Barney Bernard
Barney Bernard( 1877– 1924) was an American stage and screen actor.
Bernard always looked older than he was which allowed him to play aging ethnic Jewish characters.
He established an onstage partnership with Alexander Carr and the two starred in the successful play" Potash and Perlmutter" beginning in 1913.
Prior to the' Potash' success, Bernard was in the first Ziegfeld Follie revue," Ziegfeld Follies of 1908" and had also appeared in a few stage musicals with Al Jolson," La Belle Paree"( 1911) w/ Kitty Gordon," Vera Violetta"( 1911) w/ Gaby Deslys," The Whirl of Society"( 1912) w/ Jose Collins.
Bernard died in March 1924 while preparing to costar with Carr in the sequel to their film version of" Potash and Perlmutter"( 1923)( which was filmed at Ft. Lee New Jersey), to be called" In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter".
Actor George Sidney was brought in to replace Bernard as Abe Potash.
He was no relation to actor Sam Bernard.
Partners Again
Partners Again is a 1926 silent comedy, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, released through United Artists, and directed by Henry King.
This ethnic Jewish humor film is based on the 1922 Broadway play "Partners Again" starring Alex Carr and Barney Bernard, which reprises their characters from the very successful 1913 Broadway play "Potash and Perlmutter" (
441 performances from 1913 to 1915).
Goldwyn produced a 1923 film adaptation of "Potash and Perlmutter", and a 1924 sequel called "In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter".
In "Partners Again" the two are in the automobile industry.
As with the 1924 film, "In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter", George Sidney plays Potash, taking up the role after Barney Bernard died in March of that year.
Alex Carr continues his winning role of Perlmutter.
What is interesting about this film is that it is one of the two American films that only survives in 8mm.
In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter( 1924) is an American silent comedy film, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, released through Associated First National Pictures, and directed by Alfred E. Green.
A sequel of sorts, the Jewish ethnic comedy characters of Potash and Perlmutter return from their 1923 debut film, also produced by Goldwyn, but with a different actor for Potash.
The films were based on" Potash and Perlmutter" a play by Charles Klein and Montague Glass which opened on Broadway in 1913 and ran for 441 performances.
This sequel also adapted the play" Business Before Pleasure" by Montague Glass and Jules Eckert Goodman which opened in 1917 for 357 performances.
Alexander Carr returned for his role as Perlmutter but his longtime partner from the Broadway plays and the 1923 movie, Barney Bernard, died in March 1924, before this film got underway.
Bernard was only 45 but always looked considerably older than he was.
George Sidney, soon to be famous in another Jewish series" The Cohens& the Kellys", picks up the part of Potash where Barney Bernard left off.
They would return again in 1926 in" Partners Again"( 1926).
Goldwyn had evidently been familiar with this series of Jewish- themed stories, written by Montague Glass and mounted as a Broadway play in 1913, back when he was a glove salesman, and produced these film versions over the objections of the other Jewish moguls of Hollywood.
Matt Corboy
Matt Corboy( born June 4, 1973) is an American actor.
He has appeared in both films and television series.
Potash and Perlmutter
Potash and Perlmutter is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger.
The film is based on an ethnic Jewish comedy with characters created by Montague Glass and Charles Klein for a 1913 Broadway play of the same name which ran for 441 performances.
The play is based on the 1909 book of the same name by Montague Glass.
This film is notable as the first release of Samuel Goldwyn's independent production company.
Stage stars Alexander Carr and Barney Bernard reprise their famous roles from the play in this film.
The film's success would inspire two Goldwyn sequels," In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter"( 1924) and" Partners Again"( 1926).
In 1927, the UK division of Phonofilm produced a short film with Augustus Yorke( 1860- 1939) and Nicholas Adams playing Potash and Perlmutter.
Clarence G. Badger
Clarence G. Badger( June 9, 1880 – June 17, 1964) was an American film director of feature films in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s.
His films include" It" and" Red Hair", more than a dozen features and shorts starring Will Rogers, and two features starring Raymond Griffith," Paths to Paradise" and" Hands Up!"
He moved to Australia to direct" Rangle River"( 1936) and decided to retire there, only making one more feature," That Certain Something"( 1941).
Matías Bize
Matías Bize( born Santiago, Chile, 9 August 1979) is a Chilean film director, producer and screenwriter.
He has won important independent film awards including the Espigo de Oro for" In Bed" at the 2005 Valladolid International Film Festival in Spain, and a Goya Award in 2011 for" The Life of Fish".
Jack Shea (director)
Jack Shea (August 1, 1928 – April 28, 2013) was an American film and television director.
He was the president of the Directors Guild of America from 1997 to 2002.
The Memory of Water (film)
The Memory of Water is a 2015 Chilean drama film written and directed by Matías Bize.
It was screened in the Venice Days section at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival.
It won the Colón de Oro for best director at the 2015 Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva.
Crime Spree
Crime Spree is a 2003 Canadian- British comedy- heist thriller film, written and directed by Brad Mirman, starring Gérard Depardieu, Harvey Keitel and French singers Johnny Hallyday and Renaud.
The fish out of water film concerns a band of French thieves who get more than they bargain for after burglarizing the home of a Chicago mafia boss.

Question: Do both films Potash and Perlmutter and The Memory of Water (film) have the directors that share the same nationality?
Answer: no