Thornton Freeland
Directing
February 10, 1898
Died May 22, 1987 (89 years old)
Hope, North Dakota, USA
26
Directed
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 ...
