Question: Which film has the director died earlier, High Society Blues or Counterblast?

Knowledge 1: Counterblast
Counterblast is a 1948 British thriller film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Robert Beatty, Mervyn Johns and Nova Pilbeam.It was made by British National Films at Elstree Studios. [SEP] Knowledge 2: High Society Blues
High Society Blues( 1930) is an American pre-Code film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell.The movie was written by Howard J. Green from the story by Dana Burnett, and directed by David Butler.Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together, including Frank Borzage's classics" Seventh Heaven"( 1927)," Street Angel"( 1928), and" Lucky Star"( 1929); Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress for the first two and F. W. Murnau's" Sunrise"( 1927). [SEP] Knowledge 3: David Butler (director)
David Butler (December 17, 1894 – June 14, 1979) was an American actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and television director. [SEP] Knowledge 4: Paul L. Stein
Paul Ludwig Stein( 4 February 1892 – 2 May 1951) was an Austrian- born film director with 67 films to his credit.Stein began his career in Berlin in 1918 and worked exclusively in the German silent film industry until 1926, when he first went to Hollywood, and spent the next five years commuting between Germany and the U.S., where he worked with stars such as Jeanette MacDonald, Lillian Gish and Constance Bennett.In 1931, Stein relocated to England after gaining a contract with British International Pictures, where he was assigned a number of big- name prestige productions, including some of the popular operetta films of the mid-1930s.These included" Blossom Time" and" Heart's Desire" starring his boyhood friend Richard Tauber, who also made cameo appearances in two of his post-war films" Waltz Time" and" Lisbon Story".For most his career, Stein's credits tended to be films primarily aimed at female audiences, although later he also directed crime and spy thrillers.Stein remained in England for the rest of his life and career, becoming a British citizen in 1938.
Knowledge 1: Counterblast
Counterblast is a 1948 British thriller film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Robert Beatty, Mervyn Johns and Nova Pilbeam.It was made by British National Films at Elstree Studios. [SEP] Knowledge 2: High Society Blues
High Society Blues( 1930) is an American pre-Code film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell.The movie was written by Howard J. Green from the story by Dana Burnett, and directed by David Butler.Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together, including Frank Borzage's classics" Seventh Heaven"( 1927)," Street Angel"( 1928), and" Lucky Star"( 1929); Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress for the first two and F. W. Murnau's" Sunrise"( 1927). [SEP] Knowledge 3: David Butler (director)
David Butler (December 17, 1894 – June 14, 1979) was an American actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and television director. [SEP] Knowledge 4: Querelle
Querelle is a 1982 West German- French English- language drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Brad Davis, adapted from French author Jean Genet's 1947 novel" Querelle of Brest".It marked Fassbinder's final film as a writer/ director; it was posthumously released just months after the director died of a drug overdose in June 1982.
Knowledge 1: High Society Blues
High Society Blues( 1930) is an American pre-Code film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell.The movie was written by Howard J. Green from the story by Dana Burnett, and directed by David Butler.Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together, including Frank Borzage's classics" Seventh Heaven"( 1927)," Street Angel"( 1928), and" Lucky Star"( 1929); Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress for the first two and F. W. Murnau's" Sunrise"( 1927). [SEP] Knowledge 2: Paul L. Stein
Paul Ludwig Stein( 4 February 1892 – 2 May 1951) was an Austrian- born film director with 67 films to his credit.Stein began his career in Berlin in 1918 and worked exclusively in the German silent film industry until 1926, when he first went to Hollywood, and spent the next five years commuting between Germany and the U.S., where he worked with stars such as Jeanette MacDonald, Lillian Gish and Constance Bennett.In 1931, Stein relocated to England after gaining a contract with British International Pictures, where he was assigned a number of big- name prestige productions, including some of the popular operetta films of the mid-1930s.These included" Blossom Time" and" Heart's Desire" starring his boyhood friend Richard Tauber, who also made cameo appearances in two of his post-war films" Waltz Time" and" Lisbon Story".For most his career, Stein's credits tended to be films primarily aimed at female audiences, although later he also directed crime and spy thrillers.Stein remained in England for the rest of his life and career, becoming a British citizen in 1938. [SEP] Knowledge 3: Counterblast
Counterblast is a 1948 British thriller film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Robert Beatty, Mervyn Johns and Nova Pilbeam.It was made by British National Films at Elstree Studios. [SEP] Knowledge 4: Querelle
Querelle is a 1982 West German- French English- language drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Brad Davis, adapted from French author Jean Genet's 1947 novel" Querelle of Brest".It marked Fassbinder's final film as a writer/ director; it was posthumously released just months after the director died of a drug overdose in June 1982.

Answer: Counterblast