The Four Feathers (1921 film)
The Four Feathers is a 1921 British silent war film directed by René Plaissetty and starring Harry Ham, Mary Massart and Henry Vibart.
The film is an adaptation of A. E. W. Mason's 1902 novel of the same name.
The film was made on location and at Cricklewood Studios by Stoll Pictures, at the time the largest British film studio.
It was the second film version of the story, following a 1915 American film.
The film was shot on location in North Africa.
It was reasonably successful on its release.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
René Plaissetty
René Plaissetty (1889–1955) was an American film director.
Son of Achille Plaissetty, chemist and businessman and Corinne Bonnecaze, professor of singing, René Plaissetty was born on March 7, 1889 in Chicago.
In 1907, he came to live in France and later married Yvonne Lacroix, a French figure skating champion in 1908, with two daughters, Jacqueline in 1909 and Micheline in 1911.
With the help of other administrators, He founded his production company Filma.
In January 1920, leaving his factory to his assistant, he left for London where he returned to the studios with Mary Massart, who became his muse.
His English feature films of 1920 and 1921 made for the "Stoll Film Co
" are noticed by critics for their aesthetic and thematic qualities such as the strange Yellow Claw, according to a story by Sax Rohmer.
In 1922, he returned to Paris and turned to Gaumont (in the series Pax)
My little boy with Leontine Massart, sister of Mary.
Still with the same producer, with Mary Massart, he staged an adaptation of Maurice Level's novel "L'Île sans nom".
This eventful film (one sees in particular a shipwreck) receives a very favorable public and critical reception, due to the originality of the subject and the dramatic use of a new mode of communication, the Wireless telegraphy.
In 1923 René Plaissetty considered American cinema more suited to his projects.
He then returned to the United States with Mary Massart to marry in Los Angeles (they will have a son, Francis Léo) and met the director and producer Edwin Carewe.
He immediately proposed the adaptation of a novel by Louise Gérard to "Son of the Sahara" published in 1922 in New York City.
In 1943, he made an appearance as an actor in the film "Mission to Moscow", where he played Robert Coulondre, French ambassador to Berlin at the beginning of the war under the pseudonym Alex Caze.
René Plaissetty died on January 4, 1955 in Los Angeles.
He is buried in the Montebello Cemetery in California.
The Four Feathers (2002 film)
The Four Feathers is a 2002 war drama film directed by Shekhar Kapur and starring Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Djimon Hounsou and Kate Hudson.
Set during the British Army's Gordon Relief Expedition( late 1884 to early 1885) in Sudan, it tells the story of a young man accused of cowardice.
This film, with altered plot events, is the latest in a long line of cinematic adaptations of the 1902 novel" The Four Feathers" by A.E.W. Mason.
Other versions of the story have been set in the 1890s, with different battle events.
The Four Feathers (1929 film)
The Four Feathers is a 1929 American war film directed by Merian C. Cooper and starring William Powell, Richard Arlen, Clive Brook and Fay Wray.
The film is the third of numerous film versions of the 1902 novel" The Four Feathers" written by A. E. W. Mason.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Four Feathers
Four Feathers( 1915) is a silent film adaptation of A. E. W. Mason's 1902 novel" The Four Feathers".
Frohawk Two Feathers
Frohawk Two Feathers( born 1976) is an American artist who currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
His paintings often include aspects of history, storytelling and/ or political commentary.
Hal Walters
Hal Walters( 1892–1940) was an English actor.
Born 29 January 1892 as Henry Paul Walters, he was best known for his role in" The Four Feathers"( 1939).
A. E. W. Mason
Alfred Edward Woodley Mason( 7 May 1865 – 22 November 1948) was an English author and politician.
He is best remembered for his 1902 novel of courage and cowardice in wartime," The Four Feathers" and is also known as the creator of Inspector Hanaud, a French detective who was an early template for Agatha Christie's famous Hercule Poirot.
His prolific output in short stories and novels were frequently made and remade into films during his lifetime; though many of the silent versions have been lost or forgotten, the Korda productions of" Fire Over England"( 1937) and" The Four Feathers"( 1939) remain enduring classics of British cinema.

Question: Where was the director of film The Four Feathers (1921 Film) born?
Answer: Chicago