Question: Which film has the director died later, Sarumba or Phaniyamma?

Marion Gering( June 9, 1901 in Rostov- on- Don – April 19, 1977 in New York City) was a Russian- born American stage producer and director. He moved to the United States in 1924 as a member of a Soviet trade commission in trading Siberian furs. He became involved in the theatrical community in Chicago, founding the Chicago Play Producing Company. His production of Georg Kaiser's" Gas", which was presented at the Goodman Theatre on January 28, 1926, was particularly successful. In 1927 he began producing plays in New York City, and married actress Dorothy Libaire in 1930. Gering became a Hollywood film director for Paramount Pictures in 1931, directing Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard in" I Take This Woman" on his debut. In 1932 he directed Tallulah Bankhead, Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, and a young Cary Grant in" Devil and the Deep". He collaborated several times with producer Albert Lewis, producing films together like" Ready for Love" and later stage productions like" The Walking Gentleman" at the Playhouse Theatre. In 1935 he directed George Raft and Carole Lombard in the film" Rumba", inspired by the success of" Bolero" the previous year, but it was n't as successful. Gering's stint with Paramount came to an end in 1936, and he then joined Columbia Pictures between 1937 and 1939, and directed the 1937 British picture" Thunder in the City" for the Atlantic Film Company. His film career came to a halt by the end of the decade. He tried in the subsequent period, albeit in vain, to build on his previous accomplishments as a theatre producer and to pursue film directing in Europe. Between 1947 and 1949 he attempted to relaunch his film career in Cuba but with little success. In 1950 he briefly returned to film directing Michael Whalen, Doris Dowling and Tommy Wonder in the musical drama" Sarumba". He later reportedly worked as a technical assistant and caretaker in colleges. He directed the sexploitation film" Violated Paradise"( 1963). <SEP> Mohsen Eslamzadeh is an Iranian documentary filmmaker. He is the director of" Alone Among The Taliban". This film has won the best documentary award at the 44th Athens International Film and Video Festival in the United States. This film has won the best documentary award at the 12th Marbella International Film Festival in Spain. This film has won the Shahid Avini Award offers. <SEP> Ravina is an Indian actress who acted in Dhallywood movies. She acted in" Praner Cheye Priyo" which film is considered as turning point of the career of Riaz. <SEP> The story is based on acclaimed novelist M. K. Indira's 1977 Sahitya Academy Award- winning novel of the same name. The film highlighted the plight of a widow and her struggle for survival. Phaniyamma is a 1983 Indian Kannada award- winning drama film directed and produced by Prema Karanth. The film's cast included many players from a theatrical background including L. V. Sharadha, Prathibha Kasaravalli, Archana Rao, Vishwanath Rao and Kasaragod Chinna. Actor Ananth Nag made a guest appearance in the film. The film was widely appreciated by critics and audience upon release. It went on to win National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada and many International film awards. The film also was awarded multiple Karnataka State Film Awards including Best Film, Best Supporting actress and Best Story writer. <SEP> Sarumba is a 1950 American musical drama film directed by Marion Gering and starring Michael Whalen, Doris Dowling and Tommy Wonder. <SEP> She was the wife of B. V. Karanth and was known for the children's plays that she staged. She became the first ever woman director in Kannada cinema when she directed the film" Phaniyamma"( 1983), which was based on a novel by M. K. Indira. Prema Karanth( 15 August 1936 – 29 October 2007) was an Indian theatre personality and the first- ever woman film- maker of Kannada cinema.