Little Johnny Jones (pianist)
Little Johnny Jones( born Johnnie Jones, November 1, 1924 – November 19, 1964) was an American Chicago blues pianist and singer, best known for his work with Tampa Red, Muddy Waters and Elmore James.
Odie Payne
Odie Payne( August 27, 1926 – March 1, 1989) was an American Chicago blues drummer.
Over his long career he worked with a range of musicians, including Sonny Boy Williamson II, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Eddie Taylor, Little Johnny Jones, Tampa Red, Otis Rush, Yank Rachell, Sleepy John Estes, Little Brother Montgomery, Memphis Minnie, Magic Sam, Chuck Berry, and Buddy Guy.
Johnny Hines
Johnny Hines( July 25, 1895 – October 24, 1970), born John F. Hines, was an American actor active primarily during the silent era, who did not transition well into talking pictures.
During the course of his career he appeared in over 50 films, and numerous film shorts.
Johnny J. Jones
Johnny J. Jones( June 8, 1874 – December 25, 1930) was an American carnival showman, the founder and manager of the Johnny J. Jones Exposition.
The Exposition was one of the first to use steel railroad cars and one of the largest of its kind, exceeded in size only by the Ringling Bros. and Barnum& Bailey Circus.
In operation for over 50 years through the continental United States and Canada, the show reached a total of 50 steel cars carrying 100 wagons during its heyday in the 1920s.
Caro Jones
Caro Jones (1923 – September 3, 2009) was a Canadian-American actress and casting director who was responsible for casting more than 1,000 films, theater productions and television shows over the course of more than forty years, including "RockyThe Beverly Hillbillies" and "Green Acres".
Melvin Van Peebles
Melvin" Block" Van Peebles( born August 21, 1932) is an American actor, filmmaker, playwright, novelist and composer.
He is most famous for creating( and starring in) the acclaimed film" Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song", which heralded a new era of black- focused films.
He is the father of actor and director Mario Van Peebles.
Little Johnny Jones (1923 film)
Little Johnny Jones is a lost 1923 American comedy film directed by Johnny Hines and Arthur Rosson and written by Raymond L. Schrock based on the 1904 play" Little Johnny Jones" by George M. Cohan.
The film stars Johnny Hines, Wyndham Standing, Margaret Seddon, Herbert Prior, Molly Malone, and George Webb.
The film was released by Warner Bros. on August 19, 1923.
It was remade by Warner Bros. and directed by cast member Mervyn LeRoy in 1929 as a musical film under the same name.
Little Johnny Jones (1929 film)
Little Johnny Jones is a 1929 American black- and- white musical film released in the United States adapted from the musical play of the same name.
The film was directed by Mervyn LeRoy, who had acted in the 1923 silent version, and main character Johnny Jones was played by Edward Buzzell.
The film is best known for its two Broadway classic songs from the play," Give My Regards to Broadway" and" The Yankee Doodle Boy".
Natalie Denise Sperl
Natalie Denise Sperl( New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota, June 20, 1978) is an American model and film and television actress, better known for her appearances in the films" Little Black BookAround the World in 80 Days" and.
Watermelon Man (film)
Watermelon Man is a 1970 American comedy film directed by Melvin Van Peebles and starring Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine, D' Urville Martin, Kay Kimberley, Mantan Moreland, and Erin Moran.
Written by Herman Raucher, it tells the story of an extremely bigoted 1960s- era white insurance salesman named Jeff Gerber, who wakes up one morning to find that he has become black.
The premise for the film was inspired by Franz Kafka's" Metamorphosis", and by John Howard Griffin's autobiographical" Black Like Me".
Van Peebles' only studio film," Watermelon Man" was a financial success, but Van Peebles did not accept Columbia Pictures' three- picture contract, instead developing the independent film" Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song".
The music for" Watermelon Man", written and performed by Van Peebles, was released on a soundtrack album, which spawned the single" Love, That's America".
In 2011, the single received much mainstream attention when videos set to the song and featuring footage of Occupy Wall Street went viral.

Question: Do both films Little Johnny Jones (1923 Film) and Watermelon Man (Film) have the directors from the same country?
Answer: yes