#WomanEmpowermentWednesday #SilentFilmEdition Margaret Booth

• Was MGM's supervising editor from 1939 through 1968
• Edited for Ray Stark from the late 60s until 1982
• Started as a "patcher" for D.W. Griffith who wanted to help out her family after her brother and actor, Elmer Booth, was killed in an automobile accident
• Co-produced with Ray Stark with "The Slugger's Wife" (1985)
• Was Louis B. Mayer's decision-maker and ally
• According to editor Ralph E. Winters, "every MGM editor was required to bring his or her to Booth. "She had her own projection room and saw all the rushes and cuts for every MGM film. She was empowered to make changes and present the editing of sequences to various producers as she saw fit." (WebCite query result)