claim: Randall Wallace directed the 1998 American action drama The Man in the Iron Mask.
evidence: The Red Widow is a lost 1916 silent comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky , distributed by Paramount Pictures .. Paramount Pictures. Paramount Pictures. lost. lost film. Famous Players-Lasky. Famous Players-Lasky. Famous Players. Famous Players Film Company. The film was based on a 1911 Broadway musical play The Red Widow by Channing Pollock and Rennold Wolf and starring comedian Raymond Hitchcock .. Channing Pollock. Channing Pollock ( writer ). Raymond Hitchcock. Raymond Hitchcock ( actor ). John Barrymore stars in this film in the Hitchcock part of Cicero Butts .. John Barrymore. John Barrymore. Hitchcock 's wife , Flora Zabelle , is the leading lady in this film .. Flora Zabelle. Flora Zabelle. This particular comedy was shot twice .. The negative for the first version burned up in a nitrate fire before prints were made .. This was probably the same Famous Players fire of September 11 , 1915 that destroyed the first version of Mary Pickford 's Esmerelda -LRB- 1915 -RRB- .. Famous Players. Famous Players Film Company. Mary Pickford. Mary Pickford. Esmerelda. Esmerelda ( 1915 film ). Barrymore and cast reshot the film for no salary .