The Light of Western Stars (1940 film)
The Light of Western Stars is a 1940 American film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Victor Jory.
The film is also known as Border Renegade( American alternative title).
The supporting cast features Morris Ankrum, Noah Beery, Jr., Tom Tyler and Alan Ladd( in a tiny role as a ranch hand named" Danny").
Xavier Dolan
Xavier Dolan- Tadros( born 20 March 1989) is a Canadian actor, director, screenwriter, editor, costume designer, and voice actor.
He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films.
He first received international acclaim in 2009 for his feature film directorial debut," I Killed My MotherJ'ai tué ma mère"), which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the Director's Fortnight section.
Since 2009, he has written and directed eight feature films, all of which have premiered at Cannes, with the exception of" Tom at the Farm" — which premiered at the 70th Venice International Film Festival in 2013 —and his first English- language film," The Death& Life of John F. Donovan", which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.
He directed the music video for Adele's hit single" Hello" in 2015.
Dolan has won many awards for his work, including the Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for" Mommy" and the Grand Prix at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival for" It's Only the End of the World."
He has also won several Canadian Screen Awards and César Awards.
The Light of Western Stars (1925 film)
The Light of Western Stars is a lost 1925 American silent western film directed by William K. Howard and starring Jack Holt, Billie Dove and Noah Beery.
The film was based on a Zane Grey novel and had been filmed before in 1918.
The Light of Western Stars (1930 film)
The Light of Western Stars is a 1930 American pre-Code Western produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
It had two directors, Otto Brower and Edward H. Knopf.
This film is the third filming of Zane Grey's novel," The Light of Western Stars".
Richard Arlen and Mary Brian starred.
Previously filmed by Paramount as a silent in 1925.
The Heart of Texas Ryan
The Heart of Texas Ryan aka The Light of Western Stars is a 1917 American silent romantic western film starring Tom Mix and Bessie Eyton and directed by E.A. Martin.
The film was produced by Sanford Productions.
It is Tom Mix's first feature- length film.
The film was re-released in 1923 as" Single Shot Parker", a title by which it is sometimes called when marketed on home video and DVD.
Mommy (2014 film)
Mommy is a 2014 Canadian drama film written and directed by Xavier Dolan and starring Anne Dorval, Antoine- Olivier Pilon, and Suzanne Clément.
The story concerns a mother with a sometimes- violent teenage son, struggling to control his behaviour in a hypothetical future in which parents have the legal option to commit troubled youth to public hospitals.
The story focuses on mother – son relationships, a reoccurring theme in Dolan's work, and also marks his fourth collaboration with Dorval and his third with Clément.
Inspiration for this particular story was drawn from Dolan's discovery of Pilon and the music of Ludovico Einaudi.
It was shot in Quebec in an unconventional 1:1 aspect ratio.
The film debuted at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize.
It subsequently became a critical and financial success, grossing over$ 13 million worldwide.
" Mommy" went on to win numerous other awards, among them nine Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture.
William K. Howard
William K. Howard( June 16, 1899 – February 21, 1954) was an American film director, writer, and producer.
Considered one of Hollywood's leading directors, he directed over 50 films from 1921 to 1946, including" The Thundering Herd"( 1925)," The Power and the Glory"( 1933)," Fire Over England"( 1937), and" Johnny Come Lately"( 1943).
The Light of Western Stars (1918 film)
The Light of the Western Stars is a lost 1918 American silent western film starring Dustin Farnum and Winifred Kingston.
Charles Swickard directed.
Alla luce del sole
Alla luce del sole(" By the Light of Day", also known as" Come Into the Light" and" In the Light of the Sun") is a 2005 Italian biographical drama film directed by Roberto Faenza.
It is loosely based on real life events of Roman Catholic priest Pino Puglisi, who was killed by the Mafia in 1993.
The Light of a Distant Star
The Light of a Distant Star is a 1964 Soviet romance film directed by Ivan Pyryev.

Question: Do both The Light of Western Stars (1925 film) and Mommy (2014 film) films have the directors from the same country?
Answer: no