The Green Archer (1961 film)
The Green Archer( German: Der grüne Bogenschütze) is a 1961 West German black and white crime film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Gert Fröbe, Klausjürgen Wussow, Karin Dor and Eddi Arent.
It is based on the 1923 novel" The Green Archer" by Edgar Wallace.
The Shanghai Drama
The Shanghai Drama is a 1938 French drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst and starring Christl Mardayn, Louis Jouvet and Raymond Rouleau.
An exiled White Russian woman works as a cabaret singer in Shanghai to support her daughter through school.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew and Guy de Gastyne.
It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and on location in Saigon in French Indochina.
H. G. Simms
H. G. Simms was the Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council from 1922 to 1923.
He was also Chairman of the Shanghai Club from 1914 to 1920.
G. W. Pabst
Georg Wilhelm Pabst( 25 August 1885 – 29 May 1967) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter.
He started as an actor and theater director, before becoming one of the most influential German- language filmmakers during the Weimar Republic.
Rumbi Katedza
Rumbi Katedza is a Zimbabwean Film Producer and Director who was born on 17 January 1974.
Hassan Zee
Hassan Zee is a Pakistani- American film director who was born in Chakwal, Pakistan.
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Spencer Gordon Bennet( January 5, 1893 – October 8, 1987) was an American film producer and director.
Known as the" King of Serial Directors", he directed more film serials than any other director.
The Green Archer (1940 serial)
The Green Archer is the 12th serial released by Columbia Pictures.
It was based on Edgar Wallace's 1923 novel" The Green Archer", which had previously been adapted into the silent serial of the same name in 1925 by Pathé Exchange.
The Green Archer (1925 serial)
The Green Archer is a ten part 1925 American mystery film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet.
It is based on Edgar Wallace's bestselling 1923 novel of the same name.
The filmmakers moved the setting of the novel from England to the United States.
The story was remade in the sound era as another serial" The Green Archer" by Columbia Pictures.
The first episode is titled" The Ghost of Bellamy Castle"( released in the U.S. Dec. 6, 1925), and the final one is" The Smoke Clears Away"( released in the U.S. Feb. 27, 1926).
The serial was released in the United Kingdom by Pathé Pictures International beginning on 4 October 1926.
The film no longer exists in complete form.
Only the 3rd, 4th and 5th chapters still exist of the original ten- part serial, preserved in UCLA's film and television library.
Cinematographer Stanley Cortez had one of his earliest jobs as assistant cameraman on the serial.
Actress Allene Ray went on to star in a number of other serials such as" The Terrible People"( 1928)," Hawk of the Hills"( 1929) and" The Indians are Coming"( 1930).
Director Bennett also went on to direct many sound serials over the next several decades.
The poster had the tagline" The foreboding shadow of the grim Archer- the twang of the bow- and green feathered Death speeds to its mark!"
Most of the books of Edgar Wallace have been adapted into films many times over the years in both England in the 1930's, and in Germany in the 1960's in a series known as the" crimis".
( See Films based on works by Edgar Wallace)
Cecil Holliday
Cecil Holliday was the Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council in 1906.
He also served as commandant of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps.

Question: Which film has the director who was born earlier, The Green Archer (1925 Serial) or The Shanghai Drama?
Answer: The Shanghai Drama