New Moon (1940 film)
New Moon is a 1940 American musical film released by Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer and directed by Robert Z. Leonard, with uncredited direction by W. S. Van Dyke.
It is the second film adaptation of the operetta" The New Moon", which premiered on Broadway in 1928.
The stage version featured music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and others.
The first film adaptation, also titled" New Moon", which premiered in 1930, was less faithful to the stage version.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (commonly referred to as New Moon) is a 2009 American romantic fantasy film based on Stephenie Meyer's 2006 novel "New Moon".
It is the second film in "The Twilight Saga" film series and is the sequel to 2008's "Twilight".
Summit Entertainment greenlit the sequel in late November 2008, following the early success of "Twilight".
Directed by Chris Weitz, the film stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, reprising their roles as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, and Jacob Black, respectively.
Melissa Rosenberg, who handed in a draft of the film script during the opening weekend of "Twilight", returned as screenwriter for "New Moon" as well.
Filming began in Vancouver in late March 2009, and in Montepulciano, Italy in late May 2009.
The film was released on November 20, 2009 in most countries, and set domestic box office records as the biggest midnight screening, grossing $26.3 million, which was superseded by its sequel, .
This led to the highest single-day, domestic gross on an opening day, with $72.7 million, until it was beaten in 2011 by "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2", which made $91.1 million, by nearly $20 million.
Furthermore, "New Moon" opened with the third-highest domestic opening weekend since 2002 grossing a total of $142,839,137.
The film also became the highest-grossing film released by Summit Entertainment, and was the widest independent release, playing in over 4,100 theaters in its theatrical run, until it was surpassed by "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse".
"New Moon" was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on March 20, 2010 through midnight release parties.
As of July 2012, the film has grossed $184,916,451 in North American DVD sales, selling more than 8,835,501 units, 4 million of which were sold within its first weekend, beating "Twilight"s 3.8 million units sold in its first two days.
The film was well received by fans, but received generally negative reviews from critics.
Garm Hava
Garm Hava( translation: Hot Winds or Scorching Winds) is a 1973 Urdu drama film directed by M. S. Sathyu, with Balraj Sahni as the lead.
It was written by Kaifi Azmi and Shama Zaidi, based on an unpublished short story by noted Urdu writer Ismat Chughtai.
The film score was given by the classical musician Ustad Bahadur Khan, with lyrics by Kaifi Azmi, it also featured a qawwali composed and performed by Aziz Ahmed Khan Warsi and his Warsi Brothers troupe.
Set in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, the film deals with the plight of a North Indian Muslim businessman and his family, in the period after the 1947 partition of India.
In the grim months after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948, film's protagonist and patriarch of the family Salim Mirza, deals with the dilemma of whether to move to Pakistan, as many of his relatives, or stay back.
The film details the slow disintegration of his family, and is one of the most poignant films made on India's partition.
It remains one of the few serious films dealing with the post-Partition plight of Muslims in India.
It is often credited with pioneering a new wave of art cinema movement in Hindi Cinema, and alongside a film from another debutant film director, Shyam Benegal," Ankur"( 1973), are considered landmarks of Hindi Parallel Cinema, which had already started flourishing in other parts of India; in Bengal, notably by Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen and Ritwik Ghatak as well as in Kerala.
The movie also launched the career of actor Farooq Shaikh, and also marked the end of Balraj Sahni's film career, who died before its release.
It was India's official entry to the Academy Award's Best Foreign Film category, nominated for the Palme d' Or at the Cannes Film Festival, won a National Film Award and three Filmfare Awards.
In 2005," Indiatimes Movies" ranked the movie amongst the" Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films".
Chester Withey
Chester "Chet" Withey (8 November 1887, Park City, Utah – 6 October 1939, California) was an American silent film actor, director, and screenwriter.
He participated in the production in total of some 100 films.
Born in Park City, Utah, the son of Chester Henry Withey and Mary E. Kelso, Withey started his career in silent film as an actor in 1913.
He starred in films such as the 1916 film "The Wharf Rat".
He married Virginia Philley, a screenwriter, who also did some acting.
However, by 1916, he had already directed several films and decided to concentrate on work behind the camera.
Withey was also accredited with writing for 15 films.
He retired from film directing in 1928 and died 6 October 1939.
M. S. Sathyu
Mysore Shrinivas Sathyu( born 6 July 1930) is a leading film director, stage designer and art director from India.
He is best known for his directorial" Garm Hava"( 1973), which was based on the partition of India.
He was awarded Padma Shri in 1975.
Gita Siddharth
Gita Siddharth( died 14 December 2019) was an Indian actress and social worker.
She acted in mainstream Bollywood as well as art house cinema, like" Parichay"( 1972)," Garm Hava"( 1973), and" Gaman"( 1978).
She was best known for her role in M.S. Sathyu's" Garm Hava"( 1973), at the 21st National Film Awards, where the film won the award for Best Feature Film on National Integration, and she received a souvenir as the lead actress.
She was married to documentary maker, television producer, and presenter, Siddharth Kak, most known for his cultural magazine show," Surabhi" in 1990s.
Their daughter Antara Kak is a documentary film maker.
Gita was also an art director with the show.
She died on 14 December 2019.
The Grey Car
The Grey Car is a 1919 film directed by Enrique Rosas which is the number 98 in 100 Mexican best movies.
Bruce Gordon (actor/director)
Bruce Gordon was an actor who appeared in and directed the 1919 film" The First Men in the Moon".
He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Ishan Arya
Ishan Arya( Irshad Ahsan) was an Indian cinematographer, and producer, best known as producer and cinematographer of Art cinema classic" Garm Hava"( 1973).
After working in theatre and advertising, he made his debut with" Garm Hava" directed by M. S. Sathyu.
After that he worked largely in South Indian cinema, especially Telugu, though he work on two noted Hindi art films," Bazaar"( 1982) directed by Sagar Sarhadi and" Anjuman"( 1986) directed by Muzaffar Ali.
At the 23rd National Film Awards, he won the Best Cinematography Award for Telugu film," Mutyala Muggu"( 1975).
The New Moon (1919 film)
The New Moon is a 1919 silent film adventure drama directed by Chester Withey and produced by and starring Norma Talmadge, with Pedro de Cordoba and Charles K. Gerrard.

Question: Which film whose director is younger, Garm Hava or The New Moon (1919 Film)?
Answer: Garm Hava