Ewald Andrè Dupont (1891-1956) had a successful film career in his native Germany. By the outbreak of the First World War he had established himself as the country's leading film critic and by 1917 he was directing his own motion pictures. Dupont's most significant and influential works are Variety (1925), Piccadilly (1929) and the Anglo-American Atlantic (1929); the latter is notable for being the first European all-talkie. Unfortunately, like many European directors, Dupont found that his career went into decline following his move to Hollywood. He emigrated in 1933 and soon found himself being consistently assigned to work on low-budget, badly written films. Increasingly disillusioned, Dupont gave up directing in the 1940s to become a talent agent; but by the 1950s, he was back directing trashy, drive-in 'B' flicks such as Problem Girls.