Edgar Doneux
Edgard Doneux( Liège, 25 March 1920 – 31 January 1984, Anderlecht) was a Belgian conductor.
Doneux received his entire musical formation at the conservatoire of his native city, and made his conducting debut at the Opéra Royal de Liège, in 1940, aged only 20.
In 1946, he was named principal conductor at the Monnaie opera house in Brussels, and in 1949 chief conductor at the Belgian Radio- Television, retaining the latter post until his death.
His repertoire at La Monnaie included" Fra DiavoloSi j'étais roiCarmenLes contes d' HoffmannHérodiadeManonMignonLakmé" and" La Basoche" from the French 19th century repertoire, and Italian works from" Lucia di Lammermoor" and" Norma" to late romantic operas such as" La BohèmeCavalleria rusticana Madame ButterflyRigolettoSuor Angelica" and" Tosca".
Of lighter works he conducted" La Comtesse MaritzaLa Térésina Rêve de valse La veuve joyeuse" and" Les cloches de Corneville".
In the 1970s for the ballet company Doneux conducted major full- length ballets such as" The NutcrackerCinderellaCoppélia" and" Swan Lake".
He took part in the foundation of the and l' Opéra Royal de Wallonie, as well as the Festival de Chimay, and was for a time artistic director of the Spa Musical, in Spa, Belgium.
Robert Reece
Robert Reece( 2 May 1838 – 8 July 1891) was a British comic playwright and librettist active in the Victorian era.
He wrote many successful musical burlesques, comic operas, farces and adaptations from the French, including the English- language adaptation of the operetta" Les cloches de Corneville", which became the longest- running piece of musical theatre in history up to that time.
He sometimes collaborated with Henry Brougham Farnie or others.
Simon-Max
Nicolas- Marie Simon( 1852, Reims, France – 1923), known as Simon- Max, was a French tenor, mainly active in Paris in the field of opera-bouffe.
After musical studies in Reims he made his debut in 1875 at the Théâtre de la Renaissance as Janio in" La reine Indigo" then on 9 September that year at the Théâtre des Folies- Dramatiques as Anatole de Quillembois in" Les cent vierges" by Lecocq.
At the Folies- Dramatiques he went on to sing in the premieres of" Les cloches de Corneville", 17 April 1877( Jean Grenicheux)," La fille du tambour- major", December 13, 1879( 13 December 1879) and" Madame Favart", December 28, 1878( Hector de Boispréau).
Other premieres included Cottinet in" Le petit Parisien"( 16 January 1882), Inigo in" La princesse des Canaries"( 9 February 1883), Ischabod in the French premiere of" Rip"( 11 November 1884), Planchet in" Les petits mousquetaires"( 5 March 1885), Michel in" Fanfan la tulipe",( 21 October 1882), Joseph Abrial in" La fauvette du temple"( 17 November 1885), and singing in revivals of" La fille de Madame Angot"( Pomponnet) among others.
He created Zizi in" Ali- Baba" in Brussels alongside his wife in 1887.
Simon- Max then worked at the Théâtre du Châtelet, at the Gaité( Mignapour in" Le grand Mogol" in 1889, creating Pinsonnet in" Le voyage de Suzette" on 20 January 1890, Pierrot in" Le petit poucet" in 1891), at the Théâtre des Bouffes- Parisiens( Don Géranios in" Madame la Présidente", 1902, Plum- Quick in" Florodora", 1903, and a 1908 revival of" La petite boheme" as Barbemuche).
Further appearances included the Théâtre de la Renaissance( Smithson in" Miss Helyett", 1900, Fritzchen in" Lischen et Fritzchen", 1900); and at the Théâtre Dejazet( Martelin in" Radinol a du coton", 1901).
While the proprietor of the casino in Villerville, a whale was beached which Simon- Max bought, selling the oil and flesh before conserving the skin and converting the body to a theatre large enough to take 100 in the audience.
The bizarre character of the Théâtre Baleine helped the success of a show entitled « Jonas Revue ».
The whale theatre was moved to Paris, but burnt down the following winter.
He was the founding director of the Prévoyance théâtrale.
During the run of" Les cloches de Corneville" he met and married the young soprano lead Juliette Simon- Girard.
The Rawhide Terror
The Rawhide Terror is a 1934 American western horror film directed by Bruce M. Mitchell and Jack Nelson.
Violet Cameron
Violet Lydia Thompson (7 December 1862 – 25 October 1919), known professionally as Violet Cameron, was an English actress and singer who gained fame in Robert Planquette's operettas "Les cloches de Corneville" and "Rip Van Winkle", and Francis Chassaigne's opéra bouffe "Falka", and notoriety for her affair with Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale.
Robert Planquette
Jean Robert Planquette( 31 July 1848 – 28 January 1903) was a French composer of songs and operettas.
Several of Planquette's operettas were extraordinarily successful in Britain, especially" Les cloches de Corneville"( 1878), the length of whose initial London run broke all records for any piece of musical theatre up to that time.
" Rip Van Winkle"( 1882) also earned international fame.
Thomas Bentley
Thomas Bentley( 1884–1966) was a British film director.
He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941.
He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound- on- film process," The Man in the Street"( 1926)," The Antidote"( 1927), and" Acci- Dental Treatment"( 1928).
Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer but went on to become a vaudeville performer well known for impersonating the characters from the novels of Charles Dickens on stage.
His directing career in silent films began in 1910 with his adaptations of a number of Dickens' novels to film.
After his retirement from directing in 1941 he became technical advisor to the British Film Council.
Jack Nelson (actor)
Jack Nelson (October 15, 1882 – November 10, 1948) was an American actor and film director of the silent era.
He appeared in 88 films between 1910 and 1935.
He also directed 58 films between 1920 and 1935.
He was born in Memphis, Tennessee and died in North Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Upon arriving in North Bay, Nelson took over management of the Capital Theatre, one of two movie theatres in North Bay at the time.
Years later after World War Two broke out, Nelson played an important role in the nine national Victory Loan Drives (1941-1945).
Acting as chairman of public relations, Nelson served on the Nipissing District National War Finance Committee.
His duties included organizing parades, corresponding with the local North Bay Daily Nugget Newspaper, and hosting occasional free movie admission nights for residents who purchased bonds.
During the Sixth Victory Loan Drive in May 1944, Nelson and his employees at the Capital Theatre were awarded a coveted flag on behalf of the National War Finance Committee in Ottawa.
The entire staff at the theatre, under Nelson's management, had subscribed 15% their payroll during the four-week drive.
In accordance with the Sixth Victory Loan drive promotions, any company within Canada that subscribed 15% of payroll finances to bond purchases were awarded the Victory Loan V-Flag in recognition.
The V-Flag was subsequently hung in the lobby of the Capital Theatre.
Violet Cameron
Violet Lydia Thompson (7 December 1862 – 25 October 1919), known professionally as Violet Cameron, was an English actress and singer who gained fame in Robert Planquette's operettas "Les cloches de Corneville" and "Rip Van Winkle", and Francis Chassaigne's opéra bouffe "Falka", and notoriety for her affair with Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale.
Les cloches de Corneville (film)
Les cloches de Corneville is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Elsie Craven, Moya Mannering and Leslie Stiles.
It was based on the 1876 French opera" Les cloches de Corneville" by Robert Planquette.
It was made at Bushey Studios.

Question: Are the directors of films The Rawhide Terror and Les Cloches De Corneville (Film) both from the same country?
Answer: no