The Broadway Melody
The Broadway Melody, also known as The Broadway Melody of 1929, is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film and the first sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.
It was one of the first musicals to feature a Technicolor sequence, which sparked the trend of color being used in a flurry of musicals that would hit the screens in 1929–1930.
Today the Technicolor sequence is lost; only a black and white copy survives in available versions.
The film was the first musical released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and was Hollywood's first all-talking musical.
"The Broadway Melody" was written by Norman Houston and James Gleason from a story by Edmund Goulding, and directed by Harry Beaumont.
Original music was written by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown, including the popular hit "You Were Meant for Me".
The George M. Cohan classic "Give My Regards to Broadway" is used under the opening establishing shots of New York City, its film debut.
Bessie Love was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance.
Peter Levin
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Murder Among Friends (1941 film)
Murder Among Friends is a 1941 American mystery film directed by Ray McCarey and written by John Larkin.
The film stars Marjorie Weaver, John Hubbard, Cobina Wright, Mona Barrie, Douglass Dumbrille and Sidney Blackmer.
The film was released on February 28, 1941, by 20th Century Fox.
Harry Beaumont
Harry Beaumont( February 10, 1888 – December 22, 1966) was an American film director, actor, and screenwriter.
He worked for a variety of production companies including Fox, Goldwyn, Metro, Warner Brothers, and Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Hanro Smitsman
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Ian Barry (director)
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Ben Cura
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Ray McCarey
Raymond Benedict McCarey( September 6, 1904 – December 1, 1948) was an American film director, brother of director Leo McCarey.
Jason Moore (director)
Jason Moore( born October 22, 1970) is an American director of film, theatre and television.

Question: Are director of film The Broadway Melody and director of film Murder Among Friends (1941 Film) both from the same country?
Answer: yes