The Case of Lena Smith
The Case of Lena Smith is a 1929 American silent drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg, starring Esther Ralston and James Hall, and released by Paramount Pictures.
"The Case of Lena Smith" is ranked by film critics as among the “lost masterpieces” of the silent era and the Holy Grail for archivists who sift through film repositories.
The last remaining prints were destroyed by Paramount Pictures shortly after the end of the Second World War for tax purposes.
In 2003, Japanese film historian Komatsu Hiroshi unearthed a four-minute fragment of "The Case of Lena Smith" in Manchuria, China, reviving interest in the film.
The work was the last of Sternberg's eight silent films and one of three in his career set in the city of his birth and childhood: Vienna.
The two other movies are "Dishonored" (1931) and "The King Steps Out" (1936).
American film-maker Curtis Harrington was among the latter people to view a print from the Paramount vaults.
Commenting on the experience in "Sight & Sound" (February 17, 1949), Harrington wrote:
Brian Kennedy (gallery director)
Brian Patrick Kennedy( born 5 November 1961) is an Irish- born art museum director who has worked in Ireland and Australia, and now lives and works in the United States.
He is currently the director of the Peabody Essex Museum.
He was the director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio from 2010 to 2019.
He was the director of the Hood Museum of Art from 2005 to 2010, and the National Gallery of Australia( Canberra) from 1997- 2004.
Jesse E. Hobson
Jesse Edward Hobson( May 2, 1911 – November 5, 1970) was the director of SRI International from 1947 to 1955.
Prior to SRI, he was the director of the Armour Research Foundation.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Olav Aaraas
Olav Aaraas( born 10 July 1950) is a Norwegian historian and museum director.
He was born in Fredrikstad.
From 1982 to 1993 he was the director of Sogn Folk Museum, from 1993 to 2010 he was the director of Maihaugen and from 2001 he has been the director of the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History.
In 2010 he was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.
The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946 film)
The Time, the Place and the Girl is a 1946 American musical film directed by David Butler.
It is unrelated to the 1929 film" The Time, the Place and the Girl".
Ian Barry (director)
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S. N. Mathur
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He was also the Director General of Police in Punjab.
The Case of the Howling Dog
The Case of the Howling Dog is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Alan Crosland, based on the novel of the same name by Erle Stanley Gardner.
The film stars Warren William and Mary Astor.
This was the first in a series of four films in which William played Perry Mason.
The next three films in the series were "The Case of the Curious Bride" (1935), "The Case of the Lucky Legs" (1935), and "The Case of the Velvet Claws" (1936).
Warner Bros. made seven Perry Mason films between the years 1934 and 1941, when the series ended.
Ricardo Cortez took over the role of in the fifth film, "The Case of the Black Cat" (1936), then Donald Woods became Mason in the sixth, "The Case of the Stuttering Bishop" (1937).
Finally, William Lundigan became Mason in the last of the series, "The Case of the Black Parrot" (1941).
Each film in the series featured a different actress portraying Della Street.
The characters were revived in a popular "CBS" television series that starred Raymond Burr as Perry Mason and Barbara Hale as Della Street.
That series ran from 1957 to 1966.
Monte Markham revived the character in a 1973-74 "The New Perry Mason" CBS television series that co-starred Sharon Acker as Della Street.
Raymond Burr again starred as Mason in "Perry Mason" an NBC made-for-television movies that began in 1985 and ended when he died in 1993.
Barbara Hale also revived the role of Della Street in that series.
Josef von Sternberg
Josef von Sternberg (born Jonas Sternberg, 29 May 1894 – 22 December 1969) was an Austrian-American filmmaker whose career successfully spanned the transition from the silent to the sound era, during which he worked with most of the major Hollywood studios.
He is best known for his film collaboration with actress Marlene Dietrich in the 1930s, including the highly regarded Paramount/UFA production, "The Blue Angel" (1930).
Sternberg's finest works are noteworthy for their striking pictorial compositions, dense décor, chiaroscuro illumination and relentless camera motion, endowing the scenes with emotional intensity.
He is also credited with initiating the gangster film genre with his silent era movie "Underworld" (1927).
Sternberg's themes typically offer the spectacle of an individual's desperate struggle to maintain their personal integrity as they sacrifice themselves for lust or love.
He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for "Morocco" (1930) and "Shanghai Express" (1932).

Question: Where was the place of death of the director of film The Case Of Lena Smith?
Answer: Hollywood