Question: Which film has the director who was born first, The Virtuous Model or Bulldog Drummond'S Peril?

He directed films between 1905 and 1922. One of his brother was the actor-sculptor Paul Capellani. and another the film director Roger Capellani. Capellani, along with his brother Paul, studied acting under Charles le Bargy at the Conservatoire de Paris. Starting his career as an actor, he worked with the director André Antoine at the Théâtre Libre and the Odéon. He then began directing plays for the Odéon, working alongside the lauded actor and director. In 1903, he became the head of the Alhambra music hall in Paris. He continued to work as an actor and director until he received a job offer from the Pathé Frères studio in 1905. Charles Pathé, who held high hopes for the artistic potential of film as a medium, invited him to join the artistic staff under the direction of Ferdinand Zecca. When Pathé in 1908 launched a" prestige" production unit, the Société des Auteurs et des Gens de Lettres( SCAGL), Capellani became its first artistic director. Albert Capellani( 23 August 1874 – 26 September 1931) was a French film director and screenwriter of the silent era. During his Pathé career, he worked as an adviser and supervisor to various directors, including Michel Carré, Georges Denola, Henri Étiévant, and Georges Monca. He often drew upon his theatrical background to cast stage actor colleagues for his films, such as Henry Krauss, who appeared as Quasimodo in his" The Hunchback of Notre Dame"( 1911) and as Jean Valjean in his( 1912). " Les Misérables" also gave the actress Mistinguett her first important screen role. His films cover many genres, including melodramas, fairy tales, costume dramas with historical and biblical themes, and literary adaptations, especially after taking up directorship of SCAGL in 1908. Characteristics of his style include a keen sense for staging actors in three- dimensional space, dynamic use of location filming, and an attention to subtle, realistic details that highlight the humanity of his characters. In 1914 he served in the French army as an officer but was wounded in at the battle of Soissons near Champaigne First Battle of Champagne. He was released from duty but because of the war was unable to direct films in France. In 1915, he moved to the United States and worked for the film studios Pathé Exchange, Metro Pictures Corporation, the World Film Company, Cosmopolitan Productions, Nazimova Productions, and his own newly created studio, Capellani Productions, Inc. Under his direction, Alla Nazimova rose to prominence as one of the greatest silent film stars in Hollywood. Capellani returned to France in 1923, where he floated several new film projects but was unable to bring any to fruition. He died of diabetes in 1931. <SEP> The film's sets were designed by the French art director Henri Ménessier. The Virtuous Model is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Albert Capellani and starring Dolores Cassinelli, Helen Lowell, and May Hopkins. <SEP> Bulldog Drummond is a 1929 American pre-Code crime film in which Hugh" Bulldog" Drummond helps a beautiful young woman in distress. The film stars Ronald Colman as the title character, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant, Montagu Love, Wilson Benge, Joan Bennett, and Lilyan Tashman. Produced by Samuel Goldwyn and directed by F. Richard Jones, the movie was adapted by Sidney Howard from the play by H. C. McNeile( credited onscreen as" Sapper"). Colman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and William Cameron Menzies for Best Art Direction. Two previous Bulldog Drummond films had been produced:" Bulldog Drummond"( 1923) and" Bulldog Drummond's Third Round"( 1925). The 1929 film was the first Bulldog Drummond movie with sound, and was also Ronald Colman's first talkie. A series of Drummond movies followed, beginning with" Temple Tower" made in the UK in 1930; see the main article on Bulldog Drummond for a complete list. <SEP> His movies included" Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police"( 1939) and" The Mad Ghoul"( 1943), his last film. He died from a heart attack aged 53. James Patrick Hogan( September 21, 1890, Lowell, Massachusetts — November 4, 1943, North Hollywood, California) was an American filmmaker. <SEP> Bulldog Drummond's Revenge is a 1937 black- and- white detective film directed by Louis King, produced by Stuart Walker, written by Edward T. Lowe Jr. and Herman C. McNeile( novel), and featuring John Barrymore. The picture stars John Howard in his second appearance as Bulldog Drummond; Howard previously appeared as Ronald Colman's( who had made the first talkie" Bulldog Drummond") brother in" Lost Horizon". Top- billed John Barrymore portrays his friend Colonel Nielsen. <SEP> The film is based on Herman C. McNeile's novel" The Third Round". Bulldog Drummond's Peril is a 1938 American film directed by James P. Hogan.