Marion Jackson (December 3, 1879 – November 28, 1962) was an American screenwriter of the late silent and early

sound film A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed before ...

eras. During her 15-year career she would pen the scripts for over 40 films, both original and adaptations.

Biography

Born in Walla Walla, Washington, she wrote her first script, an original screenplay, which was produced by Monogram Pictures in 1924, ''The Mask of Lopez'', directed by

Albert Rogell Albert S. Rogell (August 21, 1901 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - April 7, 1988 Los Angeles, California) was an American film director. Rogell directed more than a hundred movies between 1921 and 1958. He was the uncle of producer Sid Rogell. Filmog ...

. It would be her most prolific year, as she would contribute to 11 screenplays that year, either as the screenwriter, or providing the story, or adapting from another source. One of the films she adapted that year was 1924's ''A Boy of Flanders'', from Marie Louise de la Ramée's 1872 novel, '' A Dog of Flanders''. The film was directed by

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, and starred Jackie Coogan. Some of her notable films were her 1928 adaptation of ''The Shepherd of the Hills'', based on the 1907 novel of the same name by

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; her original screenplay for The Wagon Master (1929), starring Ken Maynard; and the hit film, ''

Min and Bill ''Min and Bill'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy-drama film, directed by George W. Hill and starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery. Adapted by Frances Marion and Marion Jackson from Lorna Moon's 1929 novel, ''Dark Star'', the film tells ...

'' (1930), which she co-wrote with

Frances Marion Frances Marion (born Marion Benson Owens, November 18, 1888 – May 12, 1973) was an American screenwriter, director, journalist and author often cited as one of the most renowned female screenwriters of the 20th century alongside June Mathis a ...

, which stars Marie Dressler and

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. Two of her films would be remade. ''Somewhere in Sonora'' (1927) was remade into a film of the same name in 1932, starring John Wayne. ''The Land Beyond the Law'' (1927) was remade twice: the first time in 1932, under the title ''

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'', once more starring Wayne; and again in 1937, this time as ''Land Beyond the Law''. Jackson died on November 28, 1962, at the age of 82 in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

(Per

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database) * '' North of Nevada'' (1924) * '' A Boy of Flanders'' (1924) * '' Broken Laws'' (1924) * '' The Dangerous Coward'' (1924) * '' The Fighting Sap'' (1924) * '' Galloping Gallagher'' (1924) * ''The Hill Billy'' (1924) * '' Thundering Hoofs'' (1924) * ''

Lightning Romance ''Lightning Romance'' is now not considered a lost film. This 1924 American silent action film was directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Reed Howes, Ethel Shannon and Wilfred Lucas.Langman p.259 Cast * Reed Howes as Jack Wade * Ethel Shan ...

'' (1924) * ''

The Mask of Lopez ''The Mask of Lopez'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell, and starring Fred Thomson, Wilfred Lucas Wilfred Van Norman Lucas (January 30, 1871 – December 13, 1940) was a Canadian American stage actor who fo ...

'' (1924) * ''

The Silent Stranger ''The Silent Stranger'' (Italian: ''Lo straniero di silenzio''), also known as ''The Horseman and the Samurai'' and ''The Stranger in Japan'', is a 1968 Spaghetti Western jidaigeki film directed by Luigi Vanzi. It is the second sequel to '' A St ...

'' (1924) * '' Thundering Hoofs'' (1924) * ''

The Wild Bull's Lair ''The Wild Bull's Lair'' is a 1925 American silent film, silent Western film directed by Del Andrews and starring Fred Thomson, Catherine Bennett (actress), Catherine Bennett, and Herbert Prior. Plot As described in a film magazine reviews, Ja ...

'' (1925) * ''The Bandit's Baby'' (1925) * '' Easy Money'' (1925) * '' Ridin' the Wind'' (1925) * ''Mike'' (1926) * ''

Satan Town ''Satan Town'' is a 1926 American silent Western film featuring Harry Carey. Prints of the film have survived. Cast * Harry Carey as Bill Scott * Kathleen Collins as Sue * Charles Clary as John Jerome * Trilby Clark as Sheila Jerome * Richa ...

'' (1926) * '' Senor Daredevil'' (1926) * '' The Unknown Cavalier'' (1926) * ''The Devil's Saddle'' (1927) * ''The Overland Stage'' (1927) * ''The Red Raiders'' (1927) * '' Arizona Bound'' (1927) * ''Gun Gospel'' (1927) * ''The Land Beyond the Law'' (1927) * ''Men of Daring'' (1927) * ''

Somewhere in Sonora ''Somewhere in Sonora'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Mack V. Wright and starring John Wayne. It is a remake of the 1927 silent film of the same name. The story was based on a 1925 novel named "Somewhere South" by W ...

'' (1927) * ''The Canyon of Adventure'' (1928) *'' The Glorious Trail'' (1928) * '' The Shepherd of the Hills'' (1928) * '' The Upland Rider'' (1928) * ''The California Mail'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' The Wagon Master'' (1929) * ''Lucky Larkin'' (1930) * ''

'' (1930) * ''La fruta amarga'' (1931) * '' Wild Girl'' (1932) * '' Carnival Boat'' (1932) * '' Born to Fight'' (1932) * ''The Return of the Cisco Kid'' (1939)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Marion 1879 births 1962 deaths People from Walla Walla, Washington Screenwriters from Washington (state) American women screenwriters 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American screenwriters