The Chance of a Lifetime (1916 film)
The Chance of a Lifetime is a 1916 British silent sports drama film directed by Bertram Phillips and starring Queenie Thomas, Austin Camp and Fay Temple.
It was based on a novel of the same title by Nat Gould.
King of the Cowboys
King of the Cowboys is a 1943 film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers and Smiley Burnette.
It is set in Texas during World War II.
Robert Florey
Robert Florey( 14 September 1900 – 16 May 1979) was a French- American director, screenwriter, film journalist and actor.
Born as Robert Fuchs in Paris, he became an orphan at an early age and was then raised in Switzerland.
In 1920 he worked at first as a film journalist, then as an assistant and extra in featurettes from Louis Feuillade.
Florey moved to the United States in 1921.
As a director, Florey's most productive decades were the 1930s and 1940s, working on relatively low- budget fillers for Paramount and Warner Brothers.
His reputation is balanced between his avant- garde expressionist style, most evident in his early career, and his work as a fast, reliable studio- system director called on to finish troubled projects, such as 1939's" Hotel Imperial".
He directed more than 50 movies.
His most popular film is likely the first Marx Brothers feature" The Cocoanuts" of 1929, and his 1932 foray into Universal- style horror," Murders in the Rue Morgue" is regarded by horror fans as highly reflective of German expressionism.
In 2006, as his 1937 film" Daughter of Shanghai" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, Florey was called" widely acclaimed as the best director working in major studio B-films".
True to Life (film)
True to Life is a 1943 film directed by George Marshall and starring Mary Martin and Franchot Tone.
King of Alcatraz
King of Alcatraz is a 1938 American drama film directed by Robert Florey and starring Gail Patrick.
The Chance of a Lifetime (1943 film)
The Chance of a Lifetime is a 1943 crime drama starring Chester Morris, Erik Rolf and Jeanne Bates.
It is one of 14 films made by Columbia Pictures involving detective Boston Blackie, a criminal- turned- crime solver.
This was the sixth in the series and one of three that did not have his name in the title.
The film is also William Castle's directorial debut.
As with many of the films of the period, this was a flag waver to support America's efforts during World War II.
Thomas E. Gaddis
Thomas Eugene Gaddis( September 14, 1908 – October 10, 1984) was an author from the United States, most noted for his book about convicted murderer Robert Stroud, who was known as the" Birdman of Alcatraz".
Gaddis was born in Denver, Colorado.
He wrote many non-fiction books, mostly biographies.
In addition to" Birdman of Alcatraz"( 1955), he wrote( 1970) about serial killer Carl Panzram.
Gaddis wrote" Birdman of Alcatraz" in 1955.
The biography became one of the nation's better- known prison biographies.
" Birdman of Alcatraz" was the story of Robert Stroud, the grandson of a federal judge, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in solitary confinement after stabbing a guard to death in Leavenworth Federal prison in Kansas.
Stroud was serving time in Leavenworth as a consequence of a slaying he committed in Alaska.
While in solitary in Leavenworth, Stroud became an expert on birds, writing" Stroud's Digest of the Diseases of Birds" in Leavenworth from 1939 to 1941.
The 1962 film" Birdman of Alcatraz" starred Burt Lancaster as Stroud.
Gaddis was portrayed by Edmond O'Brien.
Gaddis worked as a court consultant and on various writing projects.
He is also well known for the following quote:
He died in Portland, Oregon on October 10, 1984 at age 76.
William Castle
William Castle( April 24, 1914 – May 31, 1977) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor.
Orphaned at 11, Castle dropped out of high school at 15 to work in the theater.
He came to the attention of Columbia Pictures for his talent for promotion and was hired.
He learned the trade of filmmaking and became a director, acquiring a reputation for the ability to churn out competent B-movies quickly and on budget.
He eventually struck out on his own, producing and directing thrillers, which, despite their low budgets, were effectively promoted with gimmicks, a trademark for which he is best known.
He was also the producer for" Rosemary's Baby".
Rickshaw Man
The film is a remake of a 1943 film of the same name.
Jerome Thoms
Jerome Thoms( October 7, 1907 – November 1, 1977) was an American film editor.
He edited" Blondie's Big Moment"( 1947)," Blondie's Holiday"( 1947)," The Chance of a Lifetime"( 1943)," A Close Call for Boston Blackie"( 1946)," The Devil's Mask"( 1946)," The Crimson Kimono"( 1959)," Underworld USA"( 1960)," Shock Corridor"( 1963)," The Naked Kiss"( 1964)," West of Sonora"( 1948), and" So Dark the Night"( 1946).
He also edited" What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?"( 1942) and" Tireman, Spare my Tires"( 1942).
In" Screaming Mimi"( 1958) he worked with Gene Havlick.
Jerome Thoms' editing in" The Crimson Kimono" adds a percussive force to many of the action scenes.
He worked as art director in" Escape in the Fog"( 1945).

Question: Do both films, The Chance Of A Lifetime (1943 Film) and King Of Alcatraz, have the directors who are from the same country?
Answer: yes