Floyd Martin Thornton
Floyd Martin Thornton 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.
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. They had two sons, both born in England: Edward E. Martin and Paul Mulford Martin. In 1925 he and his family left the UK for America, where they all remained for the rest of their lives.
He died in April 1956 in Orange, California.
Selected filmography
Director- Santa Claus
- In the Days of Robin Hood Little [Lord Fauntleroy (1914 film)|Little Lord Fauntleroy]
- Dead Men Tell No Tales, 1914 short film The World, the [Flesh and the Devil (1914 film)|The World, the Flesh and the Devil] first feature-length dramatic film made in KinemacolorThe [New Adventures of Baron Munchausen] The Faith of a Child Jane Shore The Man Who Bought London Love's Old [Sweet Song (1917 film)|Love's Old Sweet Song] A Man [the Army Made] The Happy Warrior The Great Impostor A Romany Lass Nature's Gentleman The Splendid Coward The [Knave of Hearts (1919 film)|The Knave of Hearts] The Flame The Iron Stair Bars of Iron My Lord Conceit Frailty The Prey of the Dragon Gwyneth of the Welsh Hills Lamp in the Desert Belonging Melody of Death Little Brother of God Women and Diamonds
- ''Mutiny''