Theodor Sparkuhl
Theodor Sparkuhl( October 7, 1894, Hannover, Germany – June 13, 1946, Los Angeles, California) was a German- born cinematographer with over 100 movies to his credit.
Sparkuhl began his career as a projectionist in 1911.
He was trained as a newsreel cameraman at the German subsidiary of the French film production company Gaumont in 1912.
During World
War I he chronicled battles in the Middle East and in Russia.
In 1916 he became a lighting director of entertainment films, remaining in German films until 1928( including many pictures under the direction of Ernst Lubitsch until Lubitsch's emigration to Hollywood in 1922).
From 1928 to 1930 Sparkuhl worked for British International Pictures in London.
He relocated to France in 1930 where he worked with Jean Renoir and Marc Allégret.
In December 1931 he and his family finally emigrated to Hollywood.
He soon signed a contract with Paramount Pictures and worked for them until 1945.
Sparkuhl's most famous films include Renoir's" La Chienne"( 1931), the classic adventure film" Beau Geste"( 1939) and the seminal film noir" The Glass Key"( 1942).
The distinctive low- key photography in the latter film and his two other early film noirs" Among the Living"( 1941) and" Street of Chance"( 1942) is a remarkable change from the traditional flat lighting of the typical Hollywood crime films of the 1930s( like the 1935 film version of" The Glass Key").
Film historians consider Sparkuhl's work in these three films to be a significant contribution to the development of the archetypical noir style and an indication of its debt to German Expressionism and French Poetic realism.
Walter Forde
Walter Forde( born Thomas Seymour Woolford, 21 April 1898 – 7 January 1984) was a British actor, screenwriter and director.
Born in Lambeth, South London in 1898, he directed over fifty films between 1919 from the silent era through to 1949 in the sound era He died in Los Angeles, California in 1984.
The Glass Key (1942 film)
The Glass Key is a 1942 American crime drama film and film noir directed by Stuart Heisler and based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett.
An earlier film version had been released in 1935.
The Glass Key (1935 film)
The Glass Key, released in 1935, is the first of two film adaptations of the suspense novel" The Glass Key" by Dashiell Hammett.
The film stars George Raft, featuring Edward Arnold and Claire Dodd, and directed by Frank Tuttle.
The film was remade in 1942, with Alan Ladd in Raft's role, and Brian Donlevy and Veronica Lake in the roles previously played by Arnold and Dodd.
The Ghost Train (1941 film)
The Ghost Train is a 1941 British mystery thriller film directed by Walter Forde based on the 1923 play of the same name written by Arnold Ridley.
Ghost Train International
Spøgelsestoget( English title: Ghost Train International) is a 1976 Danish family film directed by Bent Christensen.
It is based on the 1923 play" The Ghost Train" by Arnold Ridley.
Alan Ladd
Alan Walbridge Ladd( September 3, 1913 – January 29, 1964) was an American actor and film and television producer.
Ladd found success in film in the 1940s and early 1950s, particularly in Westerns such as" Shane"( 1953) and in films noir.
He was often paired with Veronica Lake, in noirish films such as" This Gun for Hire"( 1942)," The Glass Key"( 1942) and" The Blue Dahlia"( 1946).
His other notable credits include" Two Years Before the Mast"( 1946)," Whispering Smith", his first Western and color film,( 1948) and" The Great Gatsby"( 1949).
His popularity diminished in the late 1950s, though he continued to appear in popular films until his accidental death due to a lethal combination of alcohol, a barbiturate, and two tranquilizers.
Stuart Heisler
Stuart Heisler( December 5, 1896 – August 21, 1979) was an American film and television director.
He was a son of Luther Albert Heisler( 1855- 1916), a carpenter, and Frances Baldwin Heisler( 1857- 1935).
He worked as a motion picture editor from 1921 to 1936, then worked as film director for the rest of his career.
He directed the 1944 propaganda film" The Negro Soldier", a documentary- style recruitment piece targeting African- Americans.
He received an Oscar nomination in 1949 for his contribution to the visual effects of the film" Tulsa".
De Spooktrein
It is an adaptation of the popular British play" The Ghost Train" by Arnold Ridley.
The Ghost Train (1931 film)
The Ghost Train is a 1931 British comedy thriller film directed by Walter Forde and starring Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge and Ann Todd.
It is based on the play" The Ghost Train" by Arnold Ridley.
The film's art direction was by Walter Murton.
Thought to have been lost for some years, parts of the film( 5 reels of images with 2 reels of sound) were recovered in a very decomposed state.
It was part of the British Film Institute campaign in 1992 to locate missing movies.

Question: Do both directors of films The Glass Key (1942 Film) and The Ghost Train (1941 Film) have the same nationality?
Answer: no