Question: Which film has the director died earlier, The Forbidden Trail or A Weaver Of Dreams?

A print is preserved in the Library of Congress. The Forbidden Trail is a 1923 silent film western written and directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Jack Hoxie. <SEP> A Weaver of Dreams is a lost silent film directed by Edison's John H. Collins and released under Metro Films February 18, 1918, at the height of Mr. Collins' career. It was the 36th of 41 films credited to his direction. The young director succumbed to Spanish Influenza and died later that year; October 23, 1918, at the age of 28. The film stars his actress wife Virginia Flugrath, who is best known by her screen name Viola Dana. The screenplay, written by John H. Collins and William Parker, is an adaptation of Myrtle Reed's (1874-1911) posthumously published novel "A Weaver of Dreams" (1911); the author took her own life earlier that year on August 17, 1911. <SEP> He married film actress Viola Dana. John H. Collins (December 31, 1889 - October 31, 1918) was an American writer and director of the silent film era. His career was cut short when he died due to the flu epidemic in 1918. During his career which began in 1914, he directed more than 40 features and film shorts, and wrote the scenario for over a dozen more features. His 1917 film The Girl Without a Soul was selected by the National Film Registry to be preserved by the Library of Congress. His final works were shown posthumously in 1919. <SEP> William Flakefield( fl. 1700), was the first weaver of checked linen in Great Britain. <SEP> Patricia L. Garfield is an American academic specializing in the study of dreams, specifically the cognitive processes underpinning them. She is the author of 10 books covering a broad range of dream topics. These topics include: nightmares, children ’s dreams, healing through dreams and dream- related art. Her best- known work is “ Creative Dreaming. ” Originally published in 1974 it was revised and reprinted again in 1995. She holds a Ph.D in psychology from Temple University. Garfield is one of the six co-founders of the International Association for the Study of Dreams( IASD), originally called the Association for the Study of Dreams( ASD). The IASD is a non-profit, international, multidisciplinary organization dedicated to the “ pure and applied investigation of dreams and dreaming. ” Garfield was the President of the ASD from 1998 to 1999. <SEP> He is most famous for directing early Western films starring John Wayne in the 1930s, including" Riders of Destiny"( 1933; an early singing- cowboy movie)," The Lucky Texan"( 1934)," West of the Divide"( 1934)," Blue Steel"( 1934)," The Man From Utah"( 1934)," The Star Packer"( 1934)," The Trail Beyond"( 1934; co-starring Noah Beery, Sr. and Noah Beery, Jr.)," The Lawless Frontier"( 1934)," Texas Terror"( 1935)," Rainbow Valley"( 1935)," The Dawn Rider"( 1935)," Westward Ho"( 1935), and" Lawless Range"( 1935). These were inexpensively shot" Poverty Row" movies; many were also written by Bradbury and almost all of them featured character actor George" Gabby" Hayes. Bradbury also shot numerous similar films during this period starring his son Bob Steele or Johnny Mack Brown. Robert N. Bradbury( March 23, 1886 – November 24, 1949)( born Ronald E. Bradbury) was an American film director and screenwriter who directed 125 movies between 1918 and 1941. Bradbury occasionally billed himself as" Robert North BradburyR.N. Bradbury", or" Robert Bradbury". He died in Glendale, California on November 24, 1949 at age 63.