Walter Murton

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Walter William Murton (* early 1893 in Norwich , Norfolk , United Kingdom , † early 1968 in Sticker near St Austell , Cornwall ) was a British architect , interior designer and film designer .

Live and act

Walter William Murton studied painting and architecture at the Norwich School of Art. In 1914 he was drafted and served in the First World War with the Royal Engineers and in the Army Entertaining Section. After his release into civilian life in 1919, Murton went to the theater to work as a set designer. In the same year he switched to film and was employed by the production company Stoll Pictures, but continued to work as a painter and architect. In this capacity, Walter Murton designed the first round stage for the London Palladium in 1921 .

Murton stayed with Stoll Pictures until 1927, before moving to Gainsborough Pictures in 1930 . His building designs for the film are mostly of secondary importance, at best his last work, the melodrama The Lord in Gray , deserves attention. From 1943 to 1945 Murton worked for the Shepperton Studios without being directly involved in the design of film structures again.

In 1945 Murton went to Madras ( India ) for five years to work as an interior designer. His commissions there mainly included building villas and palaces for maharajas . In 1950 he returned to England for a short time, where he worked for the government in town planning. In 1952 Walter Murton moved to Johannesburg ( South Africa ). Again he worked there as an interior designer, this time preferably in the hotel, private and commercial sector. At that time, in the mid-1950s, an exhibition was dedicated to Murton in London's Victoria and Albert Museum showing his draft films. In 1957 Murton returned to England again and retired to private life in a village in Cornwall.

Walter Murton died shortly after his 75th birthday. His son Peter Murton also worked as a film architect.

Filmography

  • 1919: Mr. Wu
  • 1920: The Yellow Claw
  • 1920: At the Villa Rose
  • 1921: The Glorious Adventure
  • 1921: The Passionate Friends
  • 1922: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (series)
  • 1922: The Wheels of Chance
  • 1923: The Wandering Jew
  • 1923: Becket
  • 1923: Young Lochinvar
  • 1923: Sally Bishop
  • 1924: Not for Sale
  • 1924: The Old Man Corner (series)
  • 1925: We Women
  • 1925: The Gold Cure
  • 1926: Boadicea
  • 1926: The Chinese Bungalow
  • 1927: Huntingtower
  • 1927: The Guns of Loos
  • 1927: A Woman Redeemed
  • 1928: Shooting Stars
  • 1929: Young Woolley
  • 1930: A Warm Corner
  • 1931: The Sport of Kings
  • 1931: Ghost Train
  • 1933: Jack Ahoy!
  • 1935: First Offence
  • 1936: Pot Luck
  • 1936: The Great Barrier
  • 1937: Non-Stop New York
  • 1937: Second Best Bed
  • 1938: Crackerjack
  • 1938: Climbing High
  • 1941: Alibi
  • 1942: Miss London Limited
  • 1942: We Dive at Dawn
  • 1943: The Man in Gray (The Man in Gray)

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 598.

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personal data
SURNAME Murton, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Murton, Walter William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British architect, interior designer and film architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Norwich , Norfolk , United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH 1968
Place of death Stickers at St Austell , Cornwall