Benjamin Bowles Hampton (1875â€"1932) was an American film producer,
writer, and director. He led a 1916 plan to conglomerate film
companies via acquisition. He was married to actress Claire Adams and
was a partner in Zane Grey Pictures. 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
Hampton's Broadway Magazine. He held copyrights on Hampton's Magazine
and Hampton's Broadway Magazine. He accepted Jack London's story Mauki
after it was turned down by other publications and remained committed
to publishing stories of social injustices even after other
publications had moved on believing readership had lost interest in
that type of anti-Capitalist tale.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.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 William Randolph Hearst as Yellow
Journalism.
writer, and director. He led a 1916 plan to conglomerate film
companies via acquisition. He was married to actress Claire Adams and
was a partner in Zane Grey Pictures. 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
Hampton's Broadway Magazine. He held copyrights on Hampton's Magazine
and Hampton's Broadway Magazine. He accepted Jack London's story Mauki
after it was turned down by other publications and remained committed
to publishing stories of social injustices even after other
publications had moved on believing readership had lost interest in
that type of anti-Capitalist tale.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.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 William Randolph Hearst as Yellow
Journalism.
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