Whispering Wires
Whispering Wires is a 1926 American mystery film directed by Albert Ray and written by William Conselman and Gordon Rigby.
It is based on the 1918 novel" Whispering Wires" by Henry Leverage, which was also made into a stage play.
The film stars Anita Stewart, Edmund Burns, Charles Clary, Otto Matieson, Mack Swain and Arthur Housman.
The film was released on October 24, 1926 by Fox Film Corporation.
Little is known about Henry Leverage, the author of the original novel, except that he served prison time in Sing Sing Correctional Facility for car theft.
Hartley Lobban
Hartley W Lobban (9 May 1926 – 15 October 2004) was a Jamaican-born first-class cricketer who played 17 matches for Worcestershire in the early 1950s.
John McMahon (Surrey and Somerset cricketer)
John William Joseph McMahon( 28 December 1917 – 8 May 2001) was an Australian- born first- class cricketer who played for Surrey and Somerset in England from 1947 to 1957.
Wale Adebanwi
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The art director was Tomoo Shimogawara.
Alfred L. Werker
Alfred L. Werker( December 2, 1896 – July 28, 1975) was a film director whose work in movies spanned from 1917 through 1957.
After a number of film production jobs and assistant directing, Werker co-directed his first film," Ridin' the Wind" in 1925 alongside director Del Andrews.
He was brought in by Fox Film Corporation executives to re-shoot and re-edit Erich von Stroheim's film" Hello, Sister!"( 1933), co-starring Boots Mallory and ZaSu Pitts.
Most of Werker's work is unremarkable, but a few were well received by critics.
Those films included" House of Rothschild"( 1934) and" The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"( 1939); the latter film is considered one of the best in the Sherlock Holmes series.
During the early 1940s, he directed a number of comedies including Laurel& Hardy's" A- Haunting We Will Go"( 1942).
In the late 1940s, Werker worked for the B-picture film studio Eagle- Lion Films.
Notable films from that period include the unique mystery thriller" Repeat Performance"( 1947) and" He Walked by Night"( 1948).
The latter film, however, was taken over by uncredited director Anthony Mann.
In 1949" He Walked By Night" won the Locarno International Film Festival's award for Best Police Film.
The following year, Werker was nominated for, but did not win, the Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for" Lost Boundaries"( 1949).
Henry Moore (cricketer)
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Deepak Sareen
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His first film as director was" Ranbhoomi" and last film as director was" Albela".
Albert Ray
Albert Ray( August 28, 1897 – February 5, 1944) was an American film director, actor, and screenwriter.
He directed 76 films between 1920 and 1939.
He also appeared in 18 films between 1915 and 1922.
He was born in New Rochelle, New York and died in Los Angeles, California.
Lost Boundaries
Lost Boundaries is a 1949 American film directed by Alfred L. Werker that stars Beatrice Pearson, Mel Ferrer( in his first starring role), and Susan Douglas Rubeš.
The film is based on William Lindsay White's book of the same title, a nonfiction account of Dr. Albert C. Johnston and his family, who passed for white while living in New England in the 1930s and 1940s.
The film won the 1949 Cannes Film Festival award for Best Screenplay.

Question: Which film whose director was born first, Lost Boundaries or Whispering Wires?
Answer: Lost Boundaries