Back-Room Boy
Back-Room Boy is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Herbert Mason, produced by Edward Black for Gainsborough Pictures and starring Arthur Askey, Googie Withers, Graham Moffatt and Moore Marriott.
The original story is written by J.O.C. Orton.
A man from the Met Office is sent to a lighthouse on a remote Scottish island to monitor the weather.
He hopes to escape from women, but soon finds the island overrun by them.
Harry L. Fraser
Harry L. Fraser( 31 March 1889 – 8 April 1974) was an American film director and screenplay writer
Void (film)
Void is a 2013 Lebanese drama film written by Georges Khabbaz and directed by seven different directors, who are all graduates from Notre Dame University.
The film was nominated as the Lebanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not selected.
Cavalcade of the West
Cavalcade of the West is a 1936 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser.
The Back Room
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Vera Frances
Vera Frances( born 1930) is a British actress who worked with Arthur Askey, Tommy Handley, George Formby, Dinah Sheridan, John Mills and Alastair Sim, amongst others.
Frances's father was a props and special effects man for Gainsborough Pictures at Grove Studio's in Shepherd's Bush.
She made her first film appearance in" Back- Room Boy" as the Cockney girl Jane.
she then went on to make another five films.
In her late teens Frances left films to follow her ambition to be a dance teacher.
This proved to be very successful and resulted in a dance school.
After marrying Dennis William Ward in 1953 Frances moved the school to March in Cambridgeshire.
Dennis Ward died in Cambridge aged 73 in 2000; Vera Frances still lives in Cambridgeshire.
Matt Corboy
Matt Corboy( born June 4, 1973) is an American actor.
He has appeared in both films and television series.
William Henry (actor)
William Albert Henry( November 10, 1914 – August 10, 1982) was an American actor who worked in both films and television.
Francis Gouldman
Francis Gouldman(" c." 1607–1688/89) was a Church of England clergyman and lexicographer whose Latin- English dictionary( 1664) went through several editions.
Gouldman was also one of the directors who oversaw the publication of the monumental" Critici sacri", a major collection of Biblical criticism.
Herbert Mason
Samuel George Herbert Mason( 1891 – 20 May 1960), known as Herbert Mason, was a British film director, producer, stage actor, army officer, presenter of some revues, stage manager, stage director, choreographer, production manager and playwright.
He was a recipient of the Military Cross the prestigious award for" gallantry during active operations against the enemy."
He received the gallantry award for his part in the Battle of Guillemont where British troops defeated the Germans to take the German stronghold of Guillemont.
Mason began his theatrical career at the age of 16 and appeared in several productions at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre including Barry Jackson's" The Christmas Party".
During the 1920s he stage managed some of the largest shows in London( including many of André Charlot's musical revues) and began his film career with the arrival of sound in motion pictures.
Mason was the Assistant director for" I Was a Spy", which was very successful in the box office and voted best film of the year.
He made his debut as director in 1936 with" The First Offence".
His most prominent film was" A Window in London" a dark thriller set in the London Underground, which was a remake of the original French drama film" Metropolitan".
Another successful film included" Take My Tip", in which he directed Jack Hulbert whose" dances[ were] beautifully staged."
Several rising actors and actresses( including Vivien Leigh) made their film debuts in some of his films before they rose to prominence.
He worked for several studios and production companies including Gaumont British, Gainsborough Pictures, London Films and MGM- British Studios.
Mason directed 16 films( from thrillers to comedies), moved into producing for the rest of his career and authored some plays with his wife Daisy Fisher, a novelist and playwright also with a background in theatre.
His films were generally very well received, and some of them were marked out for the inventiveness of the plot, locations used for shooting and humour.
Some of his films are remembered for introducing rising actors and actresses to the screen before they became famous.

Question: Do both films, Cavalcade Of The West and Back-Room Boy, have the directors who are from the same country?
Answer: no