The Scarab Murder Case (film)
The Scarab Murder Case is a 1936 film directed by Michael Hankinson.
It is part of a series of films about fictional detective Philo Vance.
Paramount Pictures intended for William Powell to portray the character, as he had in three prior Paramount films-" The Canary Murder Case"( 1929)," The Greene Murder Case"( 1929) and" The Benson Murder Case"( 1930)- as well as" The Kennel Murder Case"( 1933) for Warner Bros.
However, Powell changed studios, and the role went to Wilfrid Hyde- White.
The British Film Institute has placed it on its BFI 75 Most Wanted list of lost films.
The Kennel Murder Case (film)
The Kennel Murder Case is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film adapted from the 1933 novel of the same name by S. S. Van Dine.
Directed by Michael Curtiz for Warner Bros., it stars William Powell and Mary Astor.
Powell's role as Philo Vance is not the actor's first performance as the aristocratic sleuth; he also portrays the character in three films produced by Paramount in 1929 and 1930.
Alice Fischer (actress)
Alice Fischer( January 16, 1869 – June 23, 1947) was an American stage actress born in Indiana.
Her one film appearance was the now lost 1917" National Red Cross Pageant".
She was a great beauty as a young woman at the turn of the 20th century.
She made her stage debut in 1887 in a play called" Nordeck".
Her Broadway debut was on 3 December 1888 at the Broadway Theatre, playing Minna in" Little Lord Fauntleroy".
In 1892 she played Agrippina in a production of" Nero" at the Fourteenth Street Theatre.
In 1893 she toured with legendary Joseph Jefferson.
She founded the Twelfth Night Club in New York and was the President of the organisation for over 20 years.
National Red Cross Pageant
The National Red Cross Pageant( 1917) was an American war pageant that was performed in order to sell war bonds, support the National Red Cross, and promote a positive opinion about American involvement in World War I.
It was also an all- star revue silent film, now considered a lost film, directed by Christy Cabanne.
Calling Philo Vance
Calling Philo Vance is a 1940 American mystery/comedy released by Warner Bros. and starring James Stephenson as the dilettante detective Philo Vance, his only appearance as the character; Margot Stevenson co-stars.
The film also features Henry O'Neill, Edward Brophy, Sheila Bromley and Ralph Forbes.
It was directed by William Clemens from a screenplay by Tom Reed, based on the 1933 novel "The Kennel Murder Case" by S. S. Van Dine, which had previously been made into a film in 1933, starring William Powell and Mary Astor.
For this adaptation of the story, Vance is on international assignment from the United States government to investigate traffic in wartime aircraft designs.
The original story dealt with art world double-dealing, but the solution to the mystery is the same in each film.
Christy Cabanne
William Christy Cabanne( April 16, 1888 – October 15, 1950) was an American film director, screenwriter and silent film actor.
Mario J. Bruno
Mario Bruno is the Regional Chief Executive Officer for the Connecticut and Rhode Island Region of the American Red Cross.
Mario is a native of Spain and came to the United States in 1990 as an exchange student.
He lived in Gloucester, MA for two years.
He returned to his native Spain, where we attended Medical School in the University of Seville.
Mario returned to the United States in 1996.
He married his wife Greta and they have two children, Isabella and Karina.
Mario joined the American Red Cross 1997 as a disaster services volunteer.
He later joined the health and safety program as an instructor in CPR and First Aid and a blood services volunteer.
Mario soon raised to the role of Disaster Chairman for the Central Massachusetts Chapter of the American Red Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
After working for the American National Red Cross in Washington, D.C., Mario joined the American Red Cross in Connecticut in 2001.
In the capacity of Senior Director of Emergency Services, Mario lead the Connecticut Red Cross response to large disasters like the September 11 attacks in New York City, the 2005 hurricane season disasters and recently Tropical Storm Sandy.
Mario became Chief Executive Officer in 2011, ensuring that Red Cross services are provided to more than four million residents in Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Mario earned a bachelor of science in biology from Worcester State University and is a graduate of the University of Phoenix's Master in Business Administration program.
The Scarab Murder Case (film)
The Scarab Murder Case is a 1936 film directed by Michael Hankinson.
It is part of a series of films about fictional detective Philo Vance.
Paramount Pictures intended for William Powell to portray the character, as he had in three prior Paramount films-" The Canary Murder Case"( 1929)," The Greene Murder Case"( 1929) and" The Benson Murder Case"( 1930)- as well as" The Kennel Murder Case"( 1933) for Warner Bros.
However, Powell changed studios, and the role went to Wilfrid Hyde- White.
The British Film Institute has placed it on its BFI 75 Most Wanted list of lost films.
Michael Curtiz
Michael Curtiz (born Manó Kaminer(1886-1905)
Mihály Kertész (1905); December 24, 1886 April 11, 1962) was a Hungarian-born American film director, recognized as one of the most prolific directors in history.
He directed classic films from the silent era and numerous others during Hollywood's Golden Age, when the studio system was prevalent.
Curtiz was already a well-known director in Europe when Warner Bros. invited him to Hollywood in 1926, when he was 39 years of age.
He had already directed 64 films in Europe, and soon helped Warner Bros. become the fastest-growing movie studio.
He directed 102 films during his Hollywood career, mostly at Warners, where he directed ten actors to Oscar nominations.
James Cagney and Joan Crawford won their only Academy Awards under Curtiz's direction.
He put Doris Day and John Garfield on screen for the first time, and he made stars of Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and Bette Davis.
He himself was nominated five times and won twice, once for Best Short Subject for "Sons of Liberty" and once as Best Director for "Casablanca".
Curtiz introduced to Hollywood a unique visual style using artistic lighting, extensive and fluid camera movement, high crane shots, and unusual camera angles.
He was versatile and could handle any kind of picture: melodrama, comedy, love story, film noir, musical, war story, Western, or historical epic.
He always paid attention to the human-interest aspect of every story, stating that the "human and fundamental problems of real people" were the basis of all good drama.
Curtiz helped popularize the classic swashbuckler with films such as "Captain Blood" (1935) and "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938).
He directed many dramas which today are also considered classics, "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938), "The Sea Wolf" (1941), "Casablanca" (1942), and "Mildred Pierce" (1945).
He directed leading musicals, including "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942), "
This Is the Army" (1943), and "White Christmas", and he made comedies with "Life With Father" (1947) and "We're No Angels" (1955).
The Kennel Murder Case
The Kennel Murder Case is a 1933 murder mystery novel, written by S. S. Van Dine, with fictional detective Philo Vance investigating a complex locked room mystery.

Question: Are the directors of films National Red Cross Pageant and The Kennel Murder Case (Film) both from the same country?
Answer: yes