Question: Which film has the director who was born earlier, South Sea Sinner or I Was A Male War Bride?

The film was based on" I Was an Alien Spouse of Female Military Personnel Enroute to the United States Under Public Law 271 of the Congress", a biography of Henri Rochard, a Belgian who married an American nurse. The film is about French Army officer Henri Rochard( Grant) who must pass as a war bride in order to go back to the United States with Women's Army Corps officer Catherine Gates( Sheridan). I Was a Male War Bride is a 1949 comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant and Ann Sheridan. It is noted as being a low key screwball comedy with a famous final sequence featuring Cary Grant impersonating a female Army nurse. <SEP> Clara Lou Sheridan( February 21, 1915 – January 21, 1967), known professionally as Ann Sheridan, was an American actress and singer. She worked regularly from 1934 until her death, first in film and later in television. Notable roles include" San Quentin"( 1937) with Pat O'Brien and Humphrey Bogart," Angels with Dirty Faces"( 1938) with James Cagney and Bogart," They Drive by Night"( 1940) with George Raft and Bogart," The Man Who Came to Dinner"( 1942) with Monty Woolley," Kings Row"( 1942) with Ronald Reagan," Nora Prentiss"( 1947), and" I Was a Male War Bride"( 1949) with Cary Grant. <SEP> Hagar Wilde( July 7, 1905 – September 25, 1971) was a writer for Hollywood films and television shows in the late thirties till the late fifties. Her work includes co-writing the screenplay for" Bringing Up Baby"( for which she had also written the original story, published in the mass- market magazine" Collier's Weekly"), starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, and was directed by Howard Hawks, and the screenplay for" I Was a Male War Bride", also starring Cary Grant and again directed by Howard Hawks as well as co-wrote" The Unseen She died in 1971, penniless and bitter, at the Motion Picture Country Home." <SEP> Critic Leonard Maltin called him" the greatest American director who is not a household name." Howard Winchester Hawks( May 30, 1896 December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. A versatile film director, Hawks explored many genres such as comedies, dramas, gangster films, science fiction, film noir, and westerns. His most popular films include" Scarface"( 1932)," Bringing Up Baby"( 1938)," Only Angels Have Wings"( 1939)," His Girl Friday"( 1940)," To Have and Have Not"( 1944)," The Big Sleep"( 1946)," Red River"( 1948)," The Thing from Another World"( 1951)," Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"( 1953), and" Rio Bravo"( 1959). His frequent portrayals of strong, tough- talking female characters came to define the" Hawksian woman". In 1942, Hawks was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for" Sergeant York". In 1974, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award as" a master American filmmaker whose creative efforts hold a distinguished place in world cinema." His work has influenced various popular and respected directors such as Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, Jean- Luc Godard, John Carpenter, and Quentin Tarantino. <SEP> H. Bruce" Lucky" Humberstone( November 18, 1901 – October 11, 1984) was a movie actor( as a child), a script clerk, an assistant director, working with directors such as King Vidor, Edmund Goulding and Allan Dwan and, ultimately, a director. <SEP> South Sea Sinner is a 1950 American adventure film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring MacDonald Carey and Shelley Winters. It is a remake of" Seven Sinners"( 1940). Liberace has a small role.