other person's point of view. He was a showman but self-effacing; a traditionalist who was forward-looking. He paid attention to detail but had regard for the bigger picture. He gave his sons considerable business responsibilities while they were still children, yet never relinquished his headship. On his hundredth birthday he received a telegram from King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. There were greetings from the Lord Mayor, and from the directors of Gaumont-British. Another greeting came from illusionist Jasper Maskelyne, grandson of Morton's first protégée. Hull's film star, Gibb Mclaughlin, who was married to his daughter Eleanor, came in person. Morton died six months later on 5 July 1938, at his home at "Royston", 203 Cottingham Road. He had the simplest of funerals with only two mourners, but a glowing obituary on the front page of the local press. Bibliography The Era, The Stage, Hull Daily Mail and other newspapers accessed through British National Archive (subscription) Morton, William (1934). I Remember. (A Feat of Memory.). Market-place. Hull: Goddard. Walker and Brown. Ltd. Movie Theatres in Hull, England (closed), Cinema Treasures "Social institutions," in A History of the County of York East Riding: Volume 1, the City of Kingston Upon Hull, ed. K J Allison (London: Victoria County History, 1969), 418-432. British History Online, accessed 18 May, 2016 References 1839 births 1939 deaths English theatre managers and producers History of Kingston upon Hull