The Toll of the Sea
The Toll of the Sea is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Chester M. Franklin, produced by the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation, released by Metro Pictures, and featuring Anna May Wong in her first leading role.
The film was written by Frances Marion and directed by Chester M. Franklin( brother of director Sidney Franklin), with the lead roles played by Wong and Kenneth Harlan.
The plot was a variation of the" Madama Butterfly" story, set in China instead of Japan.
The film was the second Technicolor feature( after 1917's" The Gulf Between"), the first color feature made in Hollywood, and the first Technicolor color feature anywhere that did not require a special projector to be shown.
The film premiered on November 26, 1922 at the Rialto Theatre in New York City, and went into general release on January 22, 1923.
Germinal (1913 film)
Germinal is a 1913 black and white silent French language French film written and directed by Albert Capellani.
It was released in the United States in 1914 as Germinal; or, The Toll of Labor.
It is an adaptation of the novel" Germinal" by Emile Zola.
With a running time of 140 minutes, it is one of the first films produced with a length of over two hours.
Chester M. Franklin
Chester Mortimer Franklin( September 1, 1889 – March 12, 1954) was an American film director and actor active mainly in the silent era.
Born in San Francisco, he was the brother of Sidney A. Franklin.
In the late 1910s he co-directed with his brother Sidney several films with all- children casts for William Fox.
He directed two silent horror films, the 1924" Behind the Curtain"( aka" Souls Which Pass in the Night") and the 1927" The Thirteenth Hour".
Toll of the Desert
The Toll of the Desert is a 1935 American Western film directed by William Berke and starring Fred Kohler, Jr., Betty Mack, and Roger Williams.
Sidney Franklin (director)
Sidney Arnold Franklin( March 21, 1893 – May 18, 1972) was an American film director and producer.
Franklin, like William C. de Mille, specialized in adapting literary works or Broadway stage plays.
His brother Chester Franklin( 1889 – 1954) also became a director during the silent film era best known for directing the early Technicolor film" The Toll of the Sea".
Gilbert Cates
Gilbert "Gil" Cates (né Katz; June 6, 1934 – October 31, 2011) was an American film director and television producer, director of the Geffen Playhouse, and founding dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
Cates is most known for having produced the Academy Awards telecast a record 14 times between 1990 and 2008.<ref name="LAT2011/11"> </ref
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Mistress of the Apes
Mistress of the Apes is a 1979 film from Larry Buchanan.
The Promise (1979 film)
The Promise is a 1979 American drama film released by Universal Pictures which starred Kathleen Quinlan, Stephen Collins, and Beatrice Straight.
It was directed by Gilbert Cates and produced by Fred Weintraub and Paul Heller.
Weintraub and Heller also wrote the source story, which Garry Michael White dramatized; the resultant film was later novelized by Danielle Steel.
It was remade in India as the Hindi film" Yeh Vaada Raha"( 1982).
Paul Ryan (actor)
Paul Ryan (June 11, 1945 – April 23, 2015), born Bernard Paul Feldman, was an American actor, producer and television personality.
His television roles included bit parts in "BewitchedEmergency!Night CourtMurder, She Wrote" and "Desperate Housewives".
His film appearances include "Coma" (1978), "The Promise" (1979), "Star 80" (1983), and "Fast Forward" (1985).
Ryan also worked as a correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight" and "KTLA Morning News".
Le Masque de la Méduse
Le masque de la Méduse is a 2009 fantasy horror film directed by Jean Rollin.
The film is a modern-day telling of the Greek mythological tale of the Gorgon and was inspired by the 1964 classic Hammer Horror film of the same name and the 1981 cult classic" Clash of the Titans".
It was Rollin's final film, as the director died in 2010.

Question: Which film has the director died first, The Toll Of The Sea or The Promise (1979 Film)?
Answer: The Toll Of The Sea