Benjamin B. Hampton
Benjamin Bowles Hampton (1875–1932) was an American film producer, writer, and director. He led a 1916 plan to conglomerate film companies via acquisition.[1] He was married to actress Claire Adams and was a partner in Zane Grey Pictures.[2] He wrote the History of the American Film Industry from Its Beginnings to 1931. He is credited with producing numerous films.
Hampton published a couple of stories in
In his book on the history of the film industry to 1932, Hampton emphasized the industry's widespread mass market appeal in the U.S.[6]
Hampton wrote in his film history about the success of an early fight film in 1897 and the criticism of it and "Living Pictures" generally by
Selected filmography
Producer
- The Westerners (1919)
- Desert Gold (1919)
- Riders of the Dawn (1920)
- The Money Changers (1920)
- The Dwelling Place of Light (1920)
- A Certain Rich Man (1921)
- The Man of the Forest(1921)
- The Mysterious Rider (1921)
- The Gray Dawn (1922)[8]
- Golden Dreams (1922), an adaptation of a Zane Grey novel[5]
- Heart's Haven (1922)
References
- ISBN 9781442268296– via Google Books.
- ISBN 9780816178759– via Google Books.
- ISBN 9781312301917– via Google Books.
- ^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions". U.S. Government Printing Office. April 14, 1910 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Office, Library of Congress Copyright (April 14, 1923). "Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures. Part 1, group 2". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
- ISBN 9780195042344– via Google Books.
- ISBN 9780231507554– via Google Books.
- ISBN 9780520209695– via Google Books.