Question: What is the date of death of the director of film The Varmint?
Sentence (from "The Varmint"): The Varmint is a lost 1917 American comedy silent film directed by William Desmond Taylor, written by Gardner Hunting and Owen Johnson, and starring Jack Pickford, Louise Huff, Theodore Roberts, Henry Malvern, Ben Suslow and Milton Schumann.
Relevant evidence: Yes