George Ridgwell
George Ridgwell( 1867–1935) was a British screenwriter and film director of the silent film era.
His name was sometimes spelt as George Ridgewell.
He was born in Woolwich in 1867.
He directed around 70 films including a series of adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories featuring Eille Norwood as Holmes.
His last film was" Lily of Killarney" in 1929.
He died in Hampstead in 1935.
He was the father of the actress Audrey Ridgewell.
His early career was as an army musician( sergeant, band of the Coldstream Guards) and on the stage( he created the role of Abdallah in Sullivan's' Rose of Persia' and was a member of The D'Oyly Carte Touring Opera Company for a season playing lead baritone roles).
He also composed light music numbers and lyrics.
He was educated at the Royal Military Asylum, later the Duke of York's Royal Military School( a school history is the source of this information.
Also see G&S Archive).
The Crimson Circle (1960 film)
The Crimson Circle( German: Der rote Kreis) is a 1960 West German/ Danish black and white crime film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Renate Ewert, Klausjürgen Wussow and Karl- Georg Saebisch.
It was an adaptation of the 1922 novel" The Crimson Circle" by the British writer Edgar Wallace.
Satan Town
Satan Town is a 1926 American Western film featuring Harry Carey.
Prints of the film have survived.
Deon Taylor
Deon Taylor( born January 25, 1976) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter.
He is the founder of Hidden Empire Film Group.
William C. McGann
William C. McGann( April 15, 1893 – November 15, 1977) was an American film director.
He directed 52 films between 1930 and 1942.
He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and died in Los Angeles, California.
The Crimson Circle (1936 film)
The Crimson Circle is a 1936 British crime film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Hugh Wakefield, Alfred Drayton, and Niall MacGinnis.
It is based on the 1922 novel" The Crimson Circle" by Edgar Wallace.
It was made by the independent producer Richard Wainwright at Shepperton and Welwyn Studios.
The Crimson Circle (1929 film)
The Crimson Circle is a 1929 British- German crime film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Fred Louis Lerch, and Stewart Rome.
The film, a co-production between British International Pictures and Efzet Film, was made in both a silent version and a sound version filmed in the Phonofilm sound- on- film system.
In March 1929, this film and" The Clue of the New Pin", filmed in the British Phototone sound- on- disc process, were previewed in London.
The film is an adaptation of the Edgar Wallace novel" The Crimson Circle" in which Scotland Yard detectives battle a gang of blackmailers.
A previous UK version was filmed in 1922.
Geoffrey Hoppe
Geoffrey Hoppe( born Geoffrey Alan Hoppe on August 26, 1955, in Appleton, Wisconsin United States) is the founder and CEO of the Crimson Circle Energy Company, Inc.
Hoppe claims that in 1997 on an airplane flight a non-physical entity he calls" Tobias of the Crimson Council" presented himself and began conversing with him.
Hoppe contends that since then he has been able to channel Tobias, as well as the ascended masters Adamus Saint- Germain and Kuthumi.
He claims to do so by going through the process of making his consciousness and physical body available and allowing Tobias, Saint- Germain or Kuthumi to speak through him.
In 1999 Hoppe, together with his wife and partner Linda Benyo, founded the Crimson Circle as a means to bring Tobias ’ messages to a wider audience.
In 2006 the Crimson Circle was incorporated as the Crimson Circle Energy Company, Inc., based in Incline Village, Nevada USA.
American Empire (film)
American Empire is a 1942 American western film directed by William C. McGann.
The film was released in the United Kingdom as My Son Alone.
The Crimson Circle (1922 film)
The Crimson Circle is a 1922 British silent crime film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Clifton Boyne, Fred Groves and Robert English.
The film was an adaptation of the novel" The Crimson Circle" by Edgar Wallace.
A German/ UK version of" The Crimson Circle Die rote Kreis"( 1929), was filmed in both a silent and Phonofilm sound- on- film version.

Question: Do both films The Crimson Circle (1922 film) and American Empire (film) have the directors from the same country?
Answer: no