Wanda (film)
Wanda is a 1970 American independent drama film written and directed by Barbara Loden, who also stars in the title role.
Set in the anthracite coal region of eastern Pennsylvania, the film focuses on an apathetic woman with limited options who inadvertently goes on the run with a bank robber.
Inspired by her own past feelings of aimlessness, as well as a newspaper article detailing a woman's participation in a bank robbery, Loden wrote the screenplay for" Wanda" before securing financing through Harry Shuster, a Los Angeles- based producer.
The film was shot on location with a small crew of around seven people, primarily in eastern Pennsylvania and Connecticut, and much of the dialog and filming was improvised, with Loden only loosely referring to the screenplay.
" Wanda" was chosen for the 31st Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Pasinetti Award for Best Foreign Film.
A restored version of the film was screened out of competition at the 67th Venice International Film Festival in 2010.
In 2017, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being" culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Jiggs and Maggie in Society
Jiggs and Maggie in Society is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring Joe Yule, Renie Riano and Tim Ryan.
The film is part of the" Jiggs and Maggie" series, the first sequel to the 1946 film" Bringing Up Father".
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
Jiggs and Maggie in Court is a 1948 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Joe Yule, Renie Riano and George McManus.
It was the second of a series of four films featuring Yule and Riano as the title characters, in a spin- off from the 1946 film" Bringing Up Father".
Jiggs and Maggie Out West
Jiggs and Maggie Out West is a 1950 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Joe Yule, Renie Riano and George McManus.
It was the final film in the" Jiggs and Maggie" film series, featuring the adventures of a bickering Irish- American couple.
Joe Yule
Ninnian Joseph Yule (April 30, 1892 – March 30, 1950) was a British-American burlesque and vaudeville comedian who later appeared in many films as a character actor.
He was noted for his starring role in the "Jiggs and Maggie" film series, opposite Renie Riano, and as the father of Mickey Rooney.
Barbara Loden
Barbara Ann Loden( July 8, 1932 September 5, 1980) was an American actress and director of film and theater.
Richard Brody of" The New Yorker" described Loden as the" female counterpart to John Cassavetes".
Born and raised in North Carolina, Loden began her career at an early age in New York City as a commercial model and chorus- line dancer.
Loden became a regular sidekick on the irreverent" Ernie Kovacs Television Show" in the mid-1950s and was a lifetime member of the famed Actors Studio.
She appeared in several projects directed by her second husband, Elia Kazan, including" Splendor in the Grass"( 1961).
Her subsequent performance in a 1964 Broadway production of" After the Fall" earned her a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress.
In 1970, Loden wrote, directed, and starred in" Wanda", a groundbreaking independent film that won the International Critics Award at the 1970 Venice Film Festival.
Throughout the 1970s, she continued to work directing Off- Broadway and regional theater productions, as well as direct two short films.
In 1978, Loden was diagnosed with breast cancer, of which she died two years later, aged 48.
Jiggs and Maggie (film series)
Jiggs and Maggie were the major characters in a series of films made by the American studio Monogram Pictures between 1946 and 1950.
Jiggs and Maggie are Irish immigrants to the United States, who constantly argue.
The characters were created by the cartoonist George McManus in his long- running strip" Bringing Up Father".
McManus appears in four of the films, playing himself.
The characters had first appeared on screen in the 1928 MGM film" Bringing Up Father".
In 1946 Monogram made a fresh version starring actors Joe Yule and Renie Riano.
Due to the popularity of the film, a series of four spin- offs were made.
Monogram was a low- budget studio that specializes in making comedy, crime and western series.
The final film in the series," Jiggs and Maggie Out West", was released a little less than a month after Yule suffered a fatal heart attack.
Renie Riano
Renie Isabel Riano( August 7, 1899 – July 3, 1971) was an English- born American actress who, with the exception of the Jiggs and Maggie comedies, had minor roles in 1940s- 1950s films.
She was sometimes credited as Reine Riano, Renee Riano, or Rene Riano.
Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters
Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters is a 1949 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Joe Yule, Renie Riano and George McManus.
It was the third of four films in the" Jiggs and Maggie" film series, spun off from" Bringing Up Father"( 1946).
The series follows the adventures of a family of Irish immigrants to the United States.
William Beaudine
William Washington Beaudine (January 15, 1892 – March 18, 1970) was an American film actor and director.
He was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, turning out films in remarkable numbers and in a wide variety of genres.

Question: Are the directors of both films Wanda (Film) and Jiggs And Maggie In Jackpot Jitters from the same country?
Answer: yes