes, visits him, and in turn, summons much high-powered talent from American history...which only Andrew can see.
Lo que el viento se llevó
Woman Writing Letter at Atlanta Church Hospital (uncredited)
Georgia, 1861. En la elegante mansión sureña de Tara, vive Scarlett O'Hara, la joven más bella, caprichosa y egoísta de la región. Ella suspira por el amor de Ashley, pero él está prometido con su prima, la dulce y bondadosa Melanie. Corren todavía tiempos felices en Tara, pero por poco tiempo, porque la Guerra de Secesión (1861-1865) está a punto de estallar. En la última fiesta, celebrada antes del comienzo de las hostilidades entre el norte y el sur, Scarlett conoce al simpático, cínico y apuesto Rhett Butler, un vividor arrogante y aventurero, que sólo piensa en sí mismo y que no tiene ninguna intención de participar en el conflicto. Lo que él desea es hacerse rico y conquistar el corazón de la hermosa Scarlett.
Caballero sin espada
Nun (uncredited)
Jefferson Smith, un joven ingenuo e idealista, que parece fácilmente manipulable, es nombrado senador. Ignora que en Washington tendrá que vérselas con políticos y empresarios sin escrúpulos que le harán perder la fe. Sin embargo, gracias a su secretaria, una joven que conoce muy bien los entresijos de la política, protagoniza en el Senado una espectacular y maratoniana intervención en la que, además de defender apasionadamente la democracia, pone en evidencia una importante trama de corrupción.
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Airplane Passenger
Charlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a world of magick and mysticism peopled with a stage magician, a phoney spiritualist, and a for-real mind reader.
Vive como quieras
Neighbor (uncredited)
Alice Sycamore, la única persona con un poco de cordura en una familia llena de lunáticos, se enamora de su jefe, Tony Kirby, que pertenece a una familia muy rica y muy cursi. La diferencia entre el estilo de vida y la mentalidad de ambas familias se agudizan cuando los padres de él van a cenar a casa de ella, y la cena termina con la llegada de la policía y la detención de todos los presentes, acusados de anarquistas.
Let Them Live
Undetermined Role
A young man goes up against a crooked town boss.
El arado y las estrellas
Old Woman (uncredited)
Una joven esposa irlandesa intenta vivir tranquilamente alejada del caos político. Pero su marido, miembro del IRA planea un golpe contra la oficina de correos de Dublín. Relata la historia de un matrimonio absolutamente implicado en la lucha por la independencia de Irlanda durante la fallida insurrección de Pascua de 1916.
Conflict
Ma Blake
Pat destaca como boxeador entre sus compañeros de la mina, lo cual le lleva a enfrentarse a un profesional, Corrigan. Lo que nadie sabe es que el combate está amañado, hasta que conoce a la periodista Maude.
Los pecados de Teodora
Grandma - Townswoman at Train Station (uncredited)
Lynnfield es una pequeña ciudad mojigata y represiva que se siente turbada ante la publicación de una atrevida novela llamada 'El pecador'. La autora es Theodora Lynn, una escritora que firma con el sobrenombre de Caroline Adams, y que pertenece a una influyente familia. Ante el miedo a ser descubierta como la autora del libro, Theodora viaja a Nueva York para negociar con el publicista. Pero en el camino conoce al ilustrador de portadas Michael Grant, del que se enamora.
Undercover Man
Mrs. Grady
An operative from the Wells Fargo company goes undercover to trap a crooked sheriff and his equally nefarious hirelings in this standard B-Western from A.W. Hackel's low-budget Supreme Pictures Corp.
Hollywood Boulevard
Old Woman in Casting Office (uncredited)
With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for magazine-publisher Jordan Winston. When Blakeford's daughter, Patricia, ask him to desist for the sake of his ex-wife, Carlotta Blakeford, he attempts to break his contract with Winston.
The Law Rides
Mrs. Lewis
Hank Davis kills Jack Lewis to get his gold mine. Bruce Conway brings him in but then realizes Davis is the only one that knows where the mine is. Bruce and his pal Whitey rescue Davis from the lynch mob only to have Davis' gang catch them and leave them in the desert to die.
The Country Doctor
Townswoman (uncredited)
A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.
