Floyd Martin Thornton
Floyd Martin Thornton (often credited as F. Martin Thornton, November 4, 1884 – April 1, 1956) was an American screenwriter and film director active in the United Kingdom in the 1910s and 1920s. He also directed films for the Natural Color Kinematograph Company.[1][2]
Born in 1884 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, he worked for some years in England. In 1915 he married the British actress Evelyn Boucher at Steyning in West Sussex.[3] They had two sons, both born in England: Edward E. Martin (1916–2010) and Paul Mulford Martin (1921–1994).[4] In 1925 he and his family left the UK for America,[4] where they all remained for the rest of their lives.
He died in April 1956 in Orange, California.
Selected filmography[edit]
Director
- Santa Claus (1912)
- In the Days of Robin Hood (1913)
- Little Lord Fauntleroy (1914)
- Dead Men Tell No Tales, 1914 short film
- The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1914) first feature-length dramatic film made in Kinemacolor
- The New Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1915)
- The Faith of a Child (1915)
- Jane Shore (1915)
- The Man Who Bought London (1916)
- Love's Old Sweet Song (1917)
- A Man the Army Made (1917)
- The Happy Warrior (1917)
- The Great Impostor (1918)
- A Romany Lass (1918)
- Nature's Gentleman (1918)
- The Splendid Coward (1918)
- The Knave of Hearts (1919)
- The Flame (1920)
- The Iron Stair (1920)
- Bars of Iron (1920)
- My Lord Conceit (1921)
- Frailty (1921)
- The Prey of the Dragon (1921)
- Gwyneth of the Welsh Hills (1921)
- Lamp in the Desert (1922)
- Belonging (1922)
- Melody of Death (1922)
- Little Brother of God (1922)
- Women and Diamonds (1924)
- Mutiny (1925)
References[edit]
- ^ "BFI Database entry". Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
- ^ McKernan, Luke (2018). Charles Urban: Pioneering the Non-Fiction Film in Britain and America, 1897-1925. University of Exeter Press. ISBN 978-0859892964.
- ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 for Floyd Martin Thornton 1915
- ^ a b USA Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 (1925) - Thornton Family
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