Frederick A. Thomson
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| Born | Frederick Andrew Thomson August 7, 1869 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | January 22, 1925 (aged 55) West Hollywood, California, US |
| Occupation | Film director |
Frederick Andrew Thomson (1869–1925), sometimes spelled Thompson, was a Canadian-born director of silent films in the United States.
Biography
[edit]Frederick Andrew Thomson was born in Montreal on August 7, 1869.[1][2][3] He began his directing career in theater.[4]
Thomson was credited by Helen Hayes for enabling her debut in Jean and the Calico Doll. She wrote in her 1968 memoir On Reflection that Thompson persuaded her mother to let her perform in the film for Vitagraph Studios, where he had begun working. The Brooklyn-based troupe traveled by ferry to Fort Lee, New Jersey, to film Jean and the Calico Doll with Maurice Costello and Florence Turner.
He died from heart disease at his home in West Hollywood on January 22, 1925.[2][3]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Freckles (1912)[5]
- Doctor Bridget (1912)
- The Cross-Roads (1912)
- All for a Girl (1912)
- The Lion's Bride (1913)
- The Sign of the Cross (1914)
- The Christian (1914)
- The Redemption of David Corson (1914)
- The Spitfire, co-directed with Edwin S. Porter (1914)
- The Goose Girl (1915)
- The Country Boy (1915)
- The Wonderful Adventure (1915)[6]
- Nearly a King (1916)
- An Enemy to the King (1916)
- The Feud Girl (1916)
- A Parisian Romance (1916)
- The Chattel (1916)
- The Saleslady (1916)
- The Danger Trail (1917)
- The Man of Mystery (1917)
- How Could You, Caroline? (1918)
- Wild Primrose (1918)
- A Nymph of the Foothills (1918)
- The Mating (1918)
- The Marriage Pit (1920)
- The Heart Line (1921)
Actor
[edit]- A Tailor-Made Man (1922), as Mr. Stanlaw
Screenwriter
[edit]- The Power of the Press (1928)[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Frederick A. Thomson (1869-1925)". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
- ^ a b "Rites for Veteran Director Monday". Los Angeles Times. January 24, 1925. p. 4. Retrieved February 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Well-Known Movie Director is Dead". The Gazette. Montreal. January 26, 1925. p. 10. Retrieved February 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Motography". February 25, 1918 – via Google Books.
- ^ Dutch version on YouTube
- ^ Gmür, Leonhard (November 14, 2013). Rex Ingram: Hollywood's Rebel of the Silver Screen. epubli. ISBN 9783844246018 – via Google Books.
- ^ Eagan, Daniel (January 1, 2010). America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry. A&C Black. ISBN 9780826429773 – via Google Books.
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