Barbara Perry (actress)
Barbara Perry( June 22, 1921 – May 5, 2019) was an American actress, singer and dancer who worked in Hollywood and on Broadway.
Robert H. Hume
Robert Humiston Hume (September 18, 1922 – February 28, 1999) was the 1941 NCAA champion in the outdoor mile run.
He was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1990.
He and his twin brother, H. Ross Hume, became famous in 1944 and 1945 as the "dead heat twins" due to their practice of finishing their races hand-in-hand in an intentional effort to finish each race tied for the win.
During the 1944 track season, the Hume twins tied for the win in nine straight mile races, including the Big Ten Conference and NCAA championships.
They were co-winners in every mile event they entered in 1944 except one.
The exception occurred at a dual meet in which "a meticulous official ruled that one of the Humes beat the other across the finish line by a couple of inches although they were hand in hand at the wire.
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Their best time in a "dead heat" mile with hands clasped was 4:14.6 at the Central Collegiate Conference meet in 1944; the time broke a University of Michigan school record of 4:16.4 that had been set by H.L. Carroll 28 years earlier in 1916.
The Hume twins were raised in Canonsburg, a small town in Pennsylvania’s soft coal region, not far from Pittsburgh.
Robert Hume set the school record for the mile, and Ross set the record in the half mile.
After graduating from Canonsburg High School, the Hume twins enrolled at the University of Michigan to run track under Coach Ken Doherty.
One sports columnist in 1945 noted that the Humes were "twins in every possible manner, facial resemblance, running style, the clothes they wear, and the courses they are taking."
In his track career at Michigan, Robert Hume won one NCAA championship and four Big Ten Conference championships.
He won the 1944 NCAA outdoor mile run in a dead heat with his brother.
He won four Big Ten championships from 1943-1946.
His Big Ten championships were in the indoor and outdoor mile runs in 1944 and 1945, all four of which were shared "dead heat" wins with his brother.
Robert Hume was named an NCAA All-American in 1944 and was also selected as the captain of Michigan’s track team that year.
The Hume twins' practice of interlocking hands in "dead heat" wins drew national publicity and also controversy.
Associated Press columnist Jimmy Jordan dubbed them the "dead heat twins."
Another writer referred to them as the "Dead Heat Kids."
The publicity peaked in June 1944 when "Michigan's famous distance running twins raced to their ninth straight dead-heat victory in the mile run of the 23rd National Collegiate Athletic Association track and field championship meet tonight, finishing hand-in-hand more than 100 yards ahead of the next runner."
A columnist in Massachusetts wrote: "As the twins finished their sophomore year at Michigan, [Coach Ken] Doherty decided to run them in the mile and two mile races together
… this proved to be a happy solution … the twins like to run together ..
they’ve been doing that since before their school days ..
furthermore, they usually finish so far in front that the last 50 yards finds that they are clasping hands and hit the tape together."
United Press columnist Bob Meyer noted that they "deliberately have finished in a dead heat for first place in every mile except one in which both were entered this year," and suggested that the twins "possibly may forget their sentimental trick of locking hands for a dead-heat finish in order to defeat a tough field and slice another second or 2 off their CCC time."
As a result of the Humes’ practice, the NCAA passed a rule in 1946 stating that athletes would no longer be able to tie in any track meets.
After graduating from Michigan, Robert Hume became a general surgeon.
His brother Ross became an orthopedic surgeon.
The brothers were each inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1990.
Robert died in 1999, and Ross followed in 2000.
Dead Heat (2002 film)
Dead Heat is a 2002 crime comedy-drama film starring Kiefer Sutherland, Anthony LaPaglia and Radha Mitchell.
It was written and directed by Mark Malone.
Edward L. Cahn
Edward L. Cahn( February 12, 1899 – August 25, 1963) was an American film director.
Beeper (film)
Beeper is a 2002 film directed by Jack Sholder.
Gas House Kids
Gas House Kids is a 1946 American comedy- drama film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Robert Lowery, Billy Halop and Teala Loring.
It was followed by two sequels" Gas House Kids Go West" and" Gas House Kids in Hollywood", both released in 1947.
A group of unruly New York City children from the Gas House District battle a criminal gang.
Along with several other series made at the time, it was inspired by the Dead End Kids.
Gas House Kids Go West
Gas House Kids Go West is a 1947 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Emory Parnell, Chili Williams and Vince Barnett.
It was a sequel to the 1946 film "Gas House Kids" and followed by a third "Gas House Kids in Hollywood".
William Vince
William D." Bill"
Vince
( November 23, 1963 – June 21, 2008) was a Canadian producer.
His credits include producing" Air Bud"( 1997)," Dead Heat"( 2002)," Saved!"( 2004), and" Capote"( 2005)( for which he shared an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture).
Gas House Kids in Hollywood
Gas House Kids in Hollywood is a 1947 American comedy crime film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Carl Switzer, Benny Bartlett and Rudy Wissler.
It was the third and last in the series of Gas House Kids films, about a group of unruly boys from New York City.
Mark Malone
Mark M. Malone( born November 22, 1958 in El Cajon, California) is a former American football quarterback in the NFL.

Question: Do both films Gas House Kids In Hollywood and Dead Heat (2002 Film) have the directors that share the same nationality?
Answer: yes