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 actressClaire Adams and was a partner inZane Grey Pictures.[2] He wrote theHistory of the American Film Industry from Its Beginnings to 1931. He is credited with producing numerous films.
Hampton published a couple of stories inHampton's Broadway Magazine.[3] He held copyrights onHampton's Magazine and Hampton's Broadway Magazine.[4] He acceptedJack London's storyMauki 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.[5]
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 byWilliam Randolph Hearst asYellow Journalism.[7]
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