Floyd Martin Thornton
Floyd Martin Thornton (4 November 1884–1 April 1956) was an American screenwriter and film director, often credited as F. Martin Thornton.[1]
Poster for * Little Lord Fauntleroy (1914), directed by Thornton
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.[2] They had two sons, both born in England: Edward E. Martin (1916–2010) and Paul Mulford Martin (1921–1994).[3] In 1925 he, his wife and two sons left the UK for America,[3] where they all remained for the rest of their lives.
He died in April 1956 in Orange, California in the USA.
Selected filmography
Director
- Santa Claus (1912)
- 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
- "BFI Database entry". Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
- England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 for Floyd Martin Thornton 1915
- USA Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 (1925) - Thornton Family
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