Question: Did Clyde Geronimi and Maurice Tourneur live during any of the same years?
Context: Never the Twain Shall Meet is a 1925 American silent South Seas drama film based on the book by Peter B. Kyne, produced by MGM and directed by Maurice Tourneur, starring Anita Stewart and featuring Boris Karloff in an uncredited bit part.  It was remade as talking picture in 1931 at MGM by director W. S. Van Dyke.  This is one of Tourneur's many lost and sought after films. The Sporting Life or Sporting Life is a lost 1918 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur.  It is the first film for sisters Faire Binney and Constance Binney, from the Broadway stage.  Tourneur would re-film this story again in 1925. Maurice Tourneur (2 February 1876 – 4 August 1961) was a French film director and screenwriter. The Sporting Life is a 1925 silent comedy drama directed by Maurice Tourneur and a remake of Tourneur's 1918 film of the same title based on Seymour Hicks's popular play.  Universal Pictures produced and released the film. Clito Enrico "Clyde" Geronimi (June 12, 1901 – April 24, 1989), known as Gerry, was an Italian American animation director.  He is best known for his work at Walt Disney Productions. Fun in the Barracks (French: Les Gaîtés de l'escadron or Les Gaietés de l'escadron) is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Raimu, Jean Gabin and Fernandel.  It was based on a play by Georges Courteline and Edouard Nores.  Tourneur was remaking the story, having previously filmed a silent version in 1913.  The film was one of the most expensive made by Tourneur and was a popular commercial hit. John van den Broek (? 1895 - June 29, 1918) was a Dutch born cinematographer.  He is remembered primarily for his work on the films of Maurice Tourneur.  Van den Broek died at 23 while filming the Tourneur directed film "Woman" in 1918.  According to Tourneur's biographer Harry Waldman, Van den Broek was on a cliff in Maine filming some large waves when he got caught in a series of waves that carried him out to sea.  His body was never recovered. Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip is a 1940 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures.  The film was directed by Clyde Geronimi and features original music by Leigh Harline and Oliver Wallace.  The film was animated by Clyde Geronimi, Ken Muse, Ed Love, Marvin Woodward, and Ray Abrams.  The voice cast includes Walt Disney as Mickey, Lee Millar as Pluto, and Billy Bletcher as Pete. The Bait is a 1921 American silent crime drama film produced by and starring Hope Hampton, directed by Maurice Tourneur, and distributed by Paramount Pictures.  John Gilbert, then working for Tourneur, wrote the scenario (silent film version of a screenplay) based on the stage play "The Tiger Lady" by Sidney Toler.  Filmed in 1920, the picture was released a day after New Year's 1921.  "The Bait" is now considered to be a lost film. Mother is a 1914 silent film drama directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Emma Dunn.  The film marked Tourneur's first American made film.  Dunn was 39 years old and had starred on Broadway in the play version of the story this film is based on.  This film was produced by William A. Brady who also produced the 1910 play.  The film has a similar plot to the 1920 Fox film "Over the Hill to the Poorhouse".
Answer: yes