Old Mother Riley (film)
Old Mother Riley is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Arthur Lucan in the lead, with Kitty McShane, Barbara Everest, Patrick Ludlow and Hubert Leslie.
Mother Riley and her daughter stop the plans of some disinherited relatives to overturn the terms of a will.
This is the first in a series of films made between 1937- 1952, featuring Arthur Lucan's elderly drag character, and her daughter Kitty.
After small roles in the Irish" Kathleen Mavourneen"( also 1937), Lucan and McShane were approached to star in their own film," Old Mother Riley".
The film was cheaply made( it cost £ 2,000, taking six weeks to shoot) and based on their music hall sketch ‘ The Matchseller ’.
" Old Mother Riley" was a box office success and" Old Mother Riley in Paris" soon followed.
Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure
Old Mother Riley's Jungle
Treasure is a low budget 1951 British comedy film, the penultimate in the long running Old Mother Riley series starring Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane.
It features an early appearance by future" Carry On" regular Peter Butterworth.
Husband and wife Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane had separated by the time of production, and were touring in different" Old Mother Riley" shows.
This was Kitty's final Mother Riley film, and her scenes with Lucan were reputedly shot on separate days.
Old Mother Riley, MP
Old Mother Riley, MP is a 1939 British comedy film starring Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane, which forms part of the Old Mother Riley series of films.
The film's plot centres on Old Mother Riley standing for election to the House of Commons.
Old Mother Riley in Business
Old Mother Riley in Business is a 1941 British comedy film directed by John Baxter and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane and Cyril Chamberlain.
It was the sixth in the long- running Old Mother Riley series of films.
Old Mother Riley's pub faces competition from a large chain store nearby, causing her to declare war on it.
Polytehnitis kai erimospitis
Polytehnitis kai erimospitis is a 1963 Greek comedy film directed by Alekos Sakellarios.
Old Mother Riley's Ghosts
Old Mother Riley's Ghosts is a 1941 British comedy film directed by John Baxter and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane and John Stuart.
It was the 8th in the long- running Old Mother Riley series.
Old Mother Riley inherits a castle in Scotland, but it appears to be haunted.
Old Mother Riley in Paris
Old Mother Riley in Paris is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Magda Kun and C. Denier Warren.
It is the second in the Old Mother Riley series of films, and is also known by its re-release title," Old Mother Riley Catches a Quisling".
Old Mother Riley Detective
Old Mother Riley Detective is a 1943 British comedy film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane and Hal Gordon.
It was part of the long running Old Mother Riley series.
Old Mother Riley investigates the disappearance of food during the war, a serious crime because of rationing.
Oswald Mitchell
Oswald Albert Mitchell (1890 - April 27, 1949) was a British film director who directed several of the Old Mother Riley series of films.
Alekos Sakellarios
Alekos Sakellarios( 13 November 1913 in Athens – 28 August 1991 in Athens) was a Greek writer and a director.
He was born in Athens and began to study journalism and acting at a young age.
He wrote his first theatrical play in 1935 called" The King of Halva".
He entered the film industry and had roles in both screenwriting and directing.
He directed mainly with Christos Giannakopoulos and together they wrote and produced an estimated 140 works.
The most popular include:" The Germans Strike Again Thanassakis o politevomenos
I theia ap' to ChicagoDikoi mas Anthropoi Ena votsalo sti limniKalos ilthe to dollario
Ta kitrina gantiaOtan Leipei i GataI SoferinaLaterna, Ftocheia kai FilotimoAlimono stous Neous"( Woe to the Young) and more.
Many of these theatrical plays were transferred to the cinema with notable success.
He also wrote the lyrics of many songs( over 1,000).
Among them were the successes:" Garifallo st' AftiYpomoniAsta ta Malakia sou"( sung by Fotis Polymeris)," Eho ena Mystiko" and more.
The significant journalist Fredy Germanos called him the" most clever Greek of the 20th century".
He died in 1991 and is buried in the First Cemetery of Athens in a family grave.

Question: Do both films, Old Mother Riley (Film) and Polytehnitis Kai Erimospitis, have the directors who are from the same country?
Answer: no