Question: Which film has the director who was born later, Alvin Purple or The Bridge Of Sighs (1925 Film)?

It received largely negative reviews from local film critics. Despite this it was a major hit with Australian audiences. " Alvin Purple" became the most commercially successful Australian film released to that time, breaking the box office record set by Michael Powell's pioneering Anglo- Australian comedy feature " They're a Weird Mob"( 1966). Alvin Purple is a 1973 Australian comedy film starring Graeme Blundell, written by Alan Hopgood and directed by Tim Burstall. The score and title theme were composed by Australian singer- songwriter Brian Cadd. A 1974 film sequel" Alvin Rides Again" toned- down the sex scenes and nudity, adding more camp comedy. This was followed by a 1976 Australian Broadcasting Commission situation comedy television series titled" Alvin Purple". Blundell reprised the title role in both, as well as in the 1984 movie" Melvin, Son of Alvin". <SEP> The Bridge of Sighs is a 1936 American crime film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Onslow Stevens, Dorothy Tree and Jack La Rue. <SEP> The film stars Dorothy Mackaill, Creighton Hale, Richard Tucker, Alec B. Francis, Ralph Lewis and Cliff Saum. The Bridge of Sighs is a 1925 American drama film directed by Phil Rosen and written by Louis D. Lighton and Hope Loring. The film was released by Warner Bros. on January 1, 1925. <SEP> Philip E. Rosen( May 8, 1888 – October 22, 1951) was an American film director and cinematographer. He directed 142 films between 1915 and 1949. He was born in Marienburg, German Empire( now, Malbork, Poland), grew up in Machias, Maine, and died in Hollywood, California of a heart attack. He was one of the founders of the American Society of Cinematographers. Rosen was married to model and actress Joyzelle Joyner. <SEP> A key figure in Australian postwar cinema, Burstall was instrumental in rebuilding the Australian film industry at a time when it had been effectively dead for over a decade. He created groundbreaking Australian films including" StorkEnd PlayEliza Fraser The Last of the Knucklemen" and the 1987 adaptation of the D.H. Lawrence novel" Kangaroo". Timothy Burstall AM( 20 April 1927 – 19 April 2004) was an English Australian film director, writer and producer, best known for hit Australian movie" Alvin Purple"( 1973) and its sequel" Alvin Rides Again". Burstall's films featured early appearances by many legendary Australian actors including Jack Thompson, Bruce Spence, Jacki Weaver," Alvin" star Graeme Blundell, John Waters and Judy Davis. Burstall's wife, Betty Burstall, an important figure in her own right, founded the pioneering La Mama Theatre in Melbourne in the late 1960s, with which Tim was involved. Speaking just after Burstall's death, David Williamson said that Burstall" could n't stomach" Australia's lack of a film industry. " He was determined to do something about it and he had the energy and spirit to do it. ( He) was a very important cultural figure: highly intelligent, widely read, with a succinct and often highly controversial opinion on everything." <SEP> W. Augustus Barratt( 1873- 1947) was a Scottish- born, later American, songwriter and musician.