Clarence Wainwright Murphy
Clarence Wainwright Murphy, is a misidentification of Charles William Murphy( 1870 – 1913), who as C. W. Murphy was a prolific British composer of music hall and musical theatre tunes.
He was born in Manchester on 14 February 1870 and died in Blackpool on 18 or 19 June 1913.
He is perhaps best known for the song" Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" with lyric by Will Letters( 1908).
In 1926," Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" was made into an animated short of the same title directed by Dave Fleischer, and in 1928 into a feature film directed by William Wyler.
The song was also performed in the 1943 film" Hello Frisco, Hello".
With frequent collaborator Dan Lipton( 1873 – 1935) he also wrote" My Girl's a Yorkshire Girl", mentioned by James Joyce in his novel" Ulysses" and also turned into a 1909 short sound film of the same name.
Another song," Little Yellow- bird",( aka" Goodbye, Little Yellow Bird") written with lyricist W. Hargreave, can be seen performed by Scottish comedian Charlie Naughton in the 1938 film" Alf's Button Afloat" and by Angela Lansbury in the 1945 film" The Picture of Dorian Gray" and again by Lansbury in the 1985 episode" Sing a Song of Murder" from her TV series" Murder, She Wrote".
Robbery Under Arms (1907 film)
Robbery Under Arms is a 1907 Australian silent western/ drama film based on the novel by Rolf Boldrewood about two brothers and their relationship with the bushranger Captain Starlight.
It was the first film version of the novel and the third Australian feature ever made.
It is considered a lost film.
It is not to be confused with another version of the novel that came out the same year.
Attack on the Gold Escort
Attack on the Gold Escort is a 1911 Australian silent film.
It was sometimes known as" Captain Midnight, King of the Bushrangers, or Attack of the Gold Escort", or" Captain Starlight's Attack on the Gold Escort".
It is considered a lost film.
The film was called" an Exciting and Thrilling Reproduction of Australian Early Days.
A vivid portrayal of bush adventure, acted by Australian artistes, amid Australian scenery" which was filmed" at the exact spot where the incident happened."
The movie is often confused with" Captain Midnight, the Bush King" and" Captain Starlight, or Gentleman of the Road".
However it seems it was a separate movie.
Anybody Here Seen Kelly?
Anybody Here Seen Kelly? is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by William Wyler.
This was the first non-Western film to be directed by Wyler and is now considered to be a lost film.
This is Bessie Love's final silent film.
It was produced by Universal Pictures.
Captain Starlight, or Gentleman of the Road
Captain Starlight, or Gentleman of the Road is a 1911 Australian silent film about the bushranger Captain Starlight.
It was based on Alfred Dampier's stage adaptation of the novel" Robbery Under Arms".
It is considered a lost film.
A Gentleman of Leisure (1923 film)
A Gentleman of Leisure is a lost 1923 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players- Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
It was directed by Joseph Henabery and stars Jack Holt.
The film is based on the novel" A Gentleman of Leisure" by P. G. Wodehouse.
It was adapted into a play by Wodehouse and John Stapleton.
It is also remake of the 1915 film" A Gentleman of Leisure".
The Life of Rufus Dawes
The Life of Rufus Dawes is a 1911 Australian silent film based on Alfred Dampier's stage adaptation of the novel" For the Term of His Natural Life" produced by Charles Cozens Spencer.
It was also known as The Story of Rufus Dawes, or the Term of His Natural Life or" The Convict Hero".
The film was the third produced by Charles Cozens Spencer, based on a popular stage adaptation by Alfred Dampier and starring Alfred Rolfe, his wife Lily Dampier and Raymond Longford.
It The others were" Captain Midnight, the Bush King"( 1911) and" Captain Starlight, or Gentleman of the Road"( 1911).
Rolfe then left Spencer to work for the Australian Photo- Play Company under Stanley Crick.
It is considered a lost film.
Attack on the Gold Escort
Attack on the Gold Escort is a 1911 Australian silent film.
It was sometimes known as" Captain Midnight, King of the Bushrangers, or Attack of the Gold Escort", or" Captain Starlight's Attack on the Gold Escort".
It is considered a lost film.
The film was called" an Exciting and Thrilling Reproduction of Australian Early Days.
A vivid portrayal of bush adventure, acted by Australian artistes, amid Australian scenery" which was filmed" at the exact spot where the incident happened."
The movie is often confused with" Captain Midnight, the Bush King" and" Captain Starlight, or Gentleman of the Road".
However it seems it was a separate movie.
A Gentleman of the Ring (1932 film)
A Gentleman of the Ring( French: Chouchou poids plume) is a 1932 French sports film directed by Robert Bibal and starring Geo Laby, Vanda Gréville and Gaston Dubosc.
It is a remake of the 1926 silent film" A Gentleman of the Ring".
Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?
" Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?", music and lyrics by C.W. Murphy and Will Letters( 1908), is a British music hall song, originally titled" Kelly From the Isle of Man".
The song concerns a Manx woman looking for her boyfriend during a visit to London.
It was adapted for American audiences by William McKenna in 1909 for the American musical" The Jolly Bachelors".
Kelly is the commonest surname on the Isle of Man.
In the American adaptation of the song, lyrics were changed to describe Kelly as being from Ireland and visiting New York -- Irish songs and performers being popular with vaudeville audiences.
In Nora Bayes' 1910 recording of the song, she gives a wink to her own Jewish heritage by" accidentally" singing" Has anybody here seen Levi ... I mean Kelly."
In 1926, Max Fleischer produced an animated short in the DeForest Phonofilm sound- on- film process as part of his" Song Car- Tunes" series.
In 1928, William Wyler directed a feature film starring Bessie Love with this title.
In 1943, the song was performed in the film musical" Hello, Frisco, Hello".
An instrumental rendition can be heard throughout the 1949 film" It Happens Every Spring".
It functions like a theme song for the main character- a science professor who becomes a baseball star under the pseudonym' King Kelly'. In 1978's" Ziegfeld: The Man& His Women", Inga Swenson, as Nora Bayes, sings the song during the scene of the first" Ziegfeld Follies" in 1908.
In 1917, the British composer Havergal Brian based much of the opening scene of his opera" The Tigers" around the song( or rather round the refrain), which runs beneath and through the action as policeman search for a missing person during a Bank Holiday carnival on Hampstead Heath.
A few years later he extracted the music, without the vocal parts or transferring those parts to instruments, as an independent orchestral work," Symphonic Variations on' Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?"'.

Question: Which film came out earlier, Captain Starlight, Or Gentleman Of The Road or Anybody Here Seen Kelly??
Answer: Captain Starlight, Or Gentleman Of The Road