The True Story of Jesse James
The True Story of Jesse James is a 1957 American Western drama film adapted from Henry King's 1939 film "Jesse James", which was only loosely based on James' life.
It was directed by Nicholas Ray, with Robert Wagner portraying Jesse James and Jeffrey Hunter starring as Frank James.
Filming took place during 1955.
Originally titled The James Brothers in the United Kingdom, the film focused on the relationship between the two James brothers during the last 18 years of Jesse James' life.
Jesse James' Kid
Jesse James' Kid (also known as "Son of Jesse James") is a 1965 Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Antonio del Amo.
George Sherman
George Sherman( July 14, 1908 – March 15, 1991) was an American film director and producer of low- budget Western films.
Jesse James Under the Black Flag
Jesse James Under the Black Flag is a 1921 silent black and white historical western film directed and written by Franklin B. Coates.
It is about the bandit Jesse James, who is portrayed by his son Jesse James Jr..
It is the prequel of "Jesse James as the Outlaw", both released the same year and featured in theaters.
Jesse James, Jr. (film)
Jesse James Jr. is a 1942 American Western film directed by George Sherman and written by Richard Murphy, Doris Schroeder and Taylor Caven.
The film stars Don" Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick, Al St. John, Douglas Walton, Karl Hackett and Lee Shumway.
The film was released on March 25, 1942, by Republic Pictures.
Jesse James as the Outlaw
Jesse James as the Outlaw is a 1921 silent film directed by Franklin B. Coates, cast designed by Edgar Kellar and starring Jesse James, Jr., Diana Reed and Marguerite Hungerford.
It is the sequel of" Jesse James under the Black Flag", released the same year.
Both films were featured in theaters and were not financial successes.
Lucas Demare
Lucas Demare( July 14, 1910 – September 6, 1981) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer prominent in the Cinema of Argentina in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
At the 1943 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, Demare won Silver Condor awards for Best Director, Best Film and numerous other awards for" The Gaucho War"( 1942), a film which is considered by critics in Argentina to be one of the best films in its history.
He won further awards including Best Film and Director for" Su mejor alumno"( 1944) at the 1945 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards.
He wrote and directed other films such as" El cura gaucho"( 1941)," La calle grita"( 1948)," Mi noche triste"( 1951)," Zafra"( 1958) and" La Boda"( 1964).
His last film as a director was" Hombres de mar" in 1977.
In 1964, he was a member of the jury at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival.
He died of a heart attack at the age of 71 in 1981.
His brother was the composer Lucio Demare who wrote several film scores for Lucas' productions.
Jesse James (actor)
Jesse James( born September 14, 1989) is an American actor.
His Best Student
His Best Student( Spanish: Su mejor alumno) is a 1944 Argentine biographical drama film directed by Lucas Demare and starring Enrique Muiño and Ángel Magaña.
It was released in Buenos Aires on 22 May 1944.
The film won many awards, including the award for best film of the year.
J. Frank Dalton
John Frank Dalton( March 8, 1848 August 15, 1951) was a man who, in the last few years( 1948- 1951) of his long life, publicly claimed to be the famous outlaw Jesse James.
However, most professional historians believe that Dalton was merely a Jesse James impostor, and that the real Jesse James was killed by Robert" Bob" Ford on April 3, 1882, in a house Jesse was renting located at 1318 Lafayette Street in St. Joseph, Missouri.
With the death of Jesse James in 1882, and the subsequent death of his( Dalton's) wife Julia Ellen Groshon during childbirth in 1886, Dalton abandoned his children and began roaming the countryside.
In the 1930s and 1940s he appeared in Independence County, Arkansas, telling tales of being Jesse James, and on other occasions he told tales of being the famous Western lawman John Franklin" Frank" Dalton( June 8, 1859- November 27, 1887), thus earning himself a meal.
By the 1940s he was in Oklahoma and Texas, where his uncle lived and he had relatives.
It was in Texas that he first claimed he was the same Frank Dalton who historians believe had been killed in 1887.
When it was proved that he was n't the original Frank Dalton( 1859- 1887), in April, 1948- in Lawton, Oklahoma- he took up being Jesse James instead.
Dalton was allegedly 100 years old at the time of his first public appearance as Jesse James- at Lawton, Oklahoma in April – May, 1948.
Like the real Jesse James, Dalton apparently had been a pro-Confederate guerrilla in Missouri during the Civil War.
However, Dalton's account of himself as Jesse James did not hold up under questioning from Jesse James' surviving relatives.
Nevertheless, several people of note, such as journalist/ novelist Robert Ruark, were convinced that J. Frank Dalton was the famous outlaw Jesse Woodson James.
To many people's surprise, Dalton did appear to have many of the unique body marks/ body features which the real Jesse James was rumored to have.
These body features included: seven bullet wounds, a rope burn around his neck, a collapsed lung, a damaged fingertip, and severely burned feet.
On September 5, 1949, Rudi Turilli and Lester B. Dill( the general manager and owner, respectively, of Meramec Caverns, near Stanton, Missouri) hosted a reunion at Meramec Caverns for Dalton and his last- remaining old- time friends, in celebration of Dalton's/ Jesse James' supposed 102nd birthday.
J. Frank Dalton died on August 15, 1951, in Granbury, Texas, and his death certificate was recorded with the name of the man he claimed to be.
His gravestone in Granbury Cemetery also has that claimed identity recorded on it.

Question: Which film has the director died first, His Best Student or Jesse James, Jr. (Film)?
Answer: His Best Student