Question: Which film came out first, Tender Mercies or Dumbbells In Ermine?

Operation Leopard
La légion saute sur Kolwezi also known as" Operation Leopard" is a French war film directed by Raoul Coutard filmed in French Guiana.
The script is based on the true story of the Battle of Kolwezi that happened in 1978.
It was diligently described in a book of the same name by former 1 REP Captain Pierre Sergent.
He published his book in 1979; the film came out in 1980.
Raoul Coutard shot the film in a documentary style.
Dumbbells in Ermine
Dumbbells in Ermine is a 1930 American early talkie pre-Code comedy film based on the 1925 play" Weak Sisters" by Lynn Starling.
The film stars Robert Armstrong and Barbara Kent, and features Beryl Mercer, James Gleason, and Claude Gillingwater.
The Fabulous Senorita
The Fabulous Senorita is a 1952 American musical comedy film directed by R.G. Springsteen and starring Estelita Rodriguez, Robert Clarke and Nestor Paiva.
The film came at the tail- end of a cycle of Latin American- themed films, through it did introduce a new star Rita Moreno.
Beggars in Ermine
Beggars in Ermine is a 1934 American film directed by Phil Rosen.
The Lady in Ermine
The Lady in Ermine is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by James Flood and produced by and starring Corinne Griffith, and distributed by First National Pictures.
The film is now considered a lost film.
The Night of Nights
The Night of Nights is a 1939 black- and- white drama film written by Donald Ogden Stewart and directed by Lewis Milestone for Paramount Pictures that starred Pat O' Brien, Olympe Bradna, and Roland Young.
The film received positive contemporary reviews from publications such as" The New York Times".
Director Milestone went on to other successful productions after the film came out, including" Ocean's 11" and" Pork Chop Hill".
The movie has no relation to the use of the phrase" Night of Nights" for the night of the Academy Awards ceremony, the album by musical group
The Seekers, or the Touhou Project song.
Bride of the Regiment
Bride of the Regiment is a 1930 American Pre- Code musical film directed by John Francis Dillon and filmed entirely in Technicolor.
The screenplay by Ray Harris and Humphrey Pearson is based on the book of the 1922 stage musical" The Lady in Ermine" by Frederick Lonsdale and Cyrus Wood, which had been adapted from the operetta" Die Frau im Hermelin" by Rudolph Schanzer and Ernst Welisch.
The story is a remake of a 1927 First National silent film," The Lady in Ermine", that starred Corinne Griffith.
It was later remade by 20th Century- Fox as" That Lady in Ermine"( 1948) starring Betty Grable and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Tender Mercies
Tender Mercies is a 1983 American drama film directed by Bruce Beresford.
The screenplay by Horton Foote focuses on Mac Sledge, a recovering alcoholic country music singer who seeks to turn his life around through his relationship with a young widow and her son in rural Texas.
Robert Duvall plays the role of Mac; the supporting cast includes Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Wilford Brimley, Ellen Barkin and Allan Hubbard.
Financed by EMI Films," Tender Mercies" was shot largely in Waxahachie, Texas.
The script was rejected by several American directors before the Australian Beresford accepted it.
Duvall, who sang his own songs in the film, drove more than throughout the state, tape recording local accents and playing in country music bands to prepare for the role.
He and Beresford repeatedly clashed during production, at one point prompting the director to walk off the set and reportedly consider quitting the film.
The film encompasses several different themes, including the importance of love and family, the possibility of spiritual resurrection amid death, and the concept of redemption through Mac Sledge's conversion to Christianity.
Following poor test screening results, distributor Universal Pictures made little effort to publicize" Tender Mercies", which Duvall attributed to the studio's lack of understanding of country music.
The film was released on March 4, 1983, in a limited number of theaters.
Although unsuccessful at the box office, it was critically acclaimed and earned five Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Picture.
" Tender Mercies" won Oscars for Best Original Screenplay for Foote and Best Actor for Duvall.
A Yank in Ermine
A Yank in Ermine is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Peter M. Thompson, Noelle Middleton, Harold Lloyd Jr. and Diana Decker, and featuring Jon Pertwee and Sid James.
It was adapted by John Paddy Carstairs from his own novel" Solid! Said The Earl".
The film includes the song" Honey, You Ca n't Love Two", sung by Decker and written by Eddie Pola and George Wyle.
That Lady in Ermine
That Lady in Ermine is a 1948 American Technicolor musical film directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
The screenplay by Samson Raphaelson is based on the operetta" Die Frau im Hermelin" by Rudolph Schanzer and Ernst Welisch.
Although Lubitsch received sole credit as director, he died after only eight days of filming, and the project was completed by Otto Preminger.

Answer: Dumbbells In Ermine