Thornton Freeland(1898-1987)
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
On the stage since childhood, Thornton Freeland went to work for
Vitagraph in 1918, rising in the ranks from assistant cameraman to
director, and made his directorial debut, Three Live Ghosts (1929), just at the dawn of
the sound era. A specialist in light romantic comedies and musicals,
Freeland alternated between making films in the US and England in the
1930s and 1940s. He retired from the film business in
1949.