Kentucky Blue Streak
Mrs. Martha Bradley
A nosy reporter (Nugent) befriends the dumb Coughlin and pushes the Governor to commute his sentence. Now, Coughlin can ride his family's pride and joy in the Kentucky Derby. BUT, the mean old Warden cancels all paroles--and the idiot decides to escape (even though he's only got 10 more months to serve). So, the reporter has a hunch and goes to see if he can find Coughlin--and the Warden deputizes him!! At this point you might wonder if the boy will make good and win the big race
The Gay Bride
$100 Recipient (uncredited)
Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.
One More River
Old Lady at Grave (Uncredited)
A young lady leaves her brutal husband and meets another man on board a ship.
I Hate Women
Ma
A reporter is frustrated with women after a string of failed relationships. But then he finds himself taking up the cause of a young women he believes is falsely accused of killing her husband.
Radio Dough
Woman with Hearing Aid (uncredited)
Two partners in a clothing store decide they want to become radio performers.
Beloved
Countess von Brandenburg
Story about four generations in a family of musicians.
Torch Singer
Miss Thomas
When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she then searches for the child she gave up.
Los crímenes del museo
Wax Figure of Queen Victoria (Uncredited)
Tras una pelea con su socio, un frustrado escultor londinense contempla atónito cómo éste incendia el museo con el fin de cobrar el seguro y poder pagar las deudas. El artista queda inconsciente en medio del fuego, pero sobrevive, aunque con las manos quemadas. Años más tarde reabre el museo en Nueva York.
Stranger in Town
Mrs. Robinson
Crickle is a tenacious small-town grocer who stubbornly resists the efforts of a monopolistic chain-store firm to purchase his establishment. The chain manager retaliates by cutting off Crickles' supply of produce, whereupon his friends and neighbors save his business by supplying him with goods from their own farms.
El doctor Frankenstein
Mourner (uncredited)
El doctor Henry Von Frankenstein acomete un experimento tenebroso: construir, a partir de fragmentos de cadáveres, un nuevo ser humano. Con la ayuda de su criado Fritz, se adentra durante la noche en los cementerios de la localidad para arrancar a los cadáveres las partes que necesita. Lo que ignora es que el cerebro que ha utilizado en su experimento había pertenecido a un criminal.
Expensive Women
Flower Seller
A wealthy young woman struggles to find love while surrounded by possible suitors.
La huerfanita
Housekeeper
Con la intención de estudiar el comportamiento humano, un escritor de la alta sociedad acoge en su casa a una joven huérfana a la que ha encontrado compareciendo en un juzgado nocturno por no haber pagado la cuenta del restaurante. Su familia no será comprensiva, sobre todo cuando empiecen a surgir complicaciones afectivas inesperadas con el escritor y su hermano.
The Panic Is On
Mrs. Mann, Landlady (uncredited)
Charley's in love with the daughter of a financier who wants her to insist that Chas have a pile of cash before she marries him. But, the Depression is everywhere: Charley's behind on his rent and nearly everyone he meets is down on their luck. After reading a "how to" book on the power of a forceful will, Charley applies the lessons with mixed results, but he does land a job that includes delivering a shake-down letter to his girlfriend's father. Is the naïve Charley going to end up in jail?
Broadminded
Huntington Hotel Guest
Un pretendiente rechazado abandona la ciudad y se ve involucrado en una persecución internacional.
Born to Love
White Haired Mother at Train Station (uncredited)
A pregnant American nurse living in London during WWI, believing her soldier-fiance has been killed in France, marries a wealthy aristocrat so her child will have a father.
Helping Grandma
Margaret Mack
The kids' adopted grandma decides to sell her store, but can't decide whom to sell it to. The kids try to help her out.
Men of the North
Mother Macheney (uncredited)
Part of a gold shipment has been stolen and the Sergeant suspects Louis LeBey. When Louis is attracted to newly arrived Nedra Ruskin, Woolie-Woolie becomes jealous and tells the Sergeant where Louis hid the gold. First Louis rescues the Sergeant whose dog team crashes chasing him and then he saves Nedra from an avalanche. When he returns the injured Nedra to the settlement, the Sergeant takes him prisoner.
