E.A. Dupont
Born
25 December 1891 (134)
Place of Birth
Zeitz - Germany
Also known as
E.A. Dupont , Ewald André Dupont
Biography
Ewald André Dupont (25 December 1891, Zeitz, Saxony, Germany – 12 December 1956, Hollywood) was a German film director, one of the founders of the German film industry. He was frequently credited as E. A. Dupont. A newspaper columnist in 1916, Dupont became a screenwriter and began directing his own crime-story scripts in 1918. After several successes in his native Germany in silent films, he worked in London and in Hollywood, California. One of his greatest successes was the silent film Variet...
Ewald André Dupont (25 December 1891, Zeitz, Saxony, Germany – 12 December 1956, Hollywood) was a German film director, one of the founders of the German film industry. He was frequently credited as E. A. Dupont. A newspaper columnist in 1916, Dupont became a screenwriter and began directing his own crime-story scripts in 1918. After several successes in his native Germany in silent films, he worked in London and in Hollywood, California. One of his greatest successes was the silent film Varieté (1925). This film, about an ex-trapeze artist, was noted for its innovative camerawork with highly expressive movement through space, accomplished by the prolific expressionist cinematographer Karl Freund. Varieté even did well in the United States, screening for 12 weeks at New York's Rialto Theatre. Dupont's success was noticed by Carl Laemmle at Universal, who offered Dupont a lucrative contract. His first project was Love Me and the World Is Mine in the early summer of 1926, which ran well over budget ($350,000) and was not a success. His film Piccadilly (1929), a late silent, is noted for the central performance of the Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong. Atlantic (also 1929) is seen as one of the most innovative uses of sound film technology available at the time. After his successes in the UK, Dupont returned to Hollywood in 1933, though he directed only a handful of films after 1939. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ewald André Dupont, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filmography (40)
Return to Treasure Island
1954
The Steel Lady
1953
The Neanderthal Man
1953
Problem Girls
1953
Pictura
1951
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The Scarf
1951
Hell's Kitchen
1939
Love on Toast
1937
On Such a Night
1937
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Night of Mystery
1937
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A Son Comes Home
1936
Forgotten Faces
1936
The Bishop Misbehaves
1935
Ladies Must Love
1933
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Der Läufer von Marathon
1933
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions
1932
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Trapeze
1931
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Somersault
1931
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The Lost Course
1931
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Cape Forlorn
1931
The Love Storm
1930
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Atlantic
1930
Two Worlds
1930
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The Two Worlds
1930
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Two Worlds
1930
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Atlantic
1929
Atlantic
1929
Piccadilly
1929
Moulin Rouge
1928
Love Me and the World Is Mine
1927
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Variety
1925
Der Demütige und die Tänzerin
1925
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The Film in the Film
1924
The Ancient Law
1923
The Green Manuela
1923
She and the Three
1922
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Children of Darkness - 2. Fighting Worlds
1922
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Children of Darkness - 1. The Man from Naples
1921
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Die Geierwally
1921
Hearts Are Trumps
1920
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