Which film was produced first, Swiss Family Robinson or Charley and the Angel?
Swiss Family Robinson (1960 film) Swiss Family Robinson is a 1960 American Adventure film starring John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, Tommy Kirk and Kevin Corcoran in a tale of a shipwrecked family building an island home, loosely based on the 1812 novel "Der Schweizerische Robinson" (literally, "The Swiss Robinson") by Johann David Wyss. The film was directed by Ken Annakin and shot in Tobago and Pinewood Studios outside London. It was the second feature film version of the story (the first film version was released by RKO in 1940) and was a commercial success.
Samson (1915 film) Samson is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Edgar Lewis and starring William Farnum, Maude Gilbert and Edgar L. Davenport. It is an adaptation of Henri Bernstein's play "Samson". Farnum later appeared in a second adaptation "Shackles of Gold", although the setting was switched from France to America.