Question: Which film has the director who died later, The Climbers (1919 Film) or The Case Of Lena Smith?

This film was directed by Tom Terriss and stars Corinne Griffith. The Climbers is a 1919 American silent comedy drama film produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America. It is based on Clyde Fitch's Broadway play. A previous version of Fitch's play had been made in 1915 as" The Climbers" with Gladys Hanson and a later version in 1927 again as" The Climbers" with Irene Rich. A print is preserved in the Library of Congress. <SEP> He is best known for his film collaboration with actress Marlene Dietrich in the 1930s, including the highly regarded Paramount/ UFA production," The Blue Angel"( 1930). Sternberg's finest works are noteworthy for their striking pictorial compositions, dense décor, chiaroscuro illumination and relentless camera motion, endowing the scenes with emotional intensity. He is also credited with initiating the gangster film genre with his silent era movie" Underworld"( 1927). Josef von Sternberg( born Jonas Sternberg, 29 May 1894 – 22 December 1969) was an Austrian- American filmmaker whose career successfully spanned the transition from the silent to the sound era, during which he worked with most of the major Hollywood studios. Sternberg's themes typically offer the spectacle of an individual's desperate struggle to maintain their personal integrity as they sacrifice themselves for lust or love. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for" Morocco"( 1930) and" Shanghai Express"( 1932). <SEP> The Case of Lena Smith is a 1929 American silent drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg, starring Esther Ralston and James Hall, and released by Paramount Pictures. "The Case of Lena Smith" is ranked by film critics as among the “lost masterpieces” of the silent era and the Holy Grail for archivists who sift through film repositories. The last remaining prints were destroyed by Paramount Pictures shortly after the end of the Second World War for tax purposes. In 2003, Japanese film historian Komatsu Hiroshi unearthed a four-minute fragment of "The Case of Lena Smith" in Manchuria, China, reviving interest in the film. The work was the last of Sternberg's eight silent films and one of three in his career set in the city of his birth and childhood: Vienna. The two other movies are "Dishonored" (1931) and "The King Steps Out" (1936). American film-maker Curtis Harrington was among the latter people to view a print from the Paramount vaults. Commenting on the experience in "Sight & Sound" (February 17, 1949), Harrington wrote: <SEP> The Climbers is a lost 1915 silent film produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company and starring Gladys Hanson. This film is the first filming of Clyde Fitch's play of the same name. Later versions of Fitch's play were made in 1919 as" The Climbers" with Corinne Griffith and in 1927 also as" The Climbers" with Irene Rich. <SEP> After trying various occupations, he became an actor playing a variety of roles, beginning in 1890, in plays, pantomime and Edwardian musical comedy. Thomas Herbert F. Lewin( 28 September 1872 – 8 February 1964), known professionally as Tom Terriss, was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. After the First World War, he left the stage and pursued a decade- long film career. He was the brother of the musical comedy star Ellaline Terriss and son of leading man actor William Terriss. <SEP> The Case of the Howling Dog is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Alan Crosland, based on the novel of the same name by Erle Stanley Gardner. The film stars Warren William and Mary Astor. This was the first in a series of four films in which William played Perry Mason. The next three films in the series were "The Case of the Curious Bride" (1935), "The Case of the Lucky Legs" (1935), and "The Case of the Velvet Claws" (1936). Warner Bros. made seven Perry Mason films between the years 1934 and 1941, when the series ended. Ricardo Cortez took over the role of in the fifth film, "The Case of the Black Cat" (1936), then Donald Woods became Mason in the sixth, "The Case of the Stuttering Bishop" (1937). Finally, William Lundigan became Mason in the last of the series, "The Case of the Black Parrot" (1941). Each film in the series featured a different actress portraying Della Street. The characters were revived in a popular "CBS" television series that starred Raymond Burr as Perry Mason and Barbara Hale as Della Street. That series ran from 1957 to 1966. Monte Markham revived the character in a 1973-74 "The New Perry Mason" CBS television series that co-starred Sharon Acker as Della Street. Raymond Burr again starred as Mason in "Perry Mason" an NBC made-for-television movies that began in 1985 and ended when he died in 1993. Barbara Hale also revived the role of Della Street in that series.