The Still Alarm (1918 film)
The Still Alarm is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell and starring Tom Santschi, Bessie Eyton and Eugenie Besserer.
It is an adaptation of the 1887 play" The Still Alarm" by Joseph Arthur.
Shadow of the Law
Shadow of the Law is a 1930 film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring William Powell.
The Sundowners (1960 film)
The Sundowners is a 1960 Technicolor film that tells the story of an Australian outback family torn between the father's desires to continue his nomadic sheep- herding ways and the wife's and son's desire to settle down in one place.
The film stars Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, and Peter Ustinov, with a supporting cast including Glynis Johns, Dina Merrill, Michael Anderson Jr., and Chips Rafferty.
The screenplay was adapted by Isobel Lennart from Jon Cleary's novel of the same name; it was produced and directed by Fred Zinnemann.
It falls into the Australian meat pie Western genre.
At the 33rd Academy Awards," The Sundowners" was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role( Deborah Kerr), Best Actress in a Supporting Role( Glynis Johns), Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.
Roy Mack (director)
Roy Mack( December 14, 1889, New Brunswick, New Jersey- January 16, 1962, Los Angeles, California), born Roy McClure, was an American director of film shorts, mostly comedy films, with 205 titles to his credit.
The Still Alarm (1926 film)
The Still Alarm is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Edward Laemmle and starring Helene Chadwick, William Russell and Richard Travers, based on the 1887 play of the same name.
The Still Alarm (1930 film)
The Still Alarm( 1930) is a short film starring comedians Fred Allen and Clifton Webb, and directed by Roy Mack.
The film was based on a skit by George S. Kaufman and released by Warner Brothers as a Vitaphone film.
Allen was a Vaudeville comedian, but in 1929 sound films destroyed the Vaudeville market.
This film represented a rare teaming of Allen and Webb.
A year earlier Allen acted in a short film titled" The Installment Collector".
This 10- minute film occupied one reel and still survives.
In 1934 Allen started his own radio show, with his wife Portland Hoffa, but made few other films himself.
Joseph Arthur (playwright)
Joseph Arthur( 1848 – February 20, 1906) was an American playwright best known for his popular( though not critically acclaimed) melodramatic plays of the 1880s and 1890s, including" The Still Alarm"( 1887) and" Blue Jeans"( 1890).
Fred Zinnemann
Alfred Zinnemann( April 29, 1907 – March 14, 1997) was an Austrian- born American film director.
He won four Academy Awards for directing films in various genres, including thrillers, westerns, film noir and play adaptations.
He made 25 feature films during his 50- year career.
He was among the first directors to insist on using authentic locations and for mixing stars with civilians to give his films more realism.
Within the film industry, he was considered a maverick for taking risks and there by creating unique films, with many of his stories being dramas about lone and principled individuals tested by tragic events.
According to one historian, Zinnemann's style demonstrated his sense of" psychological realism and his apparent determination to make worthwhile pictures that are nevertheless highly entertaining."
Among his films were" The Search"( 1947)," The Men"( 1950)," High Noon"( 1952)," From Here to Eternity"( 1953)," Oklahoma!"( 1955)," The Nun's Story"( 1959)," A Man For All Seasons"( 1966)," The Day of the Jackal"( 1973), and" Julia"( 1977).
His films have received 65 Oscar nominations, winning 24.
Zinnemann directed and introduced a number of stars in their U.S. film debuts, including Marlon Brando, Rod Steiger, Pier Angeli, Julie Harris, Brandon de Wilde, Montgomery Clift, Shirley Jones and Meryl Streep.
He directed 19 actors to Oscar nominations, including Frank Sinatra, Montgomery Clift, Audrey Hepburn, Glynis Johns, Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, Wendy Hiller, Jason Robards, Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Fonda, Gary Cooper and Maximilian Schell.
Wylie Watson
Wylie Watson
( 6 February 1889 – 3 May 1966)( born John Wylie Robertson) was a British actor.
Among his best- known roles were those of" Mr Memory", an amazing man who commits" 50 new facts to his memory every day" in Alfred Hitchcock's film" The 39 Steps"( 1935), and wily storekeeper Joseph Macroon in the Ealing comedy" Whisky Galore!"( 1949).
He emigrated to Australia in 1952, and made his final film appearance there in" The Sundowners"( 1960).
The Sundowners (1950 film)
The Sundowners is a 1950 American Technicolor Western film directed by George Templeton.
The film is also known as Thunder in the Dust in the United Kingdom.

Question: Do both films The Still Alarm (1930 film) and The Sundowners (1960 film) have the directors that share the same nationality?
Answer: yes