title: E. W. Hammons
text: # E. W. Hammons
  
  Earle W. Hammons, known professionally as E. W. Hammons (December 2, 1882 – July 31, 1962), was an American film producer, . He produced more than 220 films between 1921 and 1938.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Born in Winona, Mississippi, in 1882, Hammons founded Educational Pictures in 1915 with the intention of making educational films for schools. Hammons found that there was a larger market for short comedies in movie theaters, and shifted the firm's focus. Although Educational Pictures would continue to release occasional documentary shorts, its primary output was comedy.
  
  Hammons became a highly respected film executive, and in 1938 he attempted to branch out into the lucrative feature-film market by joining forces with Grand National Pictures. The merger failed, owing to insufficient capital to operate both companies, and Hammons declared bankruptcy in 1940.
  
  He remained a consultant to the industry, associated with documentary shorts for Paramount Pictures during World War II and with ABC-TV in the 1950s. In 1962 he died of a heart ailment, in New Rochelle, New York.
  
  For further discussion of Hammons and his studio, see Educational Pictures and Buster Keaton.
  
  ## Selected filmography
  
  * Air Pockets (1924, with Lige Conley)
  * The Iron Mule (1925, with Al St. John, directed by Roscoe Arbuckle)
  * The Movies (1925, with Lloyd Hamilton, directed by Roscoe Arbuckle)
  * Drama Deluxe (1927, with Lupino Lane, directed by Roscoe Arbuckle)
  * Honeymooniacs (1929, with Monty Collins, directed by Jules White)
  * The Right Bed (1929, with Edward Everett Horton)
  * Honeymoon Trio (1931, with Al St. John, Walter Catlett, and Dorothy Granger, directed by Roscoe Arbuckle)
  * Windy Riley Goes Hollywood (1931, with Jack Shutta and Louise Brooks, directed by Roscoe Arbuckle)
  * Keep Laughing (1932)
  * I Surrender Dear (1932, with Bing Crosby)
  * Always Kickin' (1932, football comedy)
  * The Hitch Hiker (1932, with Harry Langdon and Vernon Dent)
  * Two Black Crows in Africa (1933, with Moran and Mack)
  * Million Dollar Melody (1933, with Lillian Roth)
  * Krakatoa (1933, narrated by Graham McNamee, produced by Joe Rock)
  * Dora's Dunkin' Doughnuts (1934, with Andy Clyde and Shirley Temple)
  * Hotel Anchovy (1934, with The Ritz Brothers, directed by Al Christie)
  * Going Spanish (1934, with Bob Hope)
  * Three Cheers for Love (1934, with Sylvia Froos and Warren Hull)
  * Grooms in Gloom (1935, with Tom Howard and George Shelton)
  * Hail, Brother (1935, with Billy Gilbert and Shemp Howard)
  * Dumb Luck (1935, with the Easy Aces)
  * Mr. Widget (1935, with Joe Cook)
  * Way Up Thar (1935, with Joan Davis, directed by Mack Sennett)
  * Blue Blazes (1936, with Buster Keaton)
  * Grand Slam Opera (1936, with Buster Keaton)
  * Playboy Number One (1937, with Willie Howard)
  * Montague the Magnificent (1937, with Bert Lahr)
  * The Bashful Ballerina (1937, with Imogene Coca)
  * Dates and Nuts (1937, with Herman Timberg, Jr. and Pat Rooney, Jr., and June Allyson)
  * Getting an Eyeful (1938, with Danny Kaye)
  * All's Fair (1938, with The Cabin Kids)
  * Col. Stoopnagle's Cavalcade of Stuff #2 (1939, the final Educational comedy)
  