Question: Which film whose director is younger, The Cat And The Canary (1927 Film) or Don Juan In Sicily?

George A. Siegmann( also credited as George Seigmann; February 8, 1882 – June 22, 1928) was an American actor and film director in the silent film era. His work includes roles in notable productions such as" The Birth of a Nation"( 1915)," The Three Musketeers"( 1921)," Oliver Twist"( 1922)," The Cat and the Canary"( 1927) and" The Man Who Laughs"( 1928). <SEP> The Cat and the Canary is a 1927 American silent horror film adaptation of John Willard's 1922 black comedy play of the same name. The plot revolves around the death of Cyrus West, who is Annabelle, Charlie, and Paul's uncle, and the reading of his will 20 years later. Annabelle inherits her uncle's fortune, but when she and her family spend the night in his haunted mansion they are stalked by a mysterious figure. Meanwhile, a lunatic known as" the Cat" escapes from an asylum and hides in the mansion. The film is part of a genre of comedy horror films inspired by 1920s Broadway stage plays. Directed by German Expressionist filmmaker Paul Leni, the film stars Laura La Plante as Annabelle West, Forrest Stanley as Charles" Charlie" Wilder, and Creighton Hale as Paul Jones. Paul Leni's adaptation of Willard's play blended expressionism with humor, a style Leni was notable for and critics recognized as unique. Leni's style of directing made" The Cat and the Canary" influential in the" old dark house" genre of films popular from the 1930s through the 1950s. The film was one of Universal's early horror productions and is considered" the cornerstone of Universal's school of horror." The play has been filmed five other times, with the most notable in 1939 starring comedic actor Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. <SEP> One Exciting Night is a 1922 American Gothic silent Mystery film directed by D. W. Griffith. The plot revolves around a series of murders on a wealthy estate and the attempts of the cast to uncover the murderer's identity. The success of both the Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood play" The Bat"( 1920), as well as the 1922 stage play" The Cat and the Canary", led Griffith to write and produce his own variation on the theme, which in turn led to the production of similar" murder mystery/ old dark house" films such as" The Ghost Breaker"( 1922), previously filmed by C. B. DeMille in 1914," The Bat"( 1926) based on the play," Midnight Faces"( 1926)," The Cat and the Canary"( 1927)," The Old Dark House"( 1932) and even the fabled" London After Midnight"( 1927) with Lon Chaney. At the time of this film, Henry Hull was starring on Broadway in the stage version of John Willard's" The Cat and the Canary". <SEP> Paul Leni( 8 July 1885 – 2 September 1929), born Paul Josef Levi, was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionist filmmaking, making" Backstairs Hintertreppe", 1921) and" Waxworks Das Wachsfigurenkabinett", 1924) in Germany, and" The Cat and the Canary"( 1927)," The Chinese Parrot"( 1927)," The Man Who Laughs"( 1928), and" The Last Warning"( 1929) in the U.S. <SEP> Alberto Lattuada( 13 November 1914 – 3 July 2005) was an Italian film director. <SEP> It is loosely based on the novel with the same title by Vitaliano Brancati. Don Giovanni in Sicilia, internationally released as Don Juan in Sicily, is a 1967 Italian comedy- drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada.