Editing E. A. Dupont (section)

==Early life and career==
Born in [[Zeitz]], [[Saxony]] and raised in [[Berlin]], DuPont was the son of journalists Hedwig Friedlander and Hermann DuPont, then-editor of ''[[Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung]]''. After briefly attending the [[University of Berlin]], DuPont began work in 1911 as a reporter, columnist, and, eventually, editor of the ''Berliner Allgemeinen Zeitung''.<ref>St. Pierre, Paul (2010). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=SPZrlZ8UregC&pg=PA13&dq=Ewald+Andre+Dupont+was+born E.A. Dupont and His Contribution to British Film: Varieté, Moulin Rouge]''. Canterbury, NJ: Associated University Press. p.&nbsp;13. {{ISBN|978-0-8386-4258-0}}.</ref> 

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 film]]s, 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 expressionist cinematographer [[Karl Freund]].<ref>Kristin Thompson. Youtube commentary for Varieté. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4Tov1vgoVI</ref> ''Varieté'' even did well in the United States, screening for 12 weeks at New York's Rialto Theatre.<ref>Jan-Christopher Horak. "Sauerkraut and Sausages with a Little Goulash: Germans in Hollywood, 1927." Film History, Vol. 17, No. 2/3, the Year 1927 (2005), pp. 241–260.</ref>