Known for 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.
Born
December 25, 1891
Died
December 12, 1956 (age 64)
Birthplace
Zeitz - Germany
Filmography
82 films


Return to Treasure Island
1954 · 1h 15m · US
Jamie, a descendant of Jim Hawkins, teams up with Clive, a scholar of pirate lore, on present-day Treasure Island where villainous rivals seek her priceless map.


The Steel Lady
1953 · 1h 24m · US
Surviving a plane crash in the Sahara, four oilmen find and manage to repair a German Afrika Corps tank which had been buried in the sand since WWII.


The Neanderthal Man
1953 · 1h 18m · US
A scientist develops a formula which will cause animals to regress to the form of their primitive ancestors, and tries it on himself with disastrous results.


Problem Girls
1953 · 1h 11m · US
A medical student learns about a scheme to drug a girl and pass her off as an heiress to an oil fortune.


Pictura
1951 · 1h 12m
A documentary film directed by seven famous directors, and narrated by several famous Hollywood actors. The film attempts to give the general filmgoing public a taste of art history and art appreciation.


The Scarf
1951 · 1h 33m · US
A man who is believed to have murdered a woman, escapes from the insane asylum to find if he was the one to actually kill her using the scarf she was wearing.


Hell's Kitchen
1939 · 1h 21m · US
A paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's corrupt warden, who has been embezzling funds from the institution. He hatches a plan to derail the reformed convict's efforts and have him sent back to prison, and part of that scheme involves cracking down hard on the reform school's inmates.


Love on Toast
1937 · 1h 5m · US
The plot concerns a female press agent who must select a "Mr. Manhattan" and "Miss Brooklyn" for an ad campaign mounted by a soup company. The Mr. Manhattan chosen is a singing soda jerk, who doesn't want to play along until he is given the honor of choosing his own Miss Brooklyn.


On Such a Night
1937 · 1h 11m · US
When her husband is accused of murder, an actress tries to prove his innocence.


Night of Mystery
1937 · 1h 6m · US
Philo Vance investigates a series of murders among members of the wealthy Greene family.


A Son Comes Home
1936 · 1h 15m · US
A mother experiences the torment of discovering that her own son is a killer.


Forgotten Faces
1936 · 1h 11m · US
Harry Ashton is a superstitious gambling house owner, who relies on sprigs of heliotrope as his good luck charm. One day, Harry catches his wife, Cleo with another man. Harry shoots him and takes his 18 month old daughter, Sally to best friend, Sgt. Donovan to find her a good home. Harry turns himself in and gets life in prison. 17 years pass, Cleo is on the brinks of losing her job as a burlesque dancer. Cleo decides to blackmail the McBrides (Sally's devoted adoptive parents). Harry discovers this and promises his warden that while on parole he will protect Sally. Harry trades places with the McBride's butler. While working, Harry discovers a letter addressed to the McBrides from Cleo asking to meet with her. Harry meets with Cleo instead and they begin to fight...


The Bishop Misbehaves
1935 · 1h 25m · US
On a walking tour of English cathedrals, Donald Meadows meets Hester Granthem in church. Hearing he is from that hot-bed of crime, Chicago, Hester asks Donald to help her in a robbery she has planned. Thinking it a joke, he plays along; but Hester is serious, and hearing that she plans to rob Mr. Waller, the man who has cheated her father out of thousands of pounds, Donald agrees. A robbery at a pub is arranged, but the Bishop of Broadminster, an avid mystery fan, and his sister stumble into it. Playing detective the Bishop complicates matters and each side, the Bishop, the unscrupulous Waller, the gang Hester hires, and Hester and Donald, each get the upper hand along the way.


Ladies Must Love
1933 · 1h 10m · US
Lighthearted comedy film following the (mis)adventures of four gold diggers.


The Marathon Runners
1933 · 1h 38m · DE
Focuses on a love triangle between three German athletes competing at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. It was the last film Dupont made in Germany, before escaping into exile following the rise to power of the Nazis.


Peter Voss, Thief of Millions
1932 · 1h 44m · DE
When the wealthy Mr. Pitt decides to withdraw a sum in the millions, the Schilling & Co. bank faces ruin. To save it, the authorized signatory Peter Voß stages a break-in in which two million marks are allegedly stolen.


Trapeze
1931 · 1h 35m · FR
Robby and Jim are two friends working in a circus. When Marina, a new acrobat, enters the show, both men will compete for her love. She needs a partner for a flying number, and one of them will be elected. Then accidents will happen.


Somersault
1931 · 1h 29m · FR


The Lost Course
1931 · 1h 33m
Bored with her life with her husband the lighthouse keeper, Hélène sleeps with two other men who fight for her.


Cape Forlorn
1931 · 1h 22m · UK
William Kell, the keeper of a lighthouse on a lonely stretch of coastline, marries cabaret dancer Eileen. His young wife, however, goes on to have an affair with Henry Cass, the handsome assistant later taken on by her husband; when she then begins to flirt with a stranger who is rescued from the wreck of a motor-launch, a chain of shocking events is set in motion...


