The Saint in New York
The Saint in New York is a mystery novel by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder and Stoughton in 1935.
It was published in the United States by Doubleday in January 1935.
A shorter version of the novel had previously been published in the September 1934 issue of" The American Magazine".
" The Saint in New York" was the 15th book chronicling the adventures of Simon Templar( alias The Saint), an anti-hero character patterned after Robin Hood.
The book is considered the most popular Saint volume.
Saint expert Burl Barer in his history" Saint: A Complete History in Print, Radio, Film and Television 1928 – 1992", indicates that" The Saint in New York" was the first" bestseller" of the Simon Templar series, and was the book that established Charteris as a literary celebrity in America and Britain.
Due to the book's popularity, it became the first Simon Templar story to be adapted for film.
Up until this point, Charteris had published at least two( sometimes more) Saint books in any given calendar year.
" The Saint in New York" broke the pattern by being the only series entry published in 1935.
The Saint in Palm Springs
The Saint in Palm Springs is a crime melodrama released by RKO Pictures in early 1941.
The film continued the screen adventures of the Robin Hood- inspired anti-hero, Simon Templar, alias" The Saint", created by Leslie Charteris.
This sequel was based upon a story by Charteris; however, many changes to his concept were made.
Charteris later novelised his version of the film story as the novella" Palm Springs", contained within the collection" The Saint Goes West".
This was the sixth of eight in RKO's film series about The Saint.
The central cast was identical to the previous entry," The Saint Takes Over".
George Sanders returned as Templar( his final performance in the role), with Jonathan Hale making his own final appearance as Inspector Farnack.
( The character would next be seen in" The Saint in Manhattan", a 1980s television pilot.)
Wendy Barrie makes her third and final appearance, once again playing a different character, as does Paul Guilfoyle, reprising the role of Clarence" Pearly" Gates from the previous film.
The storyline involves
The Saint pursuing rare stamps at a Palm Springs, California hotel.
Ben Holmes
Ben Holmes( November 6, 1890 – December 2, 1943) was an American film director and screenwriter.
He directed 56 films and wrote for 35.
Maurice Campbell
Maurice Campbell( November 28, 1919 – July 4, 2014) was a Canadian curler from Trois- Rivières, Quebec.
Campbell was born November 28, 1919 in Saint- Hyacinthe, Quebec.
Educated at the University of Montreal, he joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1943 and completed his medical degree in 1945 and was subsequently posted in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
He was a specialist in rheumatology and internal medicine and practiced in Cap- de- la- Madeleine, Quebec.
Campbell played in the 1958 Macdonald Brier, playing lead for the Quebec team, skipped by Bob Lahaie.
The team finished 9th, with a 3- 7 record.
He was President of the Quebec Curling Association for the 1963- 64 season.
He served as president of the Canadian Curling Association for the 1970- 71 season and was named to the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame.
Campbell died in Trois- Rivières on July 4, 2014.
The Saint Strikes Back
The Saint Strikes Back is a 1939 American crime film directed by John Farrow.
It marks the second cinematic incarnation of the antihero crimefighting character Simon Templar, alias" The Saint".
George Sanders replaced Louis Hayward, who had played the Saint in" The Saint in New York".
The movie was produced by RKO and also featured Wendy Barrie as female gang leader Val Travers.
Barrie would appear in two more Saint films, playing different roles each time, though not in the next film in the series," The Saint in London".
This was the second of eight films in RKO's film series about The Saint.
In the film The Saint foils an assassination attempt by a member of Val Travers' gang, but is arrested by the police for the murder of the gang member.
He persuades them to let him assist in apprehending a shadowy criminal mastermind.
The script was based on the Leslie Charteris novel" She Was a Lady"( Hodder and Stoughton, 1931) which was also published as" Angels of Doom" and" The Saint Meets His Match".
The screenplay was by John Twist, who set the story in San Francisco( the book is set in England).
Robert Sisk produced and John Farrow directed.
The Saint Strikes Back
The Saint Strikes Back is a 1939 American crime film directed by John Farrow.
It marks the second cinematic incarnation of the antihero crimefighting character Simon Templar, alias" The Saint".
George Sanders replaced Louis Hayward, who had played the Saint in" The Saint in New York".
The movie was produced by RKO and also featured Wendy Barrie as female gang leader Val Travers.
Barrie would appear in two more Saint films, playing different roles each time, though not in the next film in the series," The Saint in London".
This was the second of eight films in RKO's film series about The Saint.
In the film The Saint foils an assassination attempt by a member of Val Travers' gang, but is arrested by the police for the murder of the gang member.
He persuades them to let him assist in apprehending a shadowy criminal mastermind.
The script was based on the Leslie Charteris novel" She Was a Lady"( Hodder and Stoughton, 1931) which was also published as" Angels of Doom" and" The Saint Meets His Match".
The screenplay was by John Twist, who set the story in San Francisco( the book is set in England).
Robert Sisk produced and John Farrow directed.
An Amateur Devil
An Amateur Devil is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Maurice Campbell and written by Douglas Bronston based upon the short story" Wanted: A Blemish" by Henry J. Buxton and Jessie Henderson.
The film stars Bryant Washburn, Charles Wingate, Ann May, Sidney Bracey, Graham Pettie, and Anna Dodge.
The film was released on December 19, 1920, by Paramount Pictures.
It is not known whether the film currently survives.
The Saint in Europe
The Saint in Europe is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, first published in 1953 by The Crime Club in the United States and in 1954 by Hodder and Stoughton in the United Kingdom.
This was the 29th book to feature the adventures of Simon Templar, alias" The Saint", and it also marked a resumption of the book series after a five- year hiatus.
The publication of this book also marked the 25th anniversary of the character.
" The Saint in Europe" marked the beginning of the" travelogue" era for The Saint.
Continuing with the theme started by" The Saint in New York The Saint in Miami", and" The Saint Goes West", the stories in this and the following two volumes take place in different exotic locales around the world.
As such, it is the first Saint book since the 1938 short story collection" The Happy Highwayman" to not be primarily set in the United States.
By this time, however, Templar's British origins have been obscured and he is referred to as an American at least once.
The Saint in New York (film)
The Saint in New York is an American 1938 crime film, directed by Ben Holmes and adapted from Leslie Charteris's novel of the same name by Charles Kaufman and Mortimer Offner.
After a police lieutenant is killed, the New York Police Department enlists gentleman criminal Simon Templar to fight criminal elements in the city.
Released by RKO Pictures," The Saint in New York" marks the first screen appearance of Templar, also known as" The Saint".
Louis Hayward stars as the title character, with Kay Sutton as his love interest.
Alfred Hitchcock was initially discussed as a possible director for the film.
This was the first of eight films in RKO's film series about The Saint.
After being replaced in the series by George Sanders, Hayward would not play The Saint again until 1953 in Hammer Films production of The Saint's Return.
There had not been a Saint film made in twelve years.
Tony Gerber
Tony Gerber is an American filmmaker and the co-founder of Market Road Films, an independent production company.

Question: Are the directors of both films An Amateur Devil and The Saint In New York (Film) from the same country?
Answer: no