Betty Compson
Betty Compson( born Eleanor Luicime Compson, March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974) was an American actress and film producer.
Most famous in silent films and early talkies, she is best known in her performances in" The Docks of New York" and" The Barker", the latter earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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).
Herbert Brenon
Herbert Brenon( 13 January 1880 – 21 June 1958) born Alexander Herbert Reginald St. John Brenon was an Irish film director, actor and screenwriter during the era of silent movies through the 1930s.
Docks of New York
Docks of New York is a 1945 film starring the" East Side Kids", the 20th film of the 22 pictures made in the film series.
Docks of New Orleans
Docks of New Orleans is a 1948 American film featuring Roland Winters in his second appearance as Charlie Chan.
Henry Moore (cricketer)
Henry Walter Moore( 1849 – 20 August 1916) was an English- born first- class cricketer who spent most of his life in New Zealand.
The Stronger Passion
Beatrice is a 1921 Italian silent drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Marie Doro and Sandro Salvini.
It is based on the 1890 novel" Beatrice" by H. Rider Haggard and is also known by the alternative title of The Stronger Passion.
It is a separate film from Brenon's 1919" Beatrice" which starred Francesca Bertini as Beatrice Portinari.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Manzi.
Beatrice (1919 film)
Beatrice is a 1919 Italian silent historical film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Francesca Bertini.
It tells the story of Dante Alighieri's love to Beatrice Portinari, loosely based on Dante's poetry.
It appears to be a separate film from Brenon's 1921 film" The Stronger Passion", which also had the original title of" Beatrice" although they may be alternative versions of the same production.
Wale Adebanwi
Wale Adebanwi( born 1969) is a Nigerian- born first Black Rhodes Professor at St Antony's College, Oxford.
The Docks of New York
The Docks of New York( 1928) is a silent drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring George Bancroft, Betty Compson, and Olga Baclanova.
The movie was adapted by Jules Furthman from the John Monk Saunders story" The Dock Walloper".

Question: Which film whose director was born first, The Stronger Passion or The Docks Of New York?
Answer: The Stronger Passion