Question: Do both directors of films Uncle Tom'S Cabin (1918 Film) and I Want A Divorce have the same nationality?

The screenplay was written by Frank Butler( based on a story by Adela Rogers St. Johns). I Want a Divorce is a 1940 Paramount film directed by Ralph Murphy. The film starred then- married actors Joan Blondell and Dick Powell, who would later divorce in real life. Co-star Gloria Dickson and director Murphy were also later married to one another and divorced. <SEP> George C. Howard( 1818–1887) was a Nova Scotian- born American actor and showman who is credited with staging the first theatrical production of Harriet Beecher Stowe's" Uncle Tom's Cabin". <SEP> John Punchard Jewett( 1814–1884) was a Boston publisher, best known for first publishing" Uncle Tom's Cabin" in book form in 1852. Jewett started a business in Boston publishing textbooks and religious textbooks in 1846. He also began to publish anti-slavery pieces. By 1851 he had also moved into fiction, publishing" The Sunny Side" by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps( the mother of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward). In late 1851, along with his half- brother H.P.B. Jewett and partners Proctor and Worthington, he formed a second publishing business in Cleveland, which took on the responsibility of selling" Uncle Tom's Cabin" in the west. Upon the urgings of his wife that it would sell well, he acquired the rights to" Uncle Tom's Cabin" in 1852. It sold over 300,000 copies that same year. In 1854, Jewett published another bestseller," The Lamplighter" by Maria Susanna Cummins. The continuing demand for these two books required Jewett to borrow capital, which led him to have to declare bankruptcy due to the Panic of 1857. By mid-1860 he was out of the publishing field for good. Jewett was a brother of librarian Charles Coffin Jewett. <SEP> He directed 149 silent films between 1907 and 1926. He was born in Del Norte, Colorado, and died in Hollywood, California. Searley is best remembered for directing the Thomas Edison version of" Frankenstein" in 1910. James Searle Dawley( May 13, 1877 – March 30, 1949) was an American producer, director and screenwriter. He reportedly referred to himself as" the first motion picture director", which was not accurate. He worked for a while at Edison's studio, then started his own production company, being quite successful financially, although most of his films are little known today. When critics began to regard the films of his day to be immoral, Searley became one of the founding members of the MPDA( Motion Picture Directors Association) which sought to give filmmakers who advocated good taste the power of self- censorship. <SEP> The film is based on Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel" Uncle Tom's Cabin" and George Aiken's eponymous play. Uncle Tom's Cabin was a 1918 American silent drama film directed by J. Searle Dawley, produced by Famous Players- Lasky Corporation and distributed by Paramount Pictures under the Famous Players- Lasky name. " Uncle Tom's Cabin" starred Marguerite Clark, who portrayed both Topsy and Little Eva. It is now considered to be a lost film. <SEP> Born in Rockville, Connecticut, Murphy was active in films from 1931 through 1962, with some work in television. From 1941 – 44 he was married to Gloria Dickson, whom he directed in" I Want a Divorce". Ralph Murphy( May 1, 1895 – February 10, 1967) was an American film director. His films include: