| E. Mason Hopper is a New Englander, born in Enosburg Falls, Vt. He studied
at the University of Maryland, and later studied art abroad. But his predilection
for the theatre was an early sign; he played the boy lead in "Imogene"
at the age of fourteen. After his return from Europe he embarked on his
theatrical career, and was connected with musical comedies and vaudeville
for some yearn. He started pictures in 1911 with "Mr. Wine," which
he wrote and directed, and later created the famous picturizations of George
Ade's Fables in Slang, after which he directed for Pathe, Lasky, and Morosco,
with all interval when he headed his own company. Latterly he has directed
with marked success Goldwyn "Edgar" series, original screen stories
by Booth Tarkington. |