Poster for Little Lord Fauntleroy (1914), directed by ThorntonSwan in the Land of the Sky Blue Water (1940), watercolor by F. Thornton Martin purchased by the
Section of Painting and Sculpture and now in the Smithsonian American Art Museum
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.
^McKernan, Luke (2018). Charles Urban: Pioneering the Non-Fiction Film in Britain and America, 1897-1925. University of Exeter Press.
ISBN978-0859892964.
^England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 for Floyd Martin Thornton 1915
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abUSA Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 (1925) - Thornton Family