Robert Ashley (writer)
Robert Ashley (1565 – October 1641) was an English lawyer and translator during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I, and a Member of Parliament for Dorchester.
High Gear (1933 film)
High Gear is a 1933 American Pre-Code film directed by Leigh Jason.
It stars James Murray and Joan Marsh.
The film was known as The Big Thrill in the United Kingdom.
Leigh Jason
Leigh Jason( July 26, 1904 – February 19, 1979) was an American film director and screenwriter.
He was born in New York, New York, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
Aeneas MacKenzie
Aeneas MacKenzie, or Æneas MacKenzie( August 15, 1889 in Stornoway, Scotland – June 2, 1962 in Los Angeles), was a Scottish- American screenwriter.
MacKenzie wrote many notable Hollywood films, including:" The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex"( 1939)," They Died with Their Boots On"( 1941)," Ivanhoe"( 1952), and" The Ten Commandments"( 1956).
The California Trail
The California Trail is a 1933 film from Columbia Pictures directed by Lambert Hillyer starring Buck Jones, Helen Mack and Luis Alberni.
Stella Garcia
Stella Garcia( born July 6, 1942) is an American actress who appeared in the films" The Private Lives of Adam and EveChange of Habit The Last Movie" and" Joe Kidd".
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex is a 1939 American historical romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, and Olivia de Havilland.
Based on the play "Elizabeth the Queen" by Maxwell Anderson—which had a successful run on Broadway with Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt in the lead roles—the film fictionalizes the historical relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex.
The screenplay was written by Norman Reilly Raine and Aeneas MacKenzie.
It was the fifth of nine films that Flynn and de Havilland starred in, while it was the second of his three with Davis.
The supporting cast included Donald Crisp, Henry Daniell, Henry Stephenson, and Vincent Price.
The score was composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, who later used a theme from the film in his Symphony in F sharp major.
The Technicolor cinematography was by Sol Polito, and the elaborate costumes were designed by Orry-Kelly.
The film was a Warner Bros. Pictures production, and became the hit the studio had anticipated and returned a handsome profit.
Among the film's five Academy Award nominations was a nomination for Best Color Cinematography.
Bette Davis was tipped to receive an Academy Award nomination for her role; however, she was nominated for "Dark Victory" (also from Warner) instead.
Michael Curtiz
Michael Curtiz (born Manó Kaminer(1886-1905)
Mihály Kertész (1905); December 24, 1886 April 11, 1962) was a Hungarian-born American film director, recognized as one of the most prolific directors in history.
He directed classic films from the silent era and numerous others during Hollywood's Golden Age, when the studio system was prevalent.
Curtiz was already a well-known director in Europe when Warner Bros. invited him to Hollywood in 1926, when he was 39 years of age.
He had already directed 64 films in Europe, and soon helped Warner Bros. become the fastest-growing movie studio.
He directed 102 films during his Hollywood career, mostly at Warners, where he directed ten actors to Oscar nominations.
James Cagney and Joan Crawford won their only Academy Awards under Curtiz's direction.
He put Doris Day and John Garfield on screen for the first time, and he made stars of Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and Bette Davis.
He himself was nominated five times and won twice, once for Best Short Subject for "Sons of Liberty" and once as Best Director for "Casablanca".
Curtiz introduced to Hollywood a unique visual style using artistic lighting, extensive and fluid camera movement, high crane shots, and unusual camera angles.
He was versatile and could handle any kind of picture: melodrama, comedy, love story, film noir, musical, war story, Western, or historical epic.
He always paid attention to the human-interest aspect of every story, stating that the "human and fundamental problems of real people" were the basis of all good drama.
Curtiz helped popularize the classic swashbuckler with films such as "Captain Blood" (1935) and "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938).
He directed many dramas which today are also considered classics, "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938), "The Sea Wolf" (1941), "Casablanca" (1942), and "Mildred Pierce" (1945).
He directed leading musicals, including "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942), "
This Is the Army" (1943), and "White Christmas", and he made comedies with "Life With Father" (1947) and "We're No Angels" (1955).
The Virgin Queen (1955 film)
The Virgin Queen is a 1955 DeLuxe Color historical drama film directed by Henry Koster and starring Bette Davis, Richard Todd and Joan Collins.
Filmed in CinemaScope, it focuses on the relationship between Elizabeth I of England and Sir Walter Raleigh.
The film marks the second time Davis played the English monarch; the first was" The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex"( 1939).
It was also the first Hollywood film for Australian actor Rod Taylor.
Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills were nominated for an Oscar for Best Costume Design of a Color Production.
LeMaire won, but for another film," Love Is a Many- Splendored Thing"( 1955).
Private Lives (film)
Private Lives is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Sidney Franklin.
The screenplay by Hanns Kräly and Richard Schayer is based on the 1930 play" Private Lives" by Noël Coward.

Question: Are the directors of both films The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex and High Gear (1933 Film) from the same country?
Answer: yes