Alice Guy-Blaché
Alice Guy or Alice Guy- Blaché( July 1, 1873 – March 24, 1968) was a French pioneer filmmaker, active from the late 19th century, and one of the very first to make a narrative fiction film.
She was the first woman to direct a film.
From 1896 to 1906, she was probably the only female filmmaker in the world.
She experimented with Gaumont's Chronophone sync- sound system, and with color- tinting, interracial casting, and special effects.
She was artistic director and a co-founder of Solax Studios in Flushing, New York.
In 1912, Solax invested$ 100,000 for a new studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey, the center of American filmmaking prior to the establishment of Hollywood.
That year, she made the film" A Fool and His Money", probably the first to have an all- African- American cast.
The film is now at the National Center for Film and Video Preservation at the American Film Institute.
The Rival of the Empress
The Rival of the Empress( Italian: La rivale dell'imperatrice) is a 1951 Italian historical adventure film directed by Jacopo Comin and Sidney Salkow and starring Richard Greene, Valentina Cortese and Isa Pola.
A separate English- language version" Shadow of the Eagle" was released the previous year.
It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome with sets designed by Wilfred Shingleton.
The costumes were designed by Vittorio Nino Novarese.
Star Richard Greene was dubbed by the Italian actor Massimo Serato.
The Great Adventure (1918 film)
The Great Adventure, also known as Her Great Adventure and Spring of the Year, is a 1918 American silent film directed by Alice Guy- Blaché, and starring Bessie Love.
The film is preserved at the BFI National Archive.
The Great Adventure (1953 film)
The Great Adventure is a 1953 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Sucksdorff.
Jacopo Comin
Jacopo Comin( 1901–1973) was an Italian film producer, writer, and director.
The Great Adventure (1921 film)
The Great Adventure is a 1921 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Whitman Bennett and distributed by First National Pictures, then called Associated First National.
The film was directed by Kenneth Webb and starred Lionel Barrymore.
Fredric March made his screen debut in this film.
The film is based upon the novel" Buried Alive" by Arnold Bennett.
It was remade in 1933 as" His Double Life" starring Lillian Gish.
" The Great Adventure" is a surviving feature film held by the Library of Congress.
Shadow of the Eagle (1950 film)
Shadow of the Eagle is a 1950 British- Italian historical drama film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Richard Greene, Valentina Cortese and Greta Gynt.
A separate Italian version" The Rival of the Empress" was released the following year.
It was shot partly at Teddington Studios and partly on location in Italy.
The film's art direction was by Wilfred Shingleton.
Clarence Barr
Clarence Barr( June 8, 1876 – June 1968) was an American actor of the silent era.
He appeared in 90 films between 1912 and 1918.
He played Abraham Lincoln in the 1918 film" Madam Who?"
Sporting Life (1925 film)
Sporting Life is a 1925 American silent comedy drama film 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.
Once thought lost, it survives at UCLA Film and Television Archive.
George Dunbar, 10th Earl of March
George de Dunbar, 10th Earl of Dunbar and March( 1338 – 1420), 12th Lord of Annandale and Lord of the Isle of Man, was" one of the most powerful nobles in Scotland of his time, and the rival of the Douglases."

Question: Do both films: The Rival of the Empress and The Great Adventure (1918 film) have the directors from the same country?
Answer: no