Floyd Martin Thornton (often credited as F. Martin Thornton, November 4, 1884 โ 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 (1916โ2010) and Paul Mulford Martin (1921โ1994).[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
^ abUSA Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 (1925) - Thornton Family