The Seven Little Foys
The Seven Little Foys is a Technicolor in VistaVision 1955 comedy film directed by Melville Shavelson starring Bob Hope as Eddie Foy.
One highlight of the film is an energetic tabletop dance showdown sequence with Bob Hope as Eddie Foy and James Cagney, who reprises his role as George M. Cohan.
The story of Eddie Foy Sr. and the Seven Little Foys inspired a TV version in 1964 and a stage musical version, which premiered in 2007.
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Spencer Gordon Bennet( January 5, 1893 – October 8, 1987) was an American film producer and director.
Known as the" King of Serial Directors", he directed more film serials than any other director.
Jack Rose (screenwriter)
Jack Rose was an American screenwriter and producer born on November 4, 1911, in Warsaw, Russian Empire, and died on October 21, 1995, in Los Angeles, California.
Rose began writing gags for Milton Berle and radio lines for Bob Hope before moving to screenplays.
His first was 1943's" Road to Rio" starring Hope and Bing Crosby.
In 1955, Rose produced the Hope film" The Seven Little Foys", co-written and directed by his frequent collaborator Melville Shavelson.
He also wrote and produced a 1962 Dean Martin romantic comedy," Who's Got the Action?"
For television, Rose created and wrote for the 1968 – 1970 situation comedy" The Good Guys", starring Bob Denver, Herb Edelman, and Joyce Van Patten.
It ran for 42 episodes over one- and- a- half seasons.
Rose was nominated for Academy Awards three times for" The Seven Little Foys", 1958's" Houseboat", and 1973's" A Touch of Class".
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Ben Cura
Ben Cura( born 30 September 1988) is a British- Argentine actor and director of film, television and theatre.
Melville Shavelson
Melville Shavelson( April 1, 1917 – August 8, 2007) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author.
He was President of the Writers Guild of America, West( WGAw) from 1969 to 1971, 1979 to 1981, and 1985 to 1987.
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Blazing the Overland Trail
Blazing the Overland Trail( 1956) is a Columbia Pictures serial directed by veteran serial specialist Spencer Gordon Bennet and produced by another serial specialist, Sam Katzman.
It was the 57th and last serial produced by Columbia and the last serial ever produced by any studio( both major or minor).
Republic Pictures, the only other serial- producing studio in the mid 1950s, had ceased its serial production the previous year with" King of the Carnival".

Question: Are both director of film The Seven Little Foys and director of film Blazing The Overland Trail from the same country?
Answer: yes