The Last of the Duanes (1924 film)
The Last of the Duanes is a 1924 silent film western directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring Tom Mix.
A Fox property, it had been filmed a few years before with William Farnum.
It is based on a 1914 Zane Grey short story," The Last of the Duanes".
Last of the Duanes
Last of the Duanes may refer to:
The Last of the Duanes (1919 film)
The Last of the Duanes is a lost 1919 silent film western directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring William Farnum.
It is based on a 1914 short story" The Last of the Duanes" by author Zane Grey.
The Fox Film Corporation produced and distributed the film.
The Last of the Duanes (1930 film)
The Last of the Duanes is a 1930 American Pre- Code Western film produced and released by Fox Film Corporation and directed by Alfred L. Werker.
It is a remake of Fox's successful 1919 silent starring William Farnum and their 1924 silent remake starring Tom Mix.
Fernando Cortés
Fernando" Papi" Cortés( October 4, 1909 – 1979) was a Puerto Rican film actor, writer and director.
He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City, where he died.
On 1932, while in New York City, Fernando Cortés married Puerto Rican childhood friend María del Pilar Cordero, who adopted the stage name of Mapy Cortés.
The couple soon traveled to Spain with a Cuban theatrical troupe.
They worked on the Spanish stage, radio and film until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1936.
Fernando progressively began to take a backseat as actor and baritone and focused on promoting the career of his wife Mapy, who became a noted" vedette"( showgirl with star status) in Barcelona.
After the Spanish Civil War interrupted their careers, the couple worked in New York, San Juan, Buenos Aires, Havana and Caracas, occasionally starring in movies.
They arrived to Mexico City in late 1940 and made their stage debut at the Teatro Follies, in a show headlined by the popular Mexican comedian Cantinflas.
Despite early struggles to become household names, Mapy achieved Mexican film stardom in late 1941 and the couple settled in Mexico City.
Initially, Fernando Cortés played supporting roles in his wife's films.
He then made a successful debut as director with" La pícara Susana"( 1945) a comedy vehicle for his wife.
On March 1954, Fernando and Mapy Cortés returned to Puerto Rico to help launch local television.
Cortés became the first director at WKAQ- TV, Channel 2, and the couple co-starred in" Mapy y Papi", the first Puerto Rican sitcom.
Despite their success on local TV, the couple returned the following year to Mexico City, which offered more opportunities.
The couple starred in a Mexican version of their Puerto Rican sitcom and Mapy returned to the stage.
Fernando Cortés became known as a reliable director of Mexican comedies on stage, television and film.
After writing and directing star vehicles for his wife Mapy in the 1940s and comedians like Resortes and Tin-Tan in the 1950s, Fernando Cortés produced and directed Puerto Rican co-productions in the 1960s and launched the film career of La India María in the 1970s.
Shadow of the Law
Shadow of the Law is a 1930 film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring William Powell.
The Last of the Duanes (1919 film)
The Last of the Duanes is a lost 1919 silent film western directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring William Farnum.
It is based on a 1914 short story" The Last of the Duanes" by author Zane Grey.
The Fox Film Corporation produced and distributed the film.
Last of the Duanes (1941 film)
Last of the Duanes is a 1941 American Western film based on the novel by Zane Grey directed by James Tinling and written by William Conselman Jr. and Irving Cummings Jr..
The film stars George Montgomery, Lynne Roberts, Eve Arden, Francis Ford, George E. Stone and William Farnum.
The film was released on September 26, 1941, by 20th Century Fox.
La comadrita
La comadrita(" The Child's Godmother") is a 1978 Mexican film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring María Elena Velasco, Fernando Soler, and Sara García.
The film is about an indigenous woman who baptizes nearly all the animals on the day of the" blessing of animals" in the town.
That is why she is nicknamed" La comadrita", for being the godmother of the townspeople's animals.
Alfred L. Werker
Alfred L. Werker( December 2, 1896 – July 28, 1975) was a film director whose work in movies spanned from 1917 through 1957.
After a number of film production jobs and assistant directing, Werker co-directed his first film," Ridin' the Wind" in 1925 alongside director Del Andrews.
He was brought in by Fox Film Corporation executives to re-shoot and re-edit Erich von Stroheim's film" Hello, Sister!"( 1933), co-starring Boots Mallory and ZaSu Pitts.
Most of Werker's work is unremarkable, but a few were well received by critics.
Those films included" House of Rothschild"( 1934) and" The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"( 1939); the latter film is considered one of the best in the Sherlock Holmes series.
During the early 1940s, he directed a number of comedies including Laurel& Hardy's" A- Haunting We Will Go"( 1942).
In the late 1940s, Werker worked for the B-picture film studio Eagle- Lion Films.
Notable films from that period include the unique mystery thriller" Repeat Performance"( 1947) and" He Walked by Night"( 1948).
The latter film, however, was taken over by uncredited director Anthony Mann.
In 1949" He Walked By Night" won the Locarno International Film Festival's award for Best Police Film.
The following year, Werker was nominated for, but did not win, the Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for" Lost Boundaries"( 1949).

Question: Which film whose director is younger, The Last Of The Duanes (1930 Film) or La Comadrita?
Answer: La Comadrita