Question: Which film has the director who is older than the other, Flashing Spikes or A Dog'S Love? 

It stars Shep the Dog, Helen Badgley, and Arthur Bauer. The film is about a dog who loses his best friend, when a young girl is killed in an automobile accident, and focuses on his emotions in dealing with his loss. A Dog's Love is a 1914 American short silent fantasy film with subtitles, directed by Jack Harvey on his directorial debut. Well-received because of its "universally appealing" theme, the dog's emotions were reported as surpassing the child's histrionics. The film was shot on one reel by the Thanhouser Company, in total. It was shot in standard 35mm and a spherical 1.37:1 format. It was distributed by the Mutual Film Corporation upon release. Kitty Kelly of "The Chicago Tribune" called it a "miniature masterpiece. " Copies of the film are in the Museum of Modern Art of New York City and the National Film, Television and Sound Archive of Ottawa film archive. <SEP> Elliot Silverstein( born August 3, 1927, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American director, who is best known for being the director of the movie" Cat Ballou"( 1965). <SEP> Rufus Norris( born 16 January 1965) is a British theatre and film director, who is currently the Artistic Director of the National Theatre. <SEP> John Joseph Harvey, also known as Jack Harvey( September 16, 1881 in Cleveland, Ohio- November 9, 1954 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film actor, director and screenwriter, noted for his short films of the silent period. Among his directed films are" A Dog's Love"( 1914)( the first of many collaborations with Shep, a well- trained Collie of the Thanhouser Company)," When Fate Rebelled"( 1915)," Fairy Fern Seed"( 1915)," Kaiser's Finish"( 1918) and his last film" No Babies Wanted"( 1928), accredited as John J. Harvey. He continued to act, but most of his roles after the 1920s were very minor and uncredited in films such as" Cardinal Richelieu"( 1935) and" Anchors Aweigh"( 1945). He also continued to write for films until his death in 1954, the last of which was" City Beneath the Sea"( 1953). <SEP> The hour- long drama revolving around a disgraced ex-baseball player( Stewart) was broadcast as an episode of the anthology series" Alcoa Premiere" hosted by Fred Astaire. The script was based upon a novel by Frank O'Rourke and the supporting cast includes Jack Warden, Tige Andrews, Patrick Wayne, Don Drysdale, Vin Scully, Harry Carey, Jr., and Edgar Buchanan. The Director of Photography was William H. Clothier. This show's director John Ford, actors James Stewart and John Wayne, and cinematographer William H. Clothier also filmed" The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" together the same year. " Flashing Spikes" remains available for public viewing at the Paley Center for Media in New York City and Los Angeles. " Flashing Spikes" is a 1962 television play directed by John Ford and starring James Stewart, with a lengthy surprise appearance by John Wayne, billed in the credits as" Michael Morris"( apparently based on Wayne's birth name" Marion Michael Morrison"). <SEP> He is renowned both for Westerns such as" Stagecoach"( 1939)," The Searchers"( 1956), and" The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"( 1962), as well as adaptations of classic 20th- century American novels such as the film" The Grapes of Wrath"( 1940). John Ford( February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director. His four Academy Awards for Best Director( in 1935, 1940, 1941, and 1952) remain a record. One of the films for which he won the award," How Green Was My Valley", also won Best Picture. In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Ford directed more than 140 films( although most of his silent films are now lost) and he is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. Ford's work was held in high regard by his colleagues, with Orson Welles and Ingmar Bergman among those who have named him one of the greatest directors of all time. Ford made frequent use of location shooting and long shots, in which his characters were framed against a vast, harsh, and rugged natural terrain.