The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap is a 1947 black- and- white comedy western film directed by Charles Barton and starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello.
It was released on October 8 and distributed by Universal- International.
William Witney
William Nuelsen Witney( May 15, 1915 – March 17, 2002) was an American film and television director.
He is best remembered for the movie serials he co-directed with John English for Republic Pictures such as" Daredevils of the Red CircleZorro's Fighting Legion" and" Drums of Fu Manchu".
Dan Milne
Dan Milne is a British actor/ director who is possibly best known for his role in" EastEnders".
Scotty Fox
Scott Fox is a pornographic film director who is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame.
Elliot Silverstein
Elliot Silverstein( born August 3, 1927, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American director, who is best known for being the director of the movie" Cat Ballou"( 1965).
Robert Arthur (film producer)
Robert Arthur( November 1, 1909 – October 28, 1986) was an American screenwriter and producer.
Born in New York as Robert Arthur Feder, he attended Southwestern University and the University of Southern California before going to work in the oil industry in 1929.
He began working as a screenwriter and joined MGM in 1937, where he wrote the screenplay for" New Moon"( 1940) and the story for" Chip Off the Old Block"( 1944).
During World
War II he served under Pare Lorentz in the Army's Air Transport Command and produced 600 short training films.
After the war, he joined Universal Pictures and his first production was the successful" Buck Privates Come Home"( 1947) starring Abbott and Costello.
He produced five further films for Abbott and Costello-" The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap"( 1947)," Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein"( 1948)," Mexican Hayride"( 1948)," Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff"( 1949) and" Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion"( 1950).
He produced the first of the popular" Francis the Talking Mule" film series in 1950 as well as the last," Francis in the Haunted House"( 1956).
He also wrote the story for" Francis Goes to the Races".
He left Universal and made" Starlift"( 1951) and" The Story of Will Rogers"( 1952) for Warner Bros. and" The Big Heat"( 1953) and" The Long Gray Line" for Columbia Pictures before returning back to Universal.
He signed Stanley Shapiro who wrote several commercially successful comedies for Arthur including" The Perfect Furlough"( 1958)," Operation Petticoat"( 1959)," Lover Come Back"( 1961) and" That Touch of Mink"( 1962).
The first two films were directed by Blake Edwards which helped launch his career.
He also produced Bobby Darrin's debut film" Come September"( 1961).
In 1965, he signed a" lifetime" contract with Universal.
At that time, 5 of Universal's top 10 highest- grossing films had been produced by Arthur-" Operation Petticoat That Touch of MinkCome SeptemberLover Come Back" and" Shenandoah"( 1965).
" A Man Could Get Killed"( 1966) was his 50th production.
His last film as producer was" One More Train to Rob"( 1971).
Arthur died in 1986 at the age of seventy- six and was interred in Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.
The Trigger Trio
The Trigger Trio is a 1937 American Western" Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by William Witney.
Ben Palmer
Ben Palmer is a British film and television director who is known for being the director of" Bo' Selecta" and" The Inbetweeners".
Frank Hagney
Frank S. Hagney( March 20, 1884 – June 25, 1973) was an Australian actor.
Born in Sydney in 1884, Hagney appeared in more than 350 Hollywood films between 1919 and 1966.
Most of his film roles were small and uncredited.
Because of his tall and strong appearance, Hagney often played officers or henchmen.
He is perhaps best- known as Mr. Potter's silent, wheelchair- pushing valet in Frank Capra's classic" It's a Wonderful Life"( 1946).
Hagney was also a guest star on more than 70 television programs such as" The Cisco Kid The Adventures of Kit Carson The Lone Ranger The RiflemanPerry Mason", and" Daniel Boone".
In 1956 he appeared as a Townsman in an uncredited role in the TV western" Cheyenne" in the episode titled" The Last Train West."
He starred in" The Fighting Marine"( 1926) with Jack Anthony, Joe Bonomo and Walter Miller;" The Fighting Sap"( 1924) with Bob Fleming, Hazel Keener, Wilfred Lucas and Fred Thomson;" The Ghost in the Garret"( 1921)," Ghost Town Gold"( 1936)," Go Get' Em Hutch"( 1922) with Richard R. Neil;" Ride Him Cowboy"( 1932) with Eddie Gribbon and John Wayne," Valley of the Lawless"( 1936), and" Vultures of the Sea"( 1928) with Joseph Bennett.
His 42 silent films included" The Battler"( 1919)," The Breed of the Border"( 1924)," The Dangerous Coward"( 1924)," Galloping Gallagher"( 1924)," Lighting Romance"( 1924)," The Mask of Lopez"( 1924)," The Silent Stranger"( 1924)," The Wild Bull's Lair"( 1925)," Lone Hand Saunders"( 1926) and" The Two- Gun Man"( 1926).
His 54 sound western film included" The Phantom of the West"( 1931)," Fighting Caravans"( 1931)," The Squaw Man"( 1931)," The Golden West"( 1932)," Honor of the Range"( 1934)," Western Frontier Heroes of the Range"( 1936)," Billy the Kid The Lone Rider Ambushed"( 1941)," Blazing Frontier"( 1943) and" The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap"( 1947).
His last two films were" McLintock!"( 1963) and" Come Blow Your Horn"( 1963).
Hagney was married to Edna Shephard.
He died in Los Angeles in 1973.
He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.
Charles Barton (director)
Charles Barton( May 25, 1902 December 5, 1981) was a film and vaudeville actor and film director.
He won an Oscar for best assistant director in 1933.
His first film as a director was the Zane Grey feature" Wagon Wheels", starring Randolph Scott, in 1934.

Question: Which film has the director who is older than the other, The Wistful Widow Of Wagon Gap or The Trigger Trio?