E.A. Dupont
Directing
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.
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movieThe Steel Lady
1953
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movieThe Neanderthal Man
1953
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movieProblem Girls
1953
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moviePictura
1951
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movieThe Scarf
1951
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movieHell's Kitchen
1939
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movieLove on Toast
1937
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movieOn Such a Night
1937
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movieNight of Mystery
1937
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movieA Son Comes Home
1936
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movieForgotten Faces
1936
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movieThe Bishop Misbehaves
1935
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movieLadies Must Love
1933
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movieDer Läufer von Marathon
1933
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movieTrapeze
1931
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movieSomersault
1931
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movieThe Lost Course
1931
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movieCape Forlorn
1931
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movieThe Love Storm
1930
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movieAtlantic
1930
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movieTwo Worlds
1930
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movieThe Two Worlds
1930
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movieTwo Worlds
1930
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movieAtlantic
1929
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movieAtlantic
1929
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moviePiccadilly
1929
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movieMoulin Rouge
1928
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movieVariety
1925
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movieThe Ancient Law
1923
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movieThe Green Manuela
1923
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movieDie Geierwally
1921
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movieAlcohol
1920
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movieThe Japanese Woman
1919
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movieMitternacht
1918
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Writing30
movieMagic Fire
1955
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movieThe Scarf
1951
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movieCape Forlorn
1931
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movieTwo Worlds
1930
Story
movieAtlantic
1929
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movieMoulin Rouge
1928
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movieVariety
1925
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movieDie Geierwally
1921
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movieAlcohol
1920
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movieThe Japanese Woman
1919
Screenplay
movieFerdinand Lassalle
1918
Screenplay
movieMitternacht
1918
Writer
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movieCape Forlorn
1931
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movieTwo Worlds
1930
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movieAtlantic
1929
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moviePiccadilly
1929
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movieMoulin Rouge
1928
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movieMadame Pompadour
1927
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