The Love Storm
1930 · 1h 25m · UK
This is the German-language version of the British film The Love Storm (1931).


Atlantic
1930 · 1h 31m · FR
A heavily fictionalized version of the RMS Titanic story.


Two Worlds
1930 · 1h 59m · DE
German language version of Two Worlds.


The Two Worlds
1930 · 1h 58m · FR


Two Worlds
1930 · 1h 35m · DE
An old Jewish man is forced to hide the Austrian lieutenant who killed his son and loves his daughter.


Atlantic
1929 · 1h 30m · UK
English-language version. "Atlantic" is a drama film based on the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" and set aboard a fictional ship, called the "Atlantic". The main plotline revolves around a man who has a shipboard affair with a fellow passenger, which is eventually discovered by his wife. The ship also has aboard an elderly couple, the Rools, who are on their anniversary cruise. Midway across the Atlantic Ocean, the "Atlantic" strikes an iceberg and is damaged to the point where it is sinking into the Atlantic.


Atlantik
1929 · 1h 54m · UK
German-language version. "Atlantic" is a drama film based on the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" and set aboard a fictional ship, called the "Atlantic". The main plotline revolves around a man who has a shipboard affair with a fellow passenger, which is eventually discovered by his wife. The ship also has aboard an elderly couple, Heinrich and Anna Thomas, who are on their anniversary cruise. Midway across the Atlantic Ocean, the "Atlantic" strikes an iceberg and is damaged to the point where it is sinking into the Atlantic. The German version was filmed at the same time as the British version, with each scene first being filmed in English for the British version, then the same scene being filmed in German by a German cast, using the same sets.


Piccadilly
1929 · 1h 49m · UK
A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club's main act.


Moulin Rouge
1928 · 2h 17m · UK
An odd and tightly directed tale of a singer/dancer at the Moulin Rouge, who meets her daughter's fiance, only to have him fall obsessively in love with her and she with him. Alienation, betrayal and near tragedy result.


Love Me and the World Is Mine
1927 · 1h 29m · US
In Old Vienna in the days prior to The Great War, a beautiful woman, Hannerl, has her choice of two men; the first is a dashing young army officer who can provide blazing romance and little long-time security. The other is an older man, influential in the affairs of Austria, who could provide wealth...and tender devotion. Hannerl thinks about it.


Variety
1925 · 1h 44m · DE
Murderer “Boss” Huller—after having spent ten years in prison—breaks his silence to tell the warden his story.
Der Demütige und die Tänzerin
Der Demütige und die Tänzerin
1925 · 1h 2m · DE
Toni wants to become an opera-singer. Her mother was once simple chanteuse. Toni marries the brutal industrialist Liesegang. An Italian doctor falls in love with Toni. He want's to see Liesegang dead.


The Ancient Law
1923 · 2h 8m · DE
Baruch Mayer, son of an orthodox rabbi from a poor shtetl in Galizia, decides to break with the family tradition and leave the shtetl to become an actor.


The Green Manuela
1923 · 2h 15m · DE
A gypsy dancer becomes involved with some smugglers in Spain.
She and the Three
She and the Three
1922 · 1h 49m · DE


Children of Darkness - 2. Fighting Worlds
1922 · DE


Children of Darkness - 1. The Man from Naples
1921 · 59m · DE


Die Geierwally
1921 · 2h · DE
"The Bear Joseph", so named because of a fight with a bear, is rescued by Wally, a farmer's daughter, from a dangerous situation in a vulture's nest. He then calls her "Geierwally". They fall in love. Wally's father disapproves of this romance. He has other plans for Wally.
Hearts Are Trumps
Hearts Are Trumps
1920 · DE
The White Peacock
The White Peacock
1920 · 50m · DE
Lord Cross is a respected and always very serious gentleman. In society he is therefore called "the man without a laugh". One evening, when he and his snobbish girlfriend from the British upper class visited the variety show "Zur Goldenen Kugel" in the somewhat disreputable London district of Whitechapel, in which its director Navratil tried to make the audience laugh with a comic buffo, the Lord's eyes fell immediately on a young gypsy girl. She is called Maryla and dances to the violin.
Der Würger der Welt
Der Würger der Welt
1920 · 1h 12m · DE


Alcohol
1920 · 1h 36m · DE
A middle-class man falls in love with a woman from a more ordinary background, and they end up working in a variety act where they sink into alcoholism. He then kills another man whom he mistakenly believes is a rival.


The Japanese Woman
1919 · DE
A detective falls for a Japanese girl living with her uncle and cousin. When the girl's uncle is murdered, the detective must find out who killed him.


The Secret of the American Docks
1919 · 1h 9m · DE
James Mistoll, one of the owners of a factory, and working on a process to turn copper ore into radium, falls from a window on the fourth floor and dies; This was no accident, but a murder. A detective sends his assistant, Barnes, to investigate and soon the number of suspects from within the company multiplies.


Mitternacht
1918 · 1h 22m · DE
Attorney General Trevor's second wife is found stabbed to death in his safe. Due to a ring with the initials DG, which is also found in the safe, the suspicion initially falls on Donald Gordon, the fiancé of Trevor's daughter.