Question: Which film whose director was born first, The Story Of Gilbert And Sullivan or Lorraine Of The Lions?

John Joseph Braham, Sr.( 1847 – October 28, 1919) was an Anglo- American musical theater conductor and composer who introduced the works of Gilbert and Sullivan to the United States and composed some of the earliest original orchestral scores for silent film. Braham emigrated from England to America as a child. As a teenager, he toured as a violinist. After this he became a conductor and music director at New York and Boston theatres. In 1879, he conducted the first American production of a Savoy opera," H.M.S. Pinafore" and became associated with Gilbert and Sullivan works for the next decade. He also conducted a number of other musical theatre works and at music halls. In 1913 and 1914, he composed musical scores for silent films, including" In the Land of the Head Hunters". <SEP> He was the son of George Gilliat, editor of the" Evening Standard" between 1928- 1933. Sidney was born in the district of Edgeley in Stockport, Cheshire. In the 1930s he worked as a scriptwriter, most notably with Frank Launder on" The Lady Vanishes"( 1938) for Alfred Hitchcock, and" Night Train to Munich"( 1940), directed by Carol Reed. He and Launder made their directorial debut co-directing the home front drama" Millions Like Us"( 1943). From 1945 he also worked as a producer, starting with" The Rake's Progress", which he also wrote and directed. He and Launder made over 40 films together, founding their own production company Individual Pictures. While Launder concentrated on directing their comedies, most famously the four St Trinian's School films, Gilliat showed a preference for comedy- thrillers and dramas, including" Green for Danger"( 1946)," London Belongs to Me"( 1948) and" State Secret"( 1950). He wrote the libretto for Malcolm Williamson's opera" Our Man in Havana", based on the novel by Graham Greene. Sidney Gilliat( 15 February 1908 – 31 May 1994) was an English film director, producer and writer. He had also worked on the film. <SEP> Lorraine of the Lions is a 1925 American adventure film directed by Edward Sedgwick and written by Isadore Bernstein and Carl Krusada. The film stars Norman Kerry, Patsy Ruth Miller, Fred Humes, Doreen Turner, Harry Todd and Philo McCullough. The film was released on October 11, 1925, by Universal Pictures. <SEP> Edward Sedgwick( November 7, 1889 – March 7, 1953) was an American film director, writer, actor and producer. <SEP> David Henry Friston( 1820–1906) was a British illustrator and figure painter in the Victorian Era. He is best remembered as the creator of the first illustrations of Sherlock Holmes in 1887, as well as his illustrations of the female vampire story" Carmilla"( 1872). He is also remembered for his illustrations accompanying reviews of Gilbert and Sullivan operas and plays of W. S. Gilbert in" The Illustrated London News" and the" Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News" in the 1870s and 1880s. <SEP> The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan is a 1953 British technicolor film that dramatises the story of the collaboration between W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Gilbert and Sullivan wrote 14 comic operas, later referred to as the Savoy Operas, which became the most popular series of musical entertainments of the Victorian era and are still popular today. It was directed by Gilliat, with cinematography by Christopher Challis and production design by Hein Heckroth. It was produced by Gilliat and Frank Launder for London Films in time to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Some re-releases of the film re-titled it The Great Gilbert and Sullivan. The film was written by Sidney Gilliat and Leslie Baily, based on Baily's" The Gilbert and Sullivan Book". The film was a box- office failure.