Romance
Tearful Woman at Opera (uncredited)
Cuando Harry se enamora de una actriz, le confiesa su intención de casarse con ella a su abuelo, el obispo Tom Armstrong, pero éste trata de disuadirlo contándole su propia experiencia: cuando era estudiante, conoció en una fiesta a Rita Cavallini, una célebre cantante de ópera, y tuvo un romance con ella, convencido de que por él abandonaría su frívola y escandalosa vida. Pero Rita era la amante de un hombre muy poderoso y no parecía dispuesta a dejarlo.
Disraeli
Queen Victoria
Biografía del Primer Ministro británico, Benjamin Disraeli, que se enfrentó a los rusos y a la oposición dentro de su partido para mantener los derechos ingleses sobre el Canal de Suez. (FILMAFFINITY)
The River
Widow Thompson
Passion carried an innocent boy and a worldly woman beyond the barriers of conscience.
El viento
Townswoman at Shindig (uncredited)
Letty, una inocente joven de Virginia, se traslada desde el Este a las praderas de Texas, donde parece que el viento nunca deja de soplar y la arena llega a todas partes. Allí vive con unos parientes, pero, como no se siente querida, se verá abocada a un matrimonio que no desea. (FILMAFFINITY)
Cuatro hijos
Mother Bernle
Tres hijos de una viuda de Baviera luchan en la Primera Guerra Mundial en el bando alemán, mientras que un cuarto lucha por los Estados Unidos, enemigo de Alemania... En 1940 el director Archie Mayo adaptaría nuevamente esta historia de I.A.R. Wylie, en esa ocasión ambientada en la II Guerra Mundial.
Ser o no ser
Theatre Audience Spectator
"Upstream" es una comedia ligera puesta en el ambiente teatral que muestra a la gente en los peldaños más bajos del entretenimiento. Centrada en un triángulo amoroso.
Officer '444'
Nurse
Heroic Officer 444 battles The Frog and his criminal gang for possession of Haverlyte, a powerful formula that, if it fell into the wrong hands, would give its owner enough power to control the world. And, taking no chances, The Frog sends his chief henchwoman, a seductive vamp named The Vulture, to tempt Officer 444 to stray from his sworn duty to save the world from The Frog's nefarious plans.
Sea Scamps
Mrs. Bullock
Granny takes her kids for a boat ride.
The Millionaire
Grandmother
Jack Norman is an office clerk who falls in love with co-worker Kate Blair, a stenographer. He gets fired from his job but before this can really sink in, he suddenly inherits 80 million dollars from a financier who once loved his mother. The financier, Glyde, was murdered, so Norman also inherits a load of troubles involving the blackmailers who want to killed him. In his attempt to outwit them, Norman poses as a valet, and has a friend impersonate him.
A Bear, a Boy and a Dog
Mother
A short drama, made from a story written by Nell Shipman.
Man-Woman-Marriage
The Mother
Victoria marries David, the man of her dreams. After a number of years and two children, the marriage turns out not to be what she had expected. Then she discovers her faith, and everything turns out for the best. In several scenes Victoria has visions of love and marriage throughout history: she appears in the Stone Age, with a tribe of Amazonians, in the Middle Ages and in the Roman era.
The Smart Sex
Mrs. Haskins
Rose, a stranded showgirl, participates in a local amateur show and wins the prize. After the performance, she meets a wealthy young man who buys her supper, gets her accommodation on a farm adjoining his father's estate, and turns farmhand to win her love.
Black Beauty
Mrs. Blomefield
Anna Sewell's "autobiography" of a horse named Black Beauty is here expanded to include the adventures of the humans who surround the horse.
Once to Every Woman
Mother Meredith (as Mrs. Margaret)
Aurora Meredith is the daughter of the village blacksmith. Because she has a promising voice, her family does everything they can to develop her talent. A wealthy New York woman hears her sing and sends her to Europe to study. But the woman dies, and Aurora borrows money for her last year from a hot-blooded Italian man. Instead of being paid back financially, the Italian wants her love, and she rejects him.
The Right to Happiness
Mother Hardy
The story of twin sisters, one raised in Russia, the other in America, and how their lives diverge and re-entangle.
The Heart of Humanity
Widow Patricia
The story centers around Nanette, an American girl living in a small Canadian village, who is in love with John Patricia, the eldest of five brothers. The war interrupts their romantic idyll, as everyone goes overseas to Belgium and France. Nanette becomes a Red Cross nurse and is terrorized by the evil Prussian Lt. von Eberhard.