E. W. Hammons

1882–1962 (age 80)

Biography

E. W. Hammons turned his passion for cinema into Educational Pictures, inviting fresh comedic voices to the screen and making short films a reliable source of laughter during uncertain times.

His steady stewardship of the studio and generosity toward artists carried him through the years and ensured his place in the history of American independent film before his passing in 1962 and burial at Beechwoods Cemetery.

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