The Thirteenth Chair (1929 film)
The Thirteenth Chair is a 1929 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Tod Browning.
The picture is based on a 1916 play of the same name by Bayard Veiller.
It stars Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams and Margaret Wycherly.
The supporting cast features Bela Lugosi, whom Browning would direct as" Dracula" two years later.
The film was one of many released in both a sound film and a silent film version.
TCM aired the sound version on August 22, 2019.
An earlier version of the film, starring Creighton Hale, was made in 1919 by ACME/ Pathe Exchange, directed by Leonce Perret.
In 1937, the film was again remade by MGM, entitled" The Thirteenth Chair", starring Elissa Landi and Dame May Whitty.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Thomas Scott (diver)
Thomas Scott( 1907- date of death unknown) was an English diver.
George B. Seitz
George Brackett Seitz (January 3, 1888 – July 8, 1944) was an American playwright, screenwriter, film actor and director.
He was known for his screenplays for action serials, such as "The Perils of Pauline" (1914) and "The Exploits of Elaine" (1914).
Seitz was born in Boston, Massachusetts, started his career as a playwright, and also wrote some fiction for "up-market" pulp magazines such as "Adventure" and "People's Magazine".
Seitz did much of his early work in Fort Lee, New Jersey when many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there.
He was the director of more than one hundred films, the writer of more than thirty screenplays, and an actor in seven films.
He worked at Columbia Pictures and at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer where he directed eleven films in the "Andy Hardy" series of the 1930s & 1940s.
He died in Hollywood, California in 1944.
Although an acquaintance of the cinematographer John F. Seitz, they were not related.
He was the father of George B. Seitz Jr., who was a writer/director active in the 1940s and 1950s in films and television.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Bill Smith (footballer, born 1897)
William Thomas Smith( born 9 April 1897, date of death unknown) was an English professional footballer.
The Thirteenth Chair (1919 film)
The Thirteenth Chair is a 1919 American silent mystery film directed by Léonce Perret and starring Yvonne Delva, Creighton Hale and Marie Shotwell.
It was based on a play of the same name by Bayard Veiller.
Subsequent film adaptations were made in 1929 as" The Thirteenth Chair" and 1937 again under the same title.
The Thirteenth Chair (1937 film)
The Thirteenth Chair is a 1937 film directed by George B. Seitz, based on the stage play by Bayard Veiller, and starring Dame
May Whitty, Lewis Stone, Madge Evans, and Elissa Landi.
This was the third film adaptation of the play.
There was an earlier version by director Tod Browning in 1929 with Bela Lugosi in a supporting role, and an even earlier 1919 silent film version that starred Creighton Hale as well.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.

Question: When did the director of film The Thirteenth Chair (1937 Film) die?
Answer: July 8, 1944