Editing E. A. Dupont

{{Short description|German film director (1891–1956)}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Ewald André Dupont
|image         = E. M. Ascher greets Carl Laemmle and his party on their arrival in Los Angeles. 1926.jpg
|imagesize     = 
| caption      = Second from left in 1926 group greeting [[Carl Laemmle]] in Los Angeles
| birth_date   = 25 December 1891
| birth_place  = [[Zeitz]], [[Province of Saxony]] <br> [[German Empire]]
| death_date   = {{death-date and age|12 December 1956|25 December 1891}}
| death_place  = [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], [[California]] <br> United States
| othername   = E. A. Dupont
| occupation  = [[Film director]] <br> [[Screenwriter]]
| yearsactive = 1916–1956
}}
'''Ewald André Dupont''' (25 December 1891 – 12 December 1956) was a German [[film director]], one of the pioneers of the [[Cinema of Germany|German film industry]]. He was often credited as '''E. A. Dupont'''.

==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>

==United States==
Dupont's success was noticed by [[Carl Laemmle]] at [[Universal Pictures|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.

==Britain==
Dupont then headed to Britain and made the film ''[[Piccadilly (film)|Piccadilly]]'' (1929), a late silent, which is remembered for the central performance of the Chinese-American actress [[Anna May Wong]]. ''[[Atlantic (1929 film)|Atlantic]]'' (also 1929) is a retelling of the [[Titanic disaster]] and is seen as one of the most innovative uses of [[sound film]] technology available at the time. Dupont made several more films in Britain and a few in Germany and France.

==Later career==
After a brief return to Germany, the Jewish director emigrated to the United States in 1933, where he was assigned to several [[B movies]] and low budget "programmer" films. Unhappy with the lack of opportunities afforded him in Hollywood, Dupont became a talent agent in 1940.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130117012703/http://www.allrovi.com/name/ewald-andr%C3%A9-dupont-p88469 Hal Erickson, Rovi]</ref>

Dupont returned to filmmaking when he wrote and directed ''[[The Scarf (film)|The Scarf]]'' (1951).  In 1952 and 1953, he wrote 23 episodes for the TV series ''[[Big Town]]'' (1950–56) and directed two of those episodes, "Tape Recorder" (19 June 1952) and "The Story of Jerry Baxter" (1 January 1953).  Dupont directed several more low-budget films, such as ''[[The Neanderthal Man]]'' (1953).

