Fighting Odds
Fighting Odds is a 1917 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures and starring stage beauty Maxine Elliott.
The film is based on the play" Under Sentence" by Irvin S. Cobb and Roi Cooper Megrue.
The picture was amongst Goldwyn's first productions as an independent producer.
It was directed by veteran Allan Dwan and is a surviving film at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Gosfilmofond in Russia.
Allan Dwan
Allan Dwan (3 April 1885 – 28 December 1981) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter.
Mother of the Bride
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Father of the Bride
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They All Kissed the Bride
They All Kissed the Bride is a 1942 American screwball comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and starring Joan Crawford and Melvyn Douglas.
The plot follows a trucking firm executive who falls in love.
Crawford took over the title role after Carole Lombard died in a plane crash in early 1942.
Crawford donated all of her pay for this film to the American Red Cross.
Ayie
Ayie is the first of two stages of a traditional marriage ceremony of the Luo tribe of Kenya and Tanzania.
The ceremony involves the payment of a bride price by the groom to the mother of the bride.
" Ayie" is a Dholuo word, which means" I agree", referring to the fact that the mother of the bride accepts the bride price and agrees for the marriage to take place.
Once the ceremony has taken place, the couple are considered to be married and the groom is at liberty to leave with the bride after the ceremony, although to complete the union a second bride price known as" keny", in the form of cattle, should be paid to the father of the bride not on the same day, but at a later date.
As polygamy or" doho" is permitted in Luo tradition, a man may carry out Ayie several times with different women, and all marriages are recognized as legal under the Kenyan or Tanzanian law governing traditional marriage.
However, if he also carries out a civil or religious marriage ceremony in Kenya, he may not have more than one wife.
Ayie ceremony takes place at the home of the parents of the bride, after the groom has made a request and agreed with the bride on the date of the ceremony.
Consent of the parents of the bride for the ceremony to take place is mandatory.
Other people who attend the Ayie ceremony include all wives of the father of the bride as well as her uncles who are from her father's side, together with their wives.
Uncles from mother's side and their family members are not allowed to attend the Ayie ceremony.
It is on the Ayie ceremony that a groom officially meets the parents of the bride for the first time; all other visits that could have taken place prior to the Ayie ceremony are unofficial and in some cases may attract disciplinary action on the groom.
If a groom visits the parents of the bride but without the intention to pay Ayie during the visit, he may be considered undisciplined, as his action may be interpreted as arrogance or prematurely show off his relationship with the bride to her parents.
The amount of Ayie is fixed within a certain range throughout the Luo communities in Kenya( ruling bride price), and it increases from time to time, although the mother of the bride may negotiate a higher price whilst the groom may also negotiate a lower price.
Since in Luo tradition the bride price is recoverable upon divorce, it is usually unlikely for the mother of the bride to negotiate unreasonably higher price than the ruling price.
This is because, in case of divorce, which is a rare happening among Luo couples -( as most Luo women are known to be faithful) the family of the bride would be able to refund the bride price, which may embarrass them.
During the Ayie ceremony the bride prepares food for the groom and feeds him in front of everyone to signify her acceptance as the groom's traditional bride and those who accompany him.
Often, the food consists of poultry and beef served with" Kuon"( ugali) and" mchele"( rice) and other delicacies like" aliyaa"( smoked beef) and many more.
Odds and evens
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Father of the Bride Part II
Father of the Bride Part II is a 1995 American comedy film starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton and Martin Short.
It is a sequel to" Father of the Bride" and a remake of the 1951 film" Father's Little Dividend", the sequel to the original" Father of the Bride" film released in 1950.
Mr. Right (2009 film)
Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris.
The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors.
Alexander Hall
Alexander Hall( January 11, 1894 – July 30, 1968) was an American film director and theatre actor.

Question: Do both directors of films Fighting Odds and They All Kissed The Bride share the same nationality?
Answer: yes