Question: Which film has the director who died later, Early Abstractions or By Whose Hand? (1927 Film)?

Filmed before as a silent directed by James Durkin in 1916. By Whose Hand? is a lost 1927 American silent crime drama film directed by Walter Lang and released by Columbia Pictures. An early talkie remake was made in 1932 by Benjamin Stoloff. <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> Walter Lang( August 10, 1896 – February 7, 1972) was an American film director. <SEP> By Whose Hand? is a 1932 American mystery film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Ben Lyon, Barbara Weeks and Kenneth Thomson. In London the film premiered on a double bill with Michael Powell's quota quickie" His Lordship". A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. <SEP> Each film is between two and six minutes long, and is named according to the chronological order in which it was made. The collection includes" Numbers 1–57", and" 10", while the missing" Numbers 8" and" 9" are presumed to have been lost. The idea of the numbering was to suggest a coherent link between each individual film, and that they were to be treated not just on their own but as part of a larger body of work. Of the missing chapters," Number 6" was made up of three- dimensional optically printed abstractions;" Number 8" was a black and white collage of clippings taken from nineteenth century ladies wear catalogues and elocution books, and" Number 9" was a color collage of biology books and nineteenth century temperance movement| posters. The remaining films show a gradual evolution in Smith's technical complexity, with blunt abstraction rudimentary motion more prominent in the early shorts, in contrast to an allegoric dance of Tarot cards, and Buddhist and Cabalistic symbols. Initially recorded with no sound, a medley of music by The Beatles was added retrospectively. Early Abstractions is a collection of seven short animated films created by Harry Everett Smith between 1939 and 1956. Because the songs do not exactly sync up with each individual film, some critics have opined that this does not enhance the film, and recommend watching it in silence. In 2006," Early Abstractions" was selected to the National Film Registry by the Librarian of Congress for its" cultural, historical, or aesthetic significance". The Academy Film Archive preserved films 1, 2, and 3 of" Abstractions". <SEP> Smith was an important figure in the Beat Generation scene in New York City, and his activities, such as his use of mind- altering substances and interest in esoteric spirituality, anticipated aspects of the Hippie movement. Harry Everett Smith( May 29, 1923 in Portland, Oregon – November 27, 1991 in New York City) was a visual artist, experimental filmmaker, record collector, bohemian, mystic, and largely self- taught student of anthropology. Besides his films, most notably his full length cutout animated film" Heaven and Earth Magic"( 1962), Smith is also widely known for his influential" Anthology of American Folk Music", drawn from his extensive collection of out- of- print commercial 78 rpm recordings. Throughout his life Smith was an inveterate collector. In addition to records, artifacts he collected included string figures, paper airplanes, Seminole textiles, and Ukrainian Easter eggs.