Where was Margaret Gibson
on February 1, 1922?
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Regarding the possible involvement of Margaret Gibson (Patricia Palmer) in the Taylor murder, the natural question arises: Where was she when the murder took place? Was she even in Los Angeles? No solid answer has yet appeared for the latter question, but here are a few historical clues and possible indicators:
Margaret Gibson was in the Christie comedy Cold Feet,
which had some scenes filmed at the Christie studio and
some scenes filmed on location at Truckee. This is from one of her studio scenes in the film:
A promotional page for the film can be seen here.
Christie’s publicity manager at that time was Pat Dowling.
In the script for Cold Feet, most of Margaret Gibson’s scenes were indoors, shot at the studio. The script (courtesy of William J. Mann) can be seen here. Going by the script, it seems that only two possible segments with her perhaps involved location filming, and it’s not really clear that she was in them (shot 71b and 73, regarding “all”).
A published item indicated Al Christie
was in Truckee by Feb. 1.
From the Los Angeles Record, Feb. 1, 1922:
From the Truckee Republican,
Feb. 2, 1922 (published weekly):
A published item indicated Al Christie
came to Truckee before the rest of the cast and crew.
From the Los Angeles Examiner, Feb. 5, 1922:
A publicity photo taken at Truckee includes two women,
star Viora Daniel (standing) and a seated woman who
might be Margaret Gibson. There are no other women
in the cast of the film.
From the Exhibitors Herald, March 4, 1922:
A published item indicated Christie star Dorothy Devore
(not in Cold Feet), accompanied the others to Truckee.
From the Oakland Tribune, Feb. 19, 1922:
A published item indicated filming for Cold Feet
was in progress when Ruth Roland arrived by train
to film scenes for the serial The Timber Queen.
From the Los Angeles Herald, Feb. 20, 1922:
A published item indicated the Cold Feet cast and crew
returned to L.A. from Truckee on Feb. 7.
From the Los Angeles Herald, Feb. 8, 1922:
A published item indicated the studio scenes for
Cold Feet were filmed later than the location scenes.
From the Los Angeles Herald, Feb. 20, 1922:
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