Walter Murton

Walter Murton
Born	1892 Norwich, Norfolk United Kingdom
Other names	Walter William Murton
Occupation	Art Director
Years active	1922-1943 (film)

Walter Murton was a British art director, who worked from the 1920s until the 1940s. During his early career in the 1920s Murton was the regular set designer on the silent film series The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu.

Along with Clifford Pember, Murton was identified as part of an "old guard" resisting change in British set design sought by younger set designers and by German immigrants.^[1] During his later career Murton worked for Gainsborough Pictures. His final film was the influential Gainsborough Melodrama The Man in Grey (1943). His son Peter Murton was also an art director.

Selected filmography

• Open Country (1922)
• The Truants (1922)
• Petticoat Loose (1922)
• The Glorious Adventure (1922)
• The Indian Love Lyrics (1923)
• The Kensington Mystery (1924)
• The Conspirators (1924)
• Huntingtower (1928)
• A Warm Corner (1930)
• Third Time Lucky (1931)
• The Ghost Train (1931)
• The Great Barrier (1937)
• Strange Boarders (1938)
• Climbing High (1938)
• We Dive at Dawn (1943)
• The Man in Grey (1943)

References

1. Bergfelder & Cargnelli p.112

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925-1950. Berghahn Books, 2008.

External links

• Walter Murton at the Internet Movie Database