Frederick A. Thomson

Frederick A. Thomson (1869–1925), sometimes spelled Thompson, was a director of silent films in the United States.[1] He began his directing career in theater.[2]

The Goose Girl poster

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.

Selected filmography

• Freckles (1912)[3]
• 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)[4]
• 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

• A Tailor-Made Man (1922), as Mr. Stanlaw

Screenwriter

• The Power of the Press (1928)[5]

References

1. "Frederick A. Thomson (1869-1925)". data.bnf.fr.
2. "Motography". February 25, 1918 – via Google Books.
3. Dutch version on YouTube
4. Gmür, Leonhard (November 14, 2013). "Rex Ingram: Hollywood's Rebel of the Silver Screen". epubli – via Google Books.
5. Eagan, Daniel (January 1, 2010). "America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry". A&C Black – via Google Books.

External links

• Frederick A. Thomson at IMDb