Spring Subway
Spring Subway is a 2002 Chinese romance film directed by Zhang Yibai and starring Xu Jinglei and Geng Le. Sixth Generation director Zhang Yang also plays a role.
The film represents a relatively new genre in China, the artistic" commercial film" with its international urban sensibilities designed to appeal to young middle- class Chinese.
" Spring Subway" is a stylistic film that plays with chronological conventions and flashbacks, and with characters that often break the fourth wall to directly address the audience.
The film was produced by China Youth Film Studio and the independent Electric Orange Entertainment( run by screenwriter, Liu Fendou).
Distribution was handled by Media Asia Entertainment Group.
Alfred Santell
Alfred Allen Santell, also known as Al Santell( 1895 – 1981), was an American film director and film producer.
Santell directed over 60 films, beginning in 1917, most of which were two- reel comedy short subjects for Hal Roach and other productions companies.
Taking up feature films from about 1924, Santell worked for several major studios.
In 1934, he was married to actress Jane N. Keithley; they remained married until her death.
He left the business in 1947 after a contract dispute with Republic Studios.
Santell died on June 19, 1981 in Salinas, California.
Tess of the Storm Country (1914 film)
Tess of the Storm Country is a 1914 silent drama directed by Edwin S. Porter.
It is based on the 1909 novel of the same name by Grace Miller White.
It stars Mary Pickford, in a role she would reprise eight years later for the 1922 adaptation by John S. Robertson.
In 2006, the film was named to the National Film Registry by the Librarian of Congress, for its" cultural, aesthetic, or historical significance".
Grace Miller White
Grace Miller White( 1868–1957) was an American author.
Born Mary Esther Miller, she lived her whole life in Ithaca, New York.
She adopted the name Grace around 1897, in memory of a younger sister who had died before reaching her first birthday.
She married twice, first to Homer White, and then to Friend H. Miller.
She began her writing career novelizing plays, before turning her hand to novels in 1909.
Several of her books were adapted for the big screen, most notably" Tess of the Storm Country", which has been filmed on four separate occasions between 1914 and 1960.
Polly of the Storm Country
Polly of the Storm Country is a lost 1920 American drama film directed by Arthur Rosson and written by Frank Mitchell Dazey.
The film stars Mildred Harris, Emory Johnson, Charlotte Burton, Harry Northrup, Ruby Lafayette, and Maurice Valentin.
It is based on the 1920 novel" Storm Country Polly" by Grace Miller White.
The film was released on April 4, 1920, by First National Exhibitors' Circuit.
Tess of the Storm Country (1932 film)
Tess of the Storm Country is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by directed by Alfred Santell and starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, and Dudley Digges.
It was released by Fox Film Corporation.
It is based on the novel of the same name by Grace Miller White and its adaptation for the stage by Rupert Hughes.
Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together, including Frank Borzage's classics" Seventh Heaven"( 1927)," Street Angel"( 1928), and" Lucky Star"( 1929).
Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress for the first two films and F. W. Murnau's" Sunrise".
The Secret of the Storm Country
The Secret of the Storm Country was a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Charles Miller and starring Norma Talmadge( whose company also produced the film).
The film is described as not a direct sequel but a" continuation" of the 1914 film" Tess of the Storm Country", starring Mary Pickford.
The film is now considered lost.
Zhang Yibai
Zhang Xiaoling, better known by his stage name Zhang Yibai( born 1963, in Chongqing, China) is a Chinese film director.
Tess of the Storm Country (1960 film)
Tess of the Storm Country is a 1960 American drama film directed by Paul Guilfoyle, written by Charles Lang, and starring Diane Baker, Jack Ging, Lee Philips, Archie Duncan, Nancy Valentine and Bert Remsen.
It is based on the novel with the same title by Grace Miller White and its adaptation for the stage by Rupert Hughes.
The film was released on December 8, 1960, by 20th Century Fox.
Monique Rolland
Monique Rolland( 1913–1999) was a French film actress.
She appeared in the 1932 film" Narcotics".

Question: Do both films Spring Subway and Tess of the Storm Country (1932 film) have the directors that share the same nationality?
Answer: no