Marsh worked on "Sadie Thompson" (1928), "Rain" (1932), "The Merry Widow" (1934), "David Copperfield" (1935), "A Tale of Two Cities" (1935), "The Great Ziegfeld" (1936), "San Francisco" (1936) and "Another Thin Man" (1939). He and Allen Davey received Academy Honorary Awards "for the color cinematography of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production, "Sweethearts"" (1938) at the 11th Academy Awards. The pair were also nominated for Best Cinematography (Color) for "Bitter Sweet" (1940).