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Floyd Martin Thornton (often credited as F. Martin Thornton, November 4, 1884 – April 1, 1956) was an American
Floyd Martin Thornton (often credited as F. Martin Thornton, November 4, 1884 – April 1, 1956) was an American screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...
and film director
A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...
active in the United Kingdom in the 1910s and 1920s. He also directed films for the Natural Color Kinematograph Company
The Natural Color Kinematograph Company was a British company formed by Charles Urban in 1909. It sold licences and produced films in Kinemacolor, the first successful colour motion picture process.
History
In March 1909, to capitalise on Kine ...
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Born in 1884 in New Brunswick
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, New Jersey
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, he worked for some years in England. In 1915 he married the British actress Evelyn Boucher
Evelyn May Boucher (15 March 1892 – 5 June 1991) was a British film actress who had a number of lead role, leading roles in silent films during the 1910s and 1920s appearing in films such as ''Tom Brown's Schooldays (1916 film), Tom Brown's ...
at Steyning
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in West Sussex
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.England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 for Floyd Martin Thornton 1915 They had two sons, both born in England: Edward E. Martin (1916–2010) and Paul Mulford Martin (1921–1994). In 1925 he and his family left the UK for America,USA Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 (1925) - Thornton Family where they all remained for the rest of their lives.
He died in April 1956 in Orange, California
Orange is a city located in northern Orange County, California, United States. It is approximately north of the county seat, Santa Ana, California, Santa Ana. Orange is unusual in this region because many of the homes in its Old Town District ...
.
Selected filmography
Director *''Santa Claus
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'' (1912)
*'' In the Days of Robin Hood'' (1913)
* ''Little Lord Fauntleroy
''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was published as a serial in ''St. Nicholas Magazine'' from November 1885 to October 1886, then as a book by Charles Scribner's Sons, Scribner's (the publisher of ...
'' (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
Kinemacolor was the first successful colour motion picture process. Used commercially from 1909 to 1915, it was invented by George Albert Smith in 1906. It was a two-colour additive colour process, photographing a black-and-white film behind ...
* '' The New Adventures of Baron Munchausen'' (1915)
* '' The Faith of a Child'' (1915)
* ''Jane Shore
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'' (1915)
* ''The Man Who Bought London The Man Who Bought London may refer to:
* The Man Who Bought London (novel), a 1915 crime novel by Edgar Wallace
* The Man Who Bought London (film), a 1916 British silent crime film based on the novel
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'' (1916)
* ''Love's Old Sweet Song
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'' (1917)
* ''A Man the Army Made
''A Man the Army Made'' is a 1917 British silent war film, war drama film directed by Bertram Phillips and starring Queenie Thomas, Paul R. Hall (soldier), Paul R. Hall and H. Agar Lyons.Low p.102
Cast
* Queenie Thomas as Queenie Clarke
* Corp ...
'' (1917)
* '' The Happy Warrior'' (1917)
* ''The Great Impostor
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'' (1918)
* ''A Romany Lass
''A Romany Lass'' is a 1918 British silent drama film directed by F. Martin Thornton and starring James Knight, Marjorie Villis and Bernard Dudley. It included "gipsy" scenery and Marjorie Villis as a "gipsy".https://books.google.com/books?id ...
'' (1918)
* ''Nature's Gentleman
''Nature's Gentleman'' is a 1918 British silent romance film
Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affection ...
'' (1918)
* '' The Splendid Coward'' (1918)
* ''The Knave of Hearts
The Knave of Hearts is a character from the 1865 book ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' by Lewis Carroll.
''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''
The Jack (playing card), Knave of Hearts is mentioned first in chapter 8, and later in chapters 11 ...
'' (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
''Lamp in the Desert'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by F. Martin Thornton and starring Gladys Jennings, Louis Willoughby and George K. Arthur. It was adapted from a 1919 novel by Ethel M. Dell and turned into a script by Lesl ...
'' (1922)
* '' Belonging'' (1922)
* '' Melody of Death'' (1922)
* '' Little Brother of God'' (1922)
* '' Women and Diamonds'' (1924)
* ''Mutiny
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'' (1925)
References
External links
* 1884 births 1956 deaths Film directors from New Jersey Writers from New Brunswick, New Jersey {{US-film-director-1880s-stub