Question: Which film that Josef von Sternberg worked on was released later, The Shanghai Gesture or Macao?

Related documents: [0]  [DOC] Macao is a 1952 black-and-white film noir adventure directed by Josef von Sternberg and Nicholas Ray. Producer Howard Hughes fired director von Sternberg during filming and hired Nicholas Ray to finish it. The drama features Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix, and Gloria Grahame. [END] 
[1]  [DOC] The Shanghai Gesture is a 1941 American film noir directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, and Ona Munson. It is based on a Broadway play of the same name by John Colton, which was adapted for the screen by Sternberg and produced by Arnold Pressburger for United Artists. It was the last Hollywood film Sternberg ever completed (in 1951 he started directing "Macao", but was fired halfway through production by Howard Hughes, and the same thing happened with the 1957 "Jet Pilot"). [END]  
Answer: Macao
Macao