Herbert Brenon
Herbert Brenon( 13 January 1880 – 21 June 1958) born Alexander Herbert Reginald St. John Brenon was an Irish film director, actor and screenwriter during the era of silent movies through the 1930s.
S. Sylvan Simon
S. Sylvan Simon( March 9, 1910 – May 17, 1951) was an American stage/ film director and producer.
He began his film career at Warner Bros. in 1935, directing screen tests.
In 1937, Simon moved to MGM, where he worked on the Marx Brothers'" The Big Store", supervising many of the slapstick sequences.
He directed Red Skelton's first starring feature, 1941's" Whistling in the Dark", and later worked on two more Skelton vehicles," A Southern Yankee" and" The Fuller Brush Man", in 1948.
Simon also directed Wallace Beery in" Bad Bascomb"( 1946), and a Glenn Ford western," Lust for Gold"( 1949).
Simon was the producer of" Born Yesterday", a 1950 comedy that was nominated for five Academy Awards.
He then suddenly died of a heart attack at the age of 41.
His ashes were interred in a small unassuming bronze nameplate niche at Columbarium of Memory( Niche# 20174), in the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, California.
Yvette Lu
Yvette Lu, M.D. is a Canadian independent film and stage actress, filmmaker, singer, composer, writer and producer, as well as a licensed family physician.
Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Lu has starred in many independent films, most notably" Food for the Gods" and" Servants of War".
She is best known for her starring role as" Sheenyana" in the 2007 short film" Food for the Gods".
She co-composed the film's musical score and is the lead singer on its soundtrack.
Lu has starred or held major roles in various stage productions, including" The TempestA Midsummer Night's Dream", and" Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat".
In addition to her University of British Columbia medical degree, Lu has training in acting and music from UBC, Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York, Vancouver's Schoolcreative, and the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Lu was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, after her parents immigrated to Canada from Hong Kong.
She is fluent in English and Cantonese.
In" Servants of War", a Cantonese/ Japanese language film with English subtitles,
Lu stars as Jei, a young woman oppressed by the World War II Japanese occupation of China.
" Servants of War" and" Food for the Gods" were both Official Selections of the 12th Annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival, November 6–9, 2008.
" Food for the Gods" previously aired on Shaw Multicultural Channel as part of the cable network's salute to Canada's Asian Heritage Month in May 2008.
It also screened at the Vancouver International Film Centre, the New Asia Film Festival, and the Route 66 Film Festival.
On Thursday, September 18, 2008, Lu appeared with her" Food for the Gods" co-star Danny Dorosh on the front cover of" A&E," a weekly arts and entertainment section of The State Journal- Register of Springfield, Illinois.
The photo is a production still of their FFTG characters, Sheenyana and Lt. Richard O' Conner, locked in passionate embrace.
On June 5, 2010, Lu was featured in a Canadian edition of the Hong Kong- based Chinese language" Ming Pao" newspaper, in a four- page feature article( title translated from Chinese)," Doctor Who Acts vs. Actor Who Doctors."
In 2009, Lu starred in a series of government produced children's videos encouraging children and parents to use proper hygiene and immunize against disease.
The series is titled and currently appears on British Columbia's official" Immunize BC" website.
As an independent filmmaker, Lu has since co-written and co- directed two short comedies," Baby Donut" and" Murder at the Orient Street Express."
In both films, she also co-starred with fellow" FFTG" alum, Yuki Morita.
Both films premiered at MAMM Fest 2008 and 2009, respectively.
In 2010, Lu reprised her most known starring role as" Sheenyana" in two short sequels to" Food for the Gods," titled and, serving as" teasers" to a possible TV pilot and/ or series based on the property in the future.
Lu also served as a producer on the projects.
Both sci- fi films will be released in 2011.
Francis Gouldman
Francis Gouldman(" c." 1607–1688/89) was a Church of England clergyman and lexicographer whose Latin- English dictionary( 1664) went through several editions.
Gouldman was also one of the directors who oversaw the publication of the monumental" Critici sacri", a major collection of Biblical criticism.
Food of the Gods II
Food of the Gods II, sometimes referred to as Gnaw: Food of the Gods II as well as Food of the Gods Part 2, is a 1989 film that is a very loose sequel to the 1976 Bert I. Gordon film based on H.G. Wells' novel, "The Food of the Gods".
It is a sequel in name only, as its plot bears no relation to the 1976 film.
Pride of the Marines (1936 film)
Pride of the Marines is a 1936 American comedy film directed by D. Ross Lederman.
Salute to the Marines
Salute to the Marines is a 1943 World War II propaganda war film drama in Technicolor from MGM, produced by John W. Considine, Jr., directed by S. Sylvan Simon, that stars Wallace Beery.
The film co-stars Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen, Ray Collins, Keye Luke, and Marilyn Maxwell.
Beery's older brother Noah Beery, Sr. also appears in the film, which is set in the Philippines just prior to the beginning of the Pacific War.
Matt Corboy
Matt Corboy( born June 4, 1973) is an American actor.
He has appeared in both films and television series.
The Marines Are Coming
The Marines Are Coming is a 1934 American film directed by David Howard.
It was the final film acting role of William Haines who had a major success in the 1928 film" Tell it to the Marines".
A Daughter of the Gods
A Daughter of the Gods was a 1916 American silent fantasy drama film written and directed by Herbert Brenon.
The film was controversial because of the sequences of what was regarded as superfluous nudity by the character Anitia, played by Australian swimming star Annette Kellermann.
The scene is regarded as the first complete nude scene by a major star, which occurred during a waterfall sequence, though most of Kellerman's body is covered by her long hair.
It was filmed by Fox Film Corporation in Kingston, Jamaica, where huge sets were constructed, and directed by Herbert Brenon.
Though stills and publicity photos have survived, the film is now considered lost.

Question: Do both films, A Daughter of the Gods and Salute to the Marines, have the directors who are from the same country?
Answer: no