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Thornton Freeland

Thornton Freeland

Director, 2nd Unit / Asst Director, Writer

Born February 10, 1898 in Hope, North Dakota, USA

Died May 22, 1987

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Thornton Freeland (February 10, 1898 – May 22, 1987) was an American film director who directed 26 British and American films in a career that lasted from 1924 to 1949. He was born in Hope, North Dakota in 1898 and originally worked as an assistant director during the silent era. In 1929 he directed his first film, the comedy Three Live Ghosts. He enjoyed an early success with the Eddie Cantor Technicolor musical Whoopie! (1930) and much of his subsequent work was in musicals and comedies.

In 1933, he directed Flying Down to Rio which launched the screen partnership of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers although it had originally been designed as a starring vehicle for the Mexican actress Dolores del Río. The following year Freeland made a film version of the long-running Broadway revue George White's Scandals.

In 1935 Freeland went to London to make the musical comedy Brewster's Millions starring Jack Buchanan. He was to work in Britain for the remainder of the decade. In 1936 he made Accused at Isleworth Studios, which was produced by and starred his fellow American Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. who had also moved to Britain at the time. A Paris-set murder mystery, the film also featured Dolores Del Rio. He directed Fairbanks again in the costume drama The Amateur Gentleman the same year.

Britain was experiencing a major boom in filmmaking at the time, and many of Freeland's projects were made with an eye to the international market. However he also directed comedies with more local appeal such as Skylarks (1936) featuring Nervo and Knox and Hold My Hand (1938) with Stanley Lupino. During his time in England Freeland worked for a variety of companies, many of which were independents which had been established during the boom. Amongst these was Capitol Films for whom he made Jericho, a drama with Paul Robeson. By 1937 the boom was over and his final films in England were made by better-established studios such as London Films and Associated British. His last film to be released in the decade was a Jack Buchanan comedy-thriller The Gang's All Here.

He returned to the United States during World War II, and made two films in Hollywood. In the late 1940s he returned to Britain to make a final three films. Following the release of the comedy Dear Mr. Prohack (1949) he retired from directing.

He was married to the American actress June Clyde. Like her husband Clyde spent much of the 1930s working in British films.

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Filmography

Director

26

Dear Mr. Prohack Poster

Dear Mr. Prohack Feature Film1949

Brass Monkey Poster

Brass Monkey Feature Film1948

Meet Me at Dawn Poster

Meet Me at Dawn Feature Film1947

Marry the Boss's Daughter Poster

Marry the Boss's Daughter Feature Film1941

Too Many Blondes Poster

Too Many Blondes Feature Film1941

Over the Moon Poster

Over the Moon Feature Film1939

So This Is London Poster

So This Is London Feature Film1939

The Amazing Mr. Forrest Poster

The Amazing Mr. Forrest Feature Film1939

Hold My Hand Poster

Hold My Hand Feature Film1938

Dark Sands Poster

Dark Sands Feature Film1937

Gaiety Girls Poster

Gaiety Girls Feature Film1937

Accused Feature Film1936

Skylarks Feature Film1936

The Amateur Gentleman Poster

The Amateur Gentleman Feature Film1936

Brewster's Millions Poster

Brewster's Millions Feature Film1935

George White's Scandals Poster

George White's Scandals Feature Film1934

Flying Down to Rio Poster

Flying Down to Rio Feature Film1933

Love Affair Poster

Love Affair Feature Film1932

The Unexpected Father Poster

The Unexpected Father Feature Film1932

They Call It Sin Poster

They Call It Sin Feature Film1932

Week-End Marriage Poster

Week-End Marriage Feature Film1932

6 Cylinder Love Poster

6 Cylinder Love Feature Film1931

The Secret Witness Poster

The Secret Witness Feature Film1931

Be Yourself! Poster

Be Yourself! Feature Film1930

Whoopee! Poster

Whoopee! Feature Film1930

Three Live Ghosts Poster

Three Live Ghosts Feature Film1929

2nd Unit / Asst Director

3

The Divine Lady Poster

The Divine Lady Feature Film1928

Drusilla with a Million Poster

Drusilla with a Million Feature Film1925

On the Stroke of Three Feature Film1924

Writer

2

Brass Monkey Poster

Brass Monkey Feature Film1948

Be Yourself! Poster

Be Yourself! Feature Film1930

Other Crew

2

The Dove Poster

The Dove Feature Film1927

The Bat Feature Film1926

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