Thomas Brigham Bishop
Thomas Brigham Bishop( June 29, 1835- May 15, 1905)( usually referred to as T. Brigham Bishop) is best known as an American composer of popular music.
Various disputed claims have been made by Bishop and others that he authored, or at least contributed to the authorship of, a number of popular 19th century songs including" John Brown's BodyWhen Johnny Comes Marching Home", and" Shoo Fly, Do n't Bother Me".
Bishop later had an infamous career as a bucket shop proprietor, among other schemes.
Patrick Gilmore
Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore( December 25, 1829 – September 24, 1892) was an Irish- born American composer and bandmaster who lived and worked in the United States after 1848.
While serving in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War, Gilmore wrote the lyrics to the song" When Johnny Comes Marching Home".
This was published under the pseudonym Louis Lambert in September 1863.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Marla Shelton
Marla Shelton
( October 12, 1912 – February 14, 2001) was an American actress.
She appeared in the films
" The Phantom RiderFlying HostessUnder Cover of NightDangerous NumberWhen's Your Birthday?
Personal PropertySong of the CityThere Goes My GirlWalter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 Stand- In52nd StreetEscape to Paradise The Lone Wolf Meets a LadyBells of CapistranoSecrets of the Underground When Johnny Comes Marching Home" and" Saratoga Trunk", among others.
When Johnny Comes Marching Home (film)
When Johnny Comes Marching Home is a 1942 musical film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Allan Jones and Jane Frazee.
The film is loosely based on the song with the same title.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
When Willie Comes Marching Home
When Willie Comes Marching Home is a 1950 World War II comedy film directed by John Ford and starring Dan Dailey and Corinne Calvet.
It is based on the 1945 short story "When Leo Comes Marching Home" by Sy Gomberg.
The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.
Sy Gomberg also received an Oscar nomination for Best Motion Picture Story at the 23rd Academy Awards in 1951 but was edged out for the award by Edna Anhalt and Edward Anhalt for Panic in the Streets.
Sy Gomberg
Sy Gomberg( August 19, 1918 – February 11, 2001) was an American Oscar- nominated film screenwriter, producer, and activist, who taught screenwriting to University of Southern California students for over a decades.
Gomberg was born in New York City, and grew up in Newark, New Jersey.
He spent World War II in the First Motion Picture Unit in Hollywood.
After the war, he was a contributor to" Collier's Weekly" and the" Saturday Evening Post".
In 1951, he received an Academy Award nomination for" When Willie Comes Marching Home" – which was based on a story Gomberg originally wrote for" Collier's".
He was also nominated the same year for Best Screenplay for" Summer Stock.
He also created, produced and wrote the 1960s ABC legal drama" The Law and Mr. Jones" starring James Whitmore, Conlan Carter, and Janet De Gore.
A supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union, Gomberg organized members of the film industry to march with Martin Luther King, Jr., in Alabama.
In 1957 Gomberg married actress Maxine Cooper.
They remained together until his death at age 82 in Brentwood, California.
His wife had one son from her previous marriage; they had two daughters together.
The Home Stretch
The Home Stretch is a surviving 1921 American silent drama film directed by Jack Nelson and written by Louis Stevens.
The film stars Douglas MacLean, Beatrice Burnham, Walt Whitman, Margaret Livingston, Wade Boteler, Mary Jane Irving, and Charles Hill Mailes.
Its screenplay was written by Louis Stevens and is based upon the short story" When Johnny Comes Marching Home" by Charles Belmont Davis, which appeared in the October 1914 issue of" Metropolitan Magazine".
The film was released on April 24, 1921, by Paramount Pictures.
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.

Question: What nationality is the director of film When Willie Comes Marching Home?
Answer: American