Marion Mack
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Marion Mack was an American film actress and scriptwriter
best known for co-starring with Buster Keaton
in the silent film, The General
.
she moved to Hollywood in 1920 and got a job working for Mack Sennett
. After appearing in several short films for Sennett, she co-wrote and appeared in a semi-autobiographical film, Mary of the Movies. In 1927 she was cast in her best known role as Annabelle Lee, the estranged girlfriend of Buster Keaton's character, Johnnie Grey, in The General. She found the strain of such a long period, 6 months, on location away from her husband so great that she decided to quit acting and concentrate on scriptwriting instead.
she took up yet another career as a real estate agent.
The General was not a commercial or critical success when first released but in the 1970s interest in the film took off again and Mack attended many showings at festivals.
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
best known for co-starring with Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".Keaton was recognized as the...
in the silent film, The General
The General (1927 film)
The General is a 1926 American silent comedy film released by United Artists inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase, which happened in 1862. Buster Keaton starred in the film and co-directed it with Clyde Bruckman...
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Film career
Born Joey Marion McCreery in Mammoth, UtahMammoth, Utah
Mammoth is a semi-ghost town in northeastern Juab County, Utah, United States about three miles south of Eureka and two miles east of Tintic Junction....
she moved to Hollywood in 1920 and got a job working for Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett was a Canadian-born American director and was known as the innovator of slapstick comedy in film. During his lifetime he was known at times as the "King of Comedy"...
. After appearing in several short films for Sennett, she co-wrote and appeared in a semi-autobiographical film, Mary of the Movies. In 1927 she was cast in her best known role as Annabelle Lee, the estranged girlfriend of Buster Keaton's character, Johnnie Grey, in The General. She found the strain of such a long period, 6 months, on location away from her husband so great that she decided to quit acting and concentrate on scriptwriting instead.
Later life
This second career she kept quiet and she was not credited as a scriptwriter until the 1938 film Streamlined Swing. After World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
she took up yet another career as a real estate agent.
The General was not a commercial or critical success when first released but in the 1970s interest in the film took off again and Mack attended many showings at festivals.
Selected filmography
- Mary of the Movies (1923)
- One of the Bravest (1925)
- The Carnival Girl (1926)
- The General (1926)
- Alice in Movieland (1927)