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Marguerite Roberts
Born September 21, 1905 · Greeley, Colorado
Died February 17, 1989 · aged 83
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marguerite Roberts (21 September 1905 –17 February 1989) was an American screenwriter, one of the highest paid in the 1930s. After she and her husband John Sanford refused to testify in 1951 before the House Un-American Activities Committee, she was blacklisted for nine years and unable to get work in Hollywood. She was hired again in 1962 by Columbia Picture…
Known For
True Grit · 1969True Grit
★ 7.31969
MovieWestern
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.
Ivanhoe · 1952Ivanhoe
★ 6.81952
MovieAdventureRomance
Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart.
Ziegfeld Girl · 1941Ziegfeld Girl
★ 6.71941
MovieDramaMusic
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.
The Sea of Grass · 1947The Sea of Grass
★ 6.11947
MovieDramaWestern
On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.
Honky Tonk · 1941Honky Tonk
★ 6.41941
MovieWesternDrama
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.
Desire Me · 1947Desire Me
★ 6.51947
MovieRomanceWar
A war widow falls in love with the man who informed her of her husband's death.
Shoot Out · 1971Shoot Out
★ 6.31971
MovieWestern
Clay Lomax, a bank robber, gets out of jail after an 7 year sentence. He is looking after Sam Foley, the man who betrayed him. Knowing that, Foley hires three men to pay attention of Clay's steps. The things get complicated when Lomax, waiting to receive some money from his ex-lover, gets only the notice of her death and an 7 year old girl, sometimes very annoying, presumed to be his daughter.
5 Card Stud · 19685 Card Stud
★ 6.31968
MovieWesternMystery
After a card shark is caught cheating, he is taken out and lynched by the drunkards he was playing against. Soon afterwards, the men who were in the lynch mob start being murdered, one after another; all by hanging.















