The Secret of Treasure Island
The Secret of Treasure Island is a 1938 Columbia movie serial based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel "Treasure Island".
The serial is broken into fifteen chapters.
Reporter Larry Kent travels to an island in the Caribbean to investigate the disappearance of his colleague, and discovers that the island contains a lost treasure trove of gold.
Kent meets Toni Morrell, the daughter of a shipmate whose partner knew the location of the treasure, who helps him in his investigation and they search for the treasure together.
During their investigation they are opposed by a villain named Collins and Dr. X., who attempts to kill Kent.
Kent defeats Dr. X. in the final installment of the serial.
The story was written by L. Ron Hubbard, at the time a writer of pulp fiction who went on to found the Scientology religion.
Associate producer Louis Weiss hired Elmer Clifton to direct, and Yakima Canutt worked on the action sequences.
The serial was well received by fans, and William C. Cline wrote positively of the action sequences in his book "In the Nick of Time: Motion Picture Sound Serials".
The serial received a one and a half star rating from "Allmovie".
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.
El secreto de la solterona
El secreto de la solterona( also known as The Secret of the Spinster or The Secret of the Old Maid) is a 1945 Mexican mystery romantic drama film directed and co-written by Miguel M. Delgado, based on an 1868 book of the same name by E. Marlitt.
The Secret of Blood
The Secret of Blood is a 1953 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Martin Frič.
Pirates of Treasure Island
Pirates of Treasure Island is a 2006 American comedy- drama film produced by The Asylum, loosely adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's novel" Treasure Island".
The film was criticized as an imitation of the" Pirates of the Caribbean" film series, particularly as was released just before, and shares several similarities with,.
Henry MacRae
Henry Alexander MacRae( August 29, 1876 – October 2, 1944) was a Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter during the silent era, working on many film serials for Universal Studios.
One of a number of Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood, MacRae was credited with many innovations in film production, including artificial light for interiors, the wind machine, double exposures and shooting at night.
The Secret of Mountain Lake
The Secret of Mountain Lake is a 1954 Soviet adventure film directed by Aleksandr Rou.
The Scarlet Streak
The Scarlet Streak is a 1925 American action film serial directed by Henry MacRae.
This is now considered a lost film.
The Secret of Mulan
The Secret of Mulan is the 1998 entry in the series of Secret of ... films released direct to video by UAV/ Sterling Entertainment Group, which generally were adaptations of popular theatrical animated films released in a given year, such as" The Secret of Anastasia" and" The Secret of the Hunchback".
This film, written by Katherine Lawrence and Christy Marx, is based on the poem about Hua Mulan, which had been made as a film by Walt Disney Pictures the same year as" Mulan", and combined with elements from another popular 1998 animated film," A Bug's Life".
The film is one of the early collaborations of the composer- lyricist team of Megan Cavallari and David Goldsmith, and some copies were released with a CD soundtrack attached to the back cover.
Paul Morris (producer)
Paul Morris is the owner of Treasure Island Media, a San Francisco, California- based gay pornography studio that specializes in bareback pornography.

Question: Which film has the director who died first, The Secret Of Treasure Island or The Scarlet Streak?
Answer: The Scarlet Streak