Arthur Johnston (composer)
Arthur Johnston( January 10, 1898 – May 1, 1954) was a composer known for such works as “ Mandy, Make Up Your Mind, ”" Pennies From Heaven," and many others.
He worked for a time with Irving Berlin, Johnny Burke, Sam Coslow, and Bing Crosby.
Johnston and Burke were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936 for" Pennies From Heaven".
The Living Idol
The Living Idol is a 1957 film.
Roy Lockwood
Roy Lockwood,( 8 June 1907 to 25 April 2002) was a pioneering British film, television and radio director.
His work included directing the radio soap opera" Valiant Lady".
Gemma Craven
Rita Gemma Craven( born Rita Gemma Gabriel; 1 June 1950) is an Irish actress.
She is best known for her role as Joan Parker, the frigid wife of Arthur( Bob Hoskins), in the BBC TV drama" Pennies From Heaven"( 1978).
Jamboree (1957 film)
Jamboree, known as Disc Jockey Jamboree in the United Kingdom, is the name of a black and white 1957 rock and roll film, directed by Roy Lockwood.
It s story is about a boy and girl, Pete Porter and Honey Wynn, played by Paul Carr and Freda Holloway, who become overnight sensations as a romantic singing duo who run into trouble when their squabbling managers, played by Kay Medford and Bob Pastine, try to turn them into solo acts.
Against this backdrop in cameo performances appear some of the biggest names of rock and roll in the 1950s lip- syncing to their recordings.
Pennies from Heaven (1936 film)
Pennies From Heaven is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bing Crosby, Madge Evans, and Edith Fellows.
Based on the novel" The Peacock Feather" by Leslie Moore and a screenplay by Jo Swerling, the film is about a singer wrongly imprisoned who promises a condemned fellow inmate that he will help the family of his victim when he is released.
The singer delays his dream of becoming a gondolier in Venice and becomes a street singer in order to help the young girl and her elderly grandfather.
His life is further complicated when he meets a beautiful welfare worker who takes a dim view of the young girl's welfare and initiates proceedings to have her put in an orphanage.
" Pennies From Heaven" remains most noteworthy for Crosby's introduction of the titular song, a Depression- era favorite, since recorded by numerous singers.
The film features Louis Armstrong in a supporting role.
In 1937, the film received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song( Arthur Johnston and Johnny Burke).
This was Crosby ’s first independent production jointly with Emanuel Cohen ’s Major Pictures and he had a share in the profits.
The film was distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Herbert Ross
Herbert David Ross( May 13, 1927 – October 9, 2001) was an American actor, choreographer, director and producer who worked predominantly in the stage and film.
I Want Your Love (film)
I Want Your
Love is the title of both a 2010 short film and a 2012 feature- length film.
Both films were directed and written by Travis Mathews.
The drama films both revolve around the friends and ex-lovers of Jesse Metzger, a gay man in his mid-thirties who is forced to move back to his hometown from San Francisco due to financial reasons.
The actors' own names, along with much of their real- life stories, were used for their characters in both films, which features graphic sexual scenes.
The production of both films was aided by the gay pornographic studio NakedSword.
This led to the full- length film being refused exemption from classification, which would have allowed it to screen at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a decision to which actor James Franco( who invited Mathews to collaborate on Franco's film" Interior. Leather Bar.") reacted negatively.
Pennies from Heaven (1981 film)
Pennies from Heaven is a 1981 American musical romantic drama film, based on a 1978 BBC television drama.
Dennis Potter adapted his own screenplay from the BBC series for American audiences, changing its setting from London and the Forest of Dean to Depression- era Chicago and rural Illinois.
The film stars Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken, and Jessica Harper.
It was directed by Herbert Ross and choreographed by Danny Daniels.
The film includes musical numbers consisting of actors lip- syncing and dancing to popular songs of the 1920s and 1930s, such as" Let's Misbehave Life Is Just a Bowl of CherriesLet's Face the Music and Dance" and the title song.
Potter was nominated for the 1981 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, but lost to" On Golden Pond".
Noel Collins
Noel Michael Collins( 11 December 1936 – 15 August 2011) was a British actor.
He is best remembered for the role of Police Sergeant George Parrish in the television series" Juliet Bravo".
Collins began his acting career after graduating from Durham University.
His professional acting debut was in the Arthur Miller play, Incident at Vichy in 1965, appearing alongside Alec Guinness.
Collins made his television debut in 1967 and went on to appear in television shows such as" When the Boat Comes In" and" Pennies from Heaven".
He played the role of Sergeant George Parrish in all but one of the 88 episodes of" Juliet Bravo".
In 1996, he was diagnosed with lung cancer, and after having a lung removed participated in a class action against two tobacco companies.

Question: Are the directors of both films Pennies from Heaven (1981 film) and Jamboree (1957 film) from the same country?
Answer: no