In the Company of Actors
In the Company of Actors is a 2007 Australian documentary produced by Shark Island Productions and directed by Ian Darling.
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952 film)
The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1952 film version of the classic novel of the same name by Anthony Hope and a remake of the famous 1937 film version and the 1922 silent version as well.
This version was made by Loew's and Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer, directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman.
The screenplay, attributed to Noel Langley, was nearly word- for- word identical to the one used in the 1937 Ronald Colman version, which was by John L. Balderston, adapted by Wells Root, from the Hope novel and the stage play by Edward Rose, with additional dialogue by Donald Ogden Stewart.
The film stars Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, and James Mason( with Louis Calhern, Robert Douglas, Jane Greer and Robert Coote).
Alfred Newman's 1937 music score was adapted by Conrad Salinger, since Newman was unavailable to work on the film; and the cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg.
The art direction was by Cedric Gibbons and Hans Peters and the costume design by Walter Plunkett.
The silent film versions," The Prisoner of Zenda"( 1913) starred James K. Hackett and Beatrice Beckly and" The Prisoner of Zenda"( 1922) starred Lewis Stone and Alice Terry.
A comedy version" The Prisoner of Zenda"( 1979) starred Peter Sellers and Lynne Frederick.
Gwen Wakeling
Costume designer Gwen Wakeling( birth name Gwen Sewell; March 3, 1901 in Detroit, Michigan – June 16, 1982 in Los Angeles, California) was a personal favourite of Cecil B. DeMille.
Indeed, her first film was his 1927 epic" The King of Kings", and she earned an Academy Award for her work on his version of" Samson and Delilah" in 1950.
In a career spanning over 140 films, she also worked for director John Ford on such films as" The Prisoner of Shark Island"( 1936)," Drums Along the Mohawk"( 1939)," The Grapes of Wrath"( 1940) and" How Green Was My Valley"( 1941), and provided the costumes for most of the Shirley Temple films, such as" Little Miss Broadway", in the 1930s.
One of her last assignments was creating Barbara Eden's" Jeannie" costumes for" I Dream Of Jeannie" in 1965.
Wakeling was a member of the Baháʼí Faith, and her husband, Henry J. Staudigl, set up an arts endowment in her memory at Bosch Baháʼí School in Santa Cruz to promote artistic endeavors and included a research and resource library.
She was the daughter of film editor and press agent Edith Wakeling.
John McGuire (actor)
John McGuire( October 22, 1910 – September 30, 1980) was a film actor during the period from the 1930s to the 1950s.
In many of his early films he was a leading man; however, later in his career he was forced to play bit parts.
McGuire appeared in" Steamboat Round the Bend"( 1935);" Charlie Chan at the Circus( 1936); The Prisoner of Shark Island"( 1936);" Stranger on the Third Floor"( 1940), sometimes thought Hollywood's first film noir;" The Invisible Ghost"( 1941);" Sands of Iwo Jima"( 1949); and" Where the Sidewalk Ends"( 1950).
The Prisoner of Shark Island
The Prisoner of Shark Island is a 1936 film loosely based on the life of Maryland physician Samuel Mudd, who treated the injured presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth and later spent time in prison after his controversial conviction for being one of Booth's accomplices.
The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, was directed by John Ford and starred Warner Baxter and Gloria Stuart.
Twentieth Century Pictures, before it merged with Fox, purchased the rights to the book "The Life of Dr. Mudd" by Nettie Mudd Monroe, the doctor's daughter.
The film's credits, however, make no reference to Monroe or her book.
Modern sources state that Darryl F. Zanuck, Twentieth Century's vice-president in charge of production, got the idea to make the film after he read an article in "Time" magazine about the prison camp for political prisoners on the Dry Tortugas island.
Ian Darling
Ian David Darling is an Australian award winning documentary film director and producer based in Sydney, Australia.
He is Executive Chair and Founder of Shark Island Institute and Executive Director of its production arm, Shark Island Productions – a documentary company which creates extensive outreach, education and community engagement campaigns with their films.
He is also Chair of GoodPitch Australia and The Caledonia Foundation.
His documentary credits as a producer, director and executive producer include" The Final Quarter" and" Life After The Oasis",( both coming in June 2019)," Suzy& The Simple ManThe Genesis Paul Kelly- Stories of MeThe OasisPolly and MeThe Soldier In The Company of ActorsAlone Across AustraliaWoodstock for Capitalists The Bleeding EdgeInventing TomorrowUnrest 2040 The Fourth EstateFlyHow to Change the World",( opening night film Sundance Film Festival 2015), and" Toxic Labour".
Ian Darling received the Byron Kennedy Award for innovation and the relentless pursuit of excellence at the 2018 AACTA Awards.
In May 2017 he was named Australia's Leading Philanthropist by Philanthropy Australia.
In 2018 Shark Island Institute introduced
The Labs- supporting five Australian documentary films in development.
John Ford
John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director.
He is renowned both for Westerns such as "Stagecoach" (1939), "The Searchers" (1956), and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962), as well as adaptations of classic 20th-century American novels such as the film "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940).
His four Academy Awards for Best Director (in 1935, 1940, 1941, and 1952) remain a record.
One of the films for which he won the award, "How Green Was My Valley", also won Best Picture.
In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Ford directed more than 140 films (although most of his silent films are now lost) and he is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation.
Ford's work was held in high regard by his colleagues, with Orson Welles and Ingmar Bergman among those who have named him one of the greatest directors of all time.
Ford made frequent use of location shooting and long shots, in which his characters were framed against a vast, harsh, and rugged natural terrain.
The Prisoner of the Iron Mask
The Prisoner of the Iron Mask is a 1962 Italian- French swashbuckler film.
It was directed by Francesco De Feo.
Of Shark and Man
Of Shark and Man is a feature documentary by the award- winning U.K. based film- maker David Diley, telling the story of Shark Reef in Fiji where divers can come face to face with up to a hundred of the world's biggest bull sharks on one dive.
Shark Reef in Fiji was described by underwater filmmakers Ron and Valerie Taylor as" the best shark dive in the world.
Of Shark and Man" was released on June 29, 2017, distributed by Shami Media Group.
" Of Shark and Man" is Diley's first feature documentary and is the first in a series of films documenting the relationship between sharks and humans around the world.
" Of Shark and Man" has received eight award nominations, winning five.
Jack Murray (film editor)
Jack Murray (May 31, 1900 – February 7, 1961) was an American film editor with about 55 feature film credits between 1929 and 1961.
Fifteen of these films were with the director John Ford.
Their collaboration commenced with "The Prisoner of Shark Island" (1936), which was produced when both men were working at the 20th Century Fox studio.
It encompassed such well-known films as "The Quiet Man" (1952) and "The Searchers" (1956), and ended only with Murray's death in 1961.

Question: Which country the director of film The Prisoner Of Shark Island is from?
Answer: American