==Selected filmography==

===Director===
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* ''[[Europe, General Delivery]]'' (1918)
* ''[[Midnight (1918 film)|Midnight]]'' (1918)
* ''[[The Devil (1918 German film)|The Devil]]'' (1918)
* ''[[The Japanese Woman]]'' (1919)
* ''[[The Secret of the American Docks]]'' (1919)
* ''[[The Mask (1919 film)|The Mask]]'' (1919)
* ''[[The Spies (1919 film)|The Spies]]'' (1919)
* ''[[The Apache of Marseilles]]'' (1919)
* ''[[The Derby (1919 film)|The Derby]]'' (1919)
* ''[[Alkohol ]]'' (co-director: [[Alfred Lind]], 1919)
* ''[[World by the Throat]]'' (1920)
* ''[[The Grand Babylon Hotel (1920 film)|The Grand Babylon Hotel]]'' (1920)
* ''[[The White Peacock (film)|The White Peacock]]'' (1920)
* ''[[Whitechapel (film)|Whitechapel]]'' (1920)
* ''[[Hearts are Trumps (1920 German film)|Hearts are Trumps]]'' (1920)
* ''[[Murder Without Cause]]'' (1921)
* ''[[Children of Darkness (1921 film)|Children of Darkness]]'' (1921)
* ''[[The Vulture Wally (1921 film)|The Vulture Wally]]'' (1921)
* ''[[Kinder der Finsternis ]]'' (1921)
* ''[[She and the Three (1922 film)|She and the Three]]'' (1922)
* ''[[The Green Manuela ]]'' (1923)
* ''[[The Ancient Law]]'' (1923)
* ''[[The Humble Man and the Chanteuse]] '' (1925)
* ''[[Variety (1925 film)|Variety]]'' (1925)
* ''[[Love Me and the World Is Mine]]'' (1927)
* ''[[Moulin Rouge (1928 film)|Moulin Rouge]]'' (1928)
* ''[[Piccadilly (film)|Piccadilly]]'' (1929)
* ''[[Atlantic (film)|Atlantic]]'' (English-language film, 1929)
** ''[[Atlantik (film)|Atlantik]]'' (German-language film, 1929)
** ''[[Atlantis (1930 film)|Atlantis]]'' (French-language film, 1930)
* ''[[Two Worlds (1930 British film)|Two Worlds]]'' (English-language film, 1930)
** ''[[Two Worlds (1930 German-language film)|Two Worlds]]'' (German-language film, 1930)
** ''[[Les deux mondes (1930 film)|Les deux mondes]]'' (French-language film, 1930)
* ''[[Menschen im Käfig ]]'' (German-language film, 1930)
** ''[[Le cap perdu]]'' (French-language film, 1931)
** ''[[Cape Forlorn ]]'' (English-language film, 1931)
* ''[[Salto Mortale (1931 French film)|Salto Mortale]]'' (French-language film, 1931)
** ''[[Salto Mortale (1931 German film)|Salto Mortale]]'' (German-language film, 1931)
* ''[[Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1932 film)|Peter Voss, Thief of Millions]]'' (1932)
* ''[[The Marathon Runner]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Ladies Must Love]]'' (1933)
* ''[[The Bishop Misbehaves (film)|The Bishop Misbehaves]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Forgotten Faces (1936 film)|Forgotten Faces]]'' (1936)
* ''[[A Son Comes Home]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Night of Mystery (1937 film)|Night of Mystery]]'' (1937)
* ''[[On Such a Night (1937 film)|On Such a Night]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Love on Toast]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Hell's Kitchen (1939 film)|Hell's Kitchen]]'' (1939)
* ''[[The Scarf (film)|The Scarf]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Pictura: An Adventure in Art]]'' (1951, co-director)
* ''[[Problem Girls]]'' (1953)
* ''[[The Neanderthal Man ]]'' (1953)
* ''[[The Steel Lady]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Return to Treasure Island (1954 film)|Return to Treasure Island]]'' (1954)
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===Screenwriter===
* ''[[Vengeance Is Mine (1916 film)|Vengeance Is Mine]]'' (dir. [[Rudolf Meinert]], 1916)
* ''[[The Onyx Head]]'' (dir. [[Joe May]], 1917)
* ''[[Let There Be Light (1917 film)|Let There Be Light]]'' (dir. [[Richard Oswald]], 1917)
* ''[[Ferdinand Lassalle (film)|Ferdinand Lassalle]]'' (dir. [[Rudolf Meinert]], 1918)
* ''[[His Majesty the Hypochondriac]]'' (dir. [[Frederic Zelnik]], 1918)
* ''[[Alkohol]]'' (dir. [[Alfred Lind]], 1919)
* ''[[Patience (film)|Patience]]'' (dir. [[Felix Basch]] and [[Paul Leni]], 1920)
* ''[[Madame Pompadour (1927 film)|Madame Pompadour]]'' (dir. [[Herbert Wilcox]], 1927)
* ''[[Magic Fire]]'' (dir. [[William Dieterle]], 1955)
* ''[[Please Murder Me]]'' (dir. [[Peter Godfrey (director)|Peter Godfrey]], 1956)

==References==
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* {{cite book |first=Paul Matthew |last=St. Pierre |title=E. A. Dupont and His Contribution to British Film |date=May 1, 2010 |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson University Press |isbn=978-1-61147-433-6 }}

==External links==
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