Question: Which film has the director who died later, The Romance Of Rosy Ridge or Jailhouse Rock (Film)?

It stars Van Johnson, Thomas Mitchell, and Janet Leigh in her film debut. The Romance of Rosy Ridge is a 1947 drama film, directed by Roy Rowland, about a rural community bitterly divided during the aftermath of the American Civil War. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by MacKinlay Kantor. <SEP> Richard Thorpe( born Rollo Smolt Thorpe; February 24, 1896 – May 1, 1991) was an American film director best known for his long career at Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer. <SEP> The New York- born director helmed a number of films in the 1950s and 1960s including" Our Vines Have Tender Grapes Meet Me in Las VegasRogue Cop The 5000 Fingers of Doctor T" and" The Girl Hunters". Rowland married Ruth Cummings, the niece of Louis B. Mayer and sister of Jack Cummings( MGM producer/ director). Roy Rowland( December 31, 1910 – June 29, 1995) was an American film director. They had one son, Steve Rowland, born in 1932, who later became a music producer in the UK, and has recently published his memoir" Hollywood Heat". <SEP> William Simpson Potter( 21 January 1805 – 16 January 1879) was a 19th- century English author. From available information, Potter was a friend of Henry Spencer Ashbee, a merchant, bibliographer, bibliophile, authority on the life and works of Cervantes, and collector of erotic materials. Ashbee describes Potter as a" shrewd business man, the ardent collector, and the enthusiastic traveller". According to the bibliography- catalogue," British Museum General Catalogue of Printed Books," Potter is author of two books of letters describing the Prince of Wales' visit to India in 1875 – 1876. The British Museum, now the British Library, has these works in their holdings. " A Letter from the East: from William S. Potter, to his niece, Mrs. Addison Potter" bears a publication date of 1877- according to the online catalog record of the British Library. Also in the holdings of the British Library is" Letters from India during H. R. H. the Prince of Wales visit in 1875 – 6, from William S. Potter to his sister," which dates from 1876. Again, according to this British Museum source, Potter is the author of the Victorian erotic novel," The Romance of Lust",( 1873 – 1876) although the published novel lists its author as" Anonymous". Because of the anonymous authorship, this novel is alternately attributed to Potter and to another English writer of erotic novels, Edward Sellon( 1818? – 1866). For example, the Library of Congress catalog record for the 1968 Grove Press edition of" The Romance of Lust" includes the brief note:" Attributed to Capt. Edward Sellon. Cf." Bibliotheca arcana." 1885." The" Bibliotheca arcana" is a bibliography of erotic literature from the late 19th century. Henry Spencer Ashbee partially attributes" The Romance of Lust" to Potter. Ashbee comments that, The Romance of Lust" is not the produce of a single pen, but consists of several tales,'orient pearls at random strung,' woven into a connected narrative by a gentleman, perfectly well known to the present generation of literary eccentrics and collectors, as having amassed one of the most remarkable collections of erotic pictures and bric- a- brac ever brought together." Comparing the text of" Letters from India during H. R. H. the Prince of Wales visit in 1875- 6, from William S. Potter to his sister" with the text of" The Romance of Lust" reveals numerous stylistic affinities, whereas a comparison of Sellon's" The New Epicurean" and" The Adventures of a School- Boy" shows fewer similarities in authorial style. ( The Library of Congress has all of these volumes within its collections.) The character' Mr Chambon' in the anonymously authored" The Sins of the Cities of the Plain; or, The Recollections of a Mary- Ann, with Short Essays on Sodomy and Tribadism" may be based on Potter, who was a friend of its publisher William Lazenby. In the book Mr Chambon resides at" in the Cornwall Mansions close to Baker Street Station", while from about 1877 until his death Potter lived at Cornwall Residences, a now- demolished block of nondescript Victorian flats near the Station. According to Ashbee, Potter" ... died January 16, 1879, in his 74th year, at Catania, whither he had repaired for the sake of his health". <SEP> Distributed by Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer( MGM) and dramatized by Guy Trosper from a story written by Nedrick Young, the film is about a young man sentenced to prison for manslaughter who is mentored in music by his prison cellmate who realizes his musical abilities. After his release from jail, while looking for a job as a club singer, the young man meets a musical promoter who helps him launch his career. As he develops his musical abilities and becomes a star, his self- centered personality begins to affect his relationships. The wife of producer Pandro S. Berman convinced him to create a film with Presley in the role. Berman delegated the casting to Benny Thau, head of the studio and Abraham Lastfogel, the then president of William Morris Agency. Jailhouse Rock is a 1957 American musical drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, and Mickey Shaughnessy. Berman hired Richard Thorpe, who was known for shooting productions quickly. The production of" Jailhouse Rock" began on May 13, 1957, and concluded on June 17 of that year. The dance sequence to the film's title song" Jailhouse Rock" is often cited as" Presley's greatest moment on screen". Before pre-production began, songwriters Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber were commissioned to integrate the film's soundtrack. In April, Leiber and Stoller were called for a meeting in New York City to show the progress of the repertoire. The writers, who had not produced any material, toured the city and were confronted in a hotel room by Jean Aberbach, who locked them into their hotel room by blocking the hotel room door with a sofa until they wrote the material. Presley recorded the soundtrack at Radio Recorders in Hollywood on April 30 and May 3, with an additional session at the MGM Soundstage on May 9. During post-production, the songs were dubbed into the films scenes, in which Presley mimed the lyrics. " Jailhouse Rock" premiered on October 17, 1957 in Memphis, Tennessee and was released nationwide on November 8, 1957. It peaked at number 3 on the" Variety" box office chart, and reached number 14 in the year's box office totals, grossing$ 4 million. " Jailhouse Rock" earned mixed reviews, with most of the negative reception directed towards Presley's persona. In 2004, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry and was deemed" culturally, aesthetically or historically significant." On its January 28, 2019 edition, the Ultimate Classic Rock website named it the best rock movie of 1957. <SEP> The Romance of Celluloid is a 1937 short black and white documentary film, narrated by Frank Whitbeck, which goes behind the scenes to look at the manufacture of film and the making of motion pictures. The film was the first of the studio's" Romance of Celluloid" series which also included: