Gambling with Souls
Gambling with Souls is a 1936 American exploitation film directed by Elmer Clifton.
The Champ (1931 film)
The Champ is a 1931 American pre-Code film starring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper and directed by King Vidor from a screenplay by Frances Marion, Leonard Praskins and Wanda Tuchock.
The picture tells the story of a washed- up alcoholic boxer( Beery) attempting to put his life back together for the sake of his young son( Cooper).
Beery won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance( sharing the prize with Fredric March for" Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"), Frances Marion won the Academy Award for Best Story, and the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director.
The Clown (1953 film)
The Clown is a 1953 American drama film starring Red Skelton with Jane Greer and Tim Considine, and directed by Robert Z. Leonard.
The story is derived from" The Champ"( 1931).
King Vidor
King Wallis Vidor( February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose career spanned nearly seven decades.
In 1979, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award for his" incomparable achievements as a cinematic creator and innovator."
He was nominated five times for a Best Director Oscar, and won eight international film awards during his career.
Vidor's best known films include" The Big Parade"( 1925)," The Crowd"( 1928)," Stella Dallas"( 1937), and" Duel in the Sun"( 1946).
Contrary to common belief, he is not related to fellow director Charles Vidor.
Gordon Avil
Gordon Avil( 3 March 1899 – 25 April 1970) was an American cinematographer.
He worked in" Billy the Kid"( 1930)," The Champ"( 1931)," A Miracle Can Happen"( 1948)," Robot Monster"( 1953)," Shield for Murder"( 1954)," King Dinosaur"( 1955)," Big House, U.S.A."( 1955)," The Black Sleep"( 1956) and" The Underwater City"( 1962).
According to Robert Clary, he was one of the most patient and endearing people he have ever met.
He died in April 1970 of a heart attack while shooting the TV series" Hogan's Heroes".
Edward Yates
Edward J. Yates( September 16, 1918 – June 2, 2006) was an American television director who was the director of the ABC television program" American Bandstand" from 1952 until 1969.
Elmer Clifton
Elmer Clifton( March 14, 1890 – October 15, 1949) was an American writer, director and actor from the early silent days.
A collaborator of D.W. Griffith, he appeared in" The Birth of a Nation"( 1915) and" Intolerance"( 1916) before giving up acting in 1917 to concentrate on work behind the camera, with Griffith and Joseph Henabery as his mentors.
His first feature- length solo effort as a director was" The Flame of Youth" with Jack Mulhall.
Clifton honed his talents during the late 1910s, directing vehicles for Mulhall and Herbert Rawlinson at Universal and then for Dorothy Gish for Famous Players- Lasky.
Two of his projects with Gish," Nobody Home" and" Nugget Nell", featured performances from pre-stardom Rudolph Valentino.
Most of this early output has been lost.
He was the first filmmaker to discover the talents of Clara Bow, whom he cast in" Down to the Sea in Ships", released on March 4, 1923.
The independently produced film was well reviewed for its visual authenticity.
During the 1920s, Clifton directed films for several different studios.
During the filming of" The Warrens of Virginia"( 1924) for Fox Film Corporation, lead actress Martha Mansfield suffered a fatal accident from burns when her costume caught fire.
Clifton directed" The Wreck of the Hesperus" for Cecil B. deMille's production company, and filmed on location in the Grand Canyon for" The Bride of the Colorado".
He also directed some Technicolor short films, including" Manchu Love" with an all- Asian cast.
In the sound era, Clifton wrote and directed many poverty row Westerns and" exploitation" classics, among them the anti-marijuana polemic" Assassin of Youth"( 1937).
He also directed the vice films" Gambling with Souls"( 1936)," Slaves in Bondage"( 1937) and" City of Missing Girls"( 1941), all of which portrayed addiction and white slavery to some degree.
His last film was" Not Wanted"( 1949), which was finished by producer Ida Lupino when Clifton became ill and was unable to work anymore.
He died in 1949 of a cerebral hemorrhage shortly after the film's release.
Hassan Zee
Hassan Zee is a Pakistani- American film director who was born in Chakwal, Pakistan.
Playing with Souls
Playing with Souls is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Jacqueline Logan, Mary Astor and Clive Brook.
Rumbi Katedza
Rumbi Katedza is a Zimbabwean Film Producer and Director who was born on 17 January 1974.

Question: Which film has the director who was born earlier, The Champ (1931 Film) or Gambling With Souls?
Answer: Gambling With Souls