Jesse James Under the Black Flag
Jesse James Under the Black Flag is a 1921 silent black and white historical western film directed and written by Franklin B. Coates.
It is about the bandit Jesse James, who is portrayed by his son Jesse James Jr..
It is the prequel of "Jesse James as the Outlaw", both released the same year and featured in theaters.
J. Frank Dalton
John Frank Dalton( March 8, 1848 August 15, 1951) was a man who, in the last few years( 1948- 1951) of his long life, publicly claimed to be the famous outlaw Jesse James.
However, most professional historians believe that Dalton was merely a Jesse James impostor, and that the real Jesse James was killed by Robert" Bob" Ford on April 3, 1882, in a house Jesse was renting located at 1318 Lafayette Street in St. Joseph, Missouri.
With the death of Jesse James in 1882, and the subsequent death of his( Dalton's) wife Julia Ellen Groshon during childbirth in 1886, Dalton abandoned his children and began roaming the countryside.
In the 1930s and 1940s he appeared in Independence County, Arkansas, telling tales of being Jesse James, and on other occasions he told tales of being the famous Western lawman John Franklin" Frank" Dalton( June 8, 1859- November 27, 1887), thus earning himself a meal.
By the 1940s he was in Oklahoma and Texas, where his uncle lived and he had relatives.
It was in Texas that he first claimed he was the same Frank Dalton who historians believe had been killed in 1887.
When it was proved that he was n't the original Frank Dalton( 1859- 1887), in April, 1948- in Lawton, Oklahoma- he took up being Jesse James instead.
Dalton was allegedly 100 years old at the time of his first public appearance as Jesse James- at Lawton, Oklahoma in April – May, 1948.
Like the real Jesse James, Dalton apparently had been a pro-Confederate guerrilla in Missouri during the Civil War.
However, Dalton's account of himself as Jesse James did not hold up under questioning from Jesse James' surviving relatives.
Nevertheless, several people of note, such as journalist/ novelist Robert Ruark, were convinced that J. Frank Dalton was the famous outlaw Jesse Woodson James.
To many people's surprise, Dalton did appear to have many of the unique body marks/ body features which the real Jesse James was rumored to have.
These body features included: seven bullet wounds, a rope burn around his neck, a collapsed lung, a damaged fingertip, and severely burned feet.
On September 5, 1949, Rudi Turilli and Lester B. Dill( the general manager and owner, respectively, of Meramec Caverns, near Stanton, Missouri) hosted a reunion at Meramec Caverns for Dalton and his last- remaining old- time friends, in celebration of Dalton's/ Jesse James' supposed 102nd birthday.
J. Frank Dalton died on August 15, 1951, in Granbury, Texas, and his death certificate was recorded with the name of the man he claimed to be.
His gravestone in Granbury Cemetery also has that claimed identity recorded on it.
Jesse James as the Outlaw
Jesse James as the Outlaw is a 1921 silent film directed by Franklin B. Coates, cast designed by Edgar Kellar and starring Jesse James, Jr., Diana Reed and Marguerite Hungerford.
It is the sequel of" Jesse James under the Black Flag", released the same year.
Both films were featured in theaters and were not financial successes.
The True Story of Jesse James
The True Story of Jesse James is a 1957 American Western drama film adapted from Henry King's 1939 film "Jesse James", which was only loosely based on James' life.
It was directed by Nicholas Ray, with Robert Wagner portraying Jesse James and Jeffrey Hunter starring as Frank James.
Filming took place during 1955.
Originally titled The James Brothers in the United Kingdom, the film focused on the relationship between the two James brothers during the last 18 years of Jesse James' life.
Soul Soldier
Soul Soldier( produced under the working title Men of the Tenth; originally released as The Red, White, and Black; released on home video in the United States as Buffalo Soldier; released on home video in Australia as Black Cavalry; also called Soul Soldiers) is a 1970 blaxploitation Western film.
The film was initially produced by Hirschman- Northern Productions under the working title" Men of the Tenth".
After it was filmed on 16 mm film and released under the title" The Red, White, and Black", producer Stuart Hirschman asked John Cardos to salvage the film, and Cardos, after looking at the existing footage, insisted that the entire film needed to be reshot in 35 mm film.
Cardos directed the reshoot, which was entirely shot on an Arriflex 35 IIC.
Richard Dix's son Robert Dix appears in the film as a Native American warrior.
Isabel Sanford portrays the character Isabel Taylor.
Janee Michelle and Robert Do Qui share nude sex scenes in the film.
Rafer Johnson, who had won medals as a decathlete at the Olympic Games, starred in the film and intended to use all the money he earned from acting in the film to start his own film company.
The financial success of the film led to the production of several other films in the genre.
When the film was released on home video, it was renamed" Buffalo Soldier".
John Cardos
John" Bud" Cardos( born December 20, 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a film director and former actor/ stuntman.
His father and uncle managed Graumann's Egyptian and Chinese theaters.
He made television guest appearances on" The Monroes The High Chaparral" and NBC's" Daniel Boone" starring Fess Parker.
Cardos is the subject of the 2016 biography Action!
by the late actor Robert Dix and his wife Lynette Dix.
Robert Dix and Cardos starred together in the Al Adamson- directed biker film" Satan's Sadists".
Cardos appears as himself and talks about his stunt career in the documentary film Danger God, which is about his friend and fellow stuntman Gary Kent.
Jesse James' Kid
Jesse James' Kid (also known as "Son of Jesse James") is a 1965 Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Antonio del Amo.
Jesse James at Bay
Jesse James at Bay is a 1941 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane starring Roy Rogers and George" Gabby" Hayes.
Jesse James (actor)
Jesse James( born September 14, 1989) is an American actor.
Joseph Kane
Jasper Joseph Inman Kane( March 19, 1894, San Diego – August 25, 1975, Santa Monica, California) was an American film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter.
He is best known for his extensive directorship and focus on Western films.

Question: Which film whose director was born first, Jesse James At Bay or Soul Soldier?
Answer: Jesse James At Bay