Folly to Be Wise
Folly to Be Wise is a 1953 British comedy film directed by Frank Launder and starring Alastair Sim, Elizabeth Allan, Roland Culver, Colin Gordon, Martita Hunt and Edward Chapman.
It is based on the play" It Depends What You Mean" by James Bridie.
The film follows the efforts of a British Army chaplain attempting to recruit entertainment acts to perform for the troops and the complications that ensue when he does.
The title is taken from the line by Thomas Gray" where ignorance is bliss,'tis folly to be wise".
Matt Corboy
Matt Corboy( born June 4, 1973) is an American actor.
He has appeared in both films and television series.
Bruce W. Smith
Bruce William Smith( born September 6, 1961) is an American character animator, film director, and television producer.
He is best known as the creator of Disney Channel's" The Proud Family", as well as the supervising animator of Kerchak in" Tarzan", Pacha in" The Emperor's New Groove", Dr. Facilier in" The Princess and the Frog", and Piglet, Kanga, and Roo in" Winnie the Pooh".
Smith studied animation in the Character Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts.
He joined the Walt Disney Studios as an animator on" Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and various other" Roger Rabbit" shorts that the studio produced.
Soon after, Smith was handpicked by producer/ director Reginald Hudlin(" House PartyBoomerang") to direct the Paramount Pictures animated film" Bébé's Kids".
Smith also served as co-director on the Warner Bros.
live action/ animated film" Space Jam" before returning to Disney as supervising animator on such films as" Tarzan"( Kerchak and Baboons) and" The Emperor's New Groove"( Pacha).
While working animation on the feature film side, Smith started feeding into his love of television animation and created" The Proud Family" for Disney Channel.
He co-founded Jambalaya Studios for the production of the series and crafted over 50 episodes of the hit series along with" The Proud Family" TV movie.
Smith then rejoined the Walt Disney Studios and Duncan Studio Production to supervise animation on" The Princess and the Frog"( Dr. Facilier), the 2011" Winnie the Pooh" movie( Piglet, Kanga and Roo), and as the lead animator on the short" Tangled Ever After".
Smith's knack for unique character design led him into the visual development of other projects at the studio such as" Wreck- It Ralph" and" Frozen".
Smith grew up in Los Angeles, California.
Frank Launder
Frank Launder( 28 January 1906 – 23 February 1997) was a British writer, film director and producer, who made more than 40 films, many of them in collaboration with Sidney Gilliat.
He was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England and worked briefly as a clerk before becoming an actor and then a playwright.
He began working as a screenwriter on British films in the 1930s, contributing the original story for the classic Will Hay comedy
" Oh, Mr Porter!"( 1937).
After writing a number of screenplays with Gilliat, including" The Lady Vanishes"( 1938) for Alfred Hitchcock, and" Night Train to Munich" for Carol Reed; the two men wrote and directed the wartime drama" Millions Like Us"( 1943).
After founding their own production company Individual Pictures, they produced a number of memorable dramas and thrillers including" I See a Dark Stranger"( 1945) and" Green for Danger"( 1946), but were best known for their comedies including" The Happiest Days of Your Life"( 1950) and most famously, the St Trinians series, based on Ronald Searle's cartoons set in an anarchic girls school.
He was married to actress Bernadette O' Farrell from 1950 until his death in Monaco.
The couple had two children.
William Henry (actor)
William Albert Henry( November 10, 1914 – August 10, 1982) was an American actor who worked in both films and television.
George D. Wise
George Douglas Wise( June 4, 1831 – February 4, 1906) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, cousin of John Sergeant Wise and Richard Alsop Wise and nephew of Henry Alexander Wise.
Bébé's Kids
Bébé's Kids( released on home media as Robin Harris' Bébé's Kids) is a 1992 American animated comedy film produced by Hyperion Studio for Paramount Pictures.
Directed by Bruce W. Smith, it is based upon comedian Robin Harris' stand- up comedy act of the same name.
Harris died two years before the film was released; in the film, he is voiced by Faizon Love in his film debut.
Other voice actors include Vanessa Bell Calloway, Marques Houston, Nell Carter, and Tone Lōc, as well as Tom Everett, Rich Little, and Louie Anderson.
The film was originally released on July 31, 1992, and received mixed to reviews from critics and grossed$ 8.4 million.
Gertrude Kahn
Gertrude Kahn, also known as Mrs. Ray Kahn, was an American who allegedly had a covert relationship with Soviet intelligence during World War II.
In a Venona transcript from Moscow, the Moscow Center suggested that Mrs. Kahn had been used for foreign intelligence work.
The New York" Rezidentura" responded that it may not be wise, and that she was best suited for a" passive" role.
Kahn's code name in Soviet intelligence and in the Venona decrypts is" Dinah."
I Am Thor
I Am Thor
is a documentary about the life of bodybuilder and rock musician Jon Mikl Thor of the band THOR.
The film was directed by Ryan Wise and produced by Ryan Wise and Alan Higbee and had its world premiere at the 2015 Slamdance Film Festival.
Robin Harris
Robin Hughes Harris( August 30, 1953 – March 18, 1990) was an American comedian and actor, known for his recurring comic sketch about" Bébé's Kids".

Question: Do both films: Folly To Be Wise and Bébé'S Kids have the directors from the same country?
Answer: no