Question: Are the directors of both films An Amateur Devil and The Saint In New York (Film) from the same country?

He directed 56 films and wrote for 35. Ben Holmes( November 6, 1890 – December 2, 1943) was an American film director and screenwriter. <SEP> After a police lieutenant is killed, the New York Police Department enlists gentleman criminal Simon Templar to fight criminal elements in the city. Released by RKO Pictures," The Saint in New York" marks the first screen appearance of Templar, also known as" The Saint". The Saint in New York is an American 1938 crime film, directed by Ben Holmes and adapted from Leslie Charteris's novel of the same name by Charles Kaufman and Mortimer Offner. Louis Hayward stars as the title character, with Kay Sutton as his love interest. Alfred Hitchcock was initially discussed as a possible director for the film. This was the first of eight films in RKO's film series about The Saint. After being replaced in the series by George Sanders, Hayward would not play The Saint again until 1953 in Hammer Films production of The Saint's Return. There had not been a Saint film made in twelve years. <SEP> Maurice Campbell( November 28, 1919 – July 4, 2014) was a Canadian curler from Trois- Rivières, Quebec. Campbell was born November 28, 1919 in Saint- Hyacinthe, Quebec. Educated at the University of Montreal, he joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1943 and completed his medical degree in 1945 and was subsequently posted in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was a specialist in rheumatology and internal medicine and practiced in Cap- de- la- Madeleine, Quebec. Campbell played in the 1958 Macdonald Brier, playing lead for the Quebec team, skipped by Bob Lahaie. The team finished 9th, with a 3- 7 record. He was President of the Quebec Curling Association for the 1963- 64 season. He served as president of the Canadian Curling Association for the 1970- 71 season and was named to the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame. Campbell died in Trois- Rivières on July 4, 2014. <SEP> The Saint in Palm Springs is a crime melodrama released by RKO Pictures in early 1941. The film continued the screen adventures of the Robin Hood- inspired anti-hero, Simon Templar, alias" The Saint", created by Leslie Charteris. This sequel was based upon a story by Charteris; however, many changes to his concept were made. Charteris later novelised his version of the film story as the novella" Palm Springs", contained within the collection" The Saint Goes West". This was the sixth of eight in RKO's film series about The Saint. The central cast was identical to the previous entry," The Saint Takes Over". George Sanders returned as Templar( his final performance in the role), with Jonathan Hale making his own final appearance as Inspector Farnack. ( The character would next be seen in" The Saint in Manhattan", a 1980s television pilot.) Wendy Barrie makes her third and final appearance, once again playing a different character, as does Paul Guilfoyle, reprising the role of Clarence" Pearly" Gates from the previous film. The storyline involves The Saint pursuing rare stamps at a Palm Springs, California hotel. <SEP> The Saint in New York is a mystery novel by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder and Stoughton in 1935. It was published in the United States by Doubleday in January 1935. A shorter version of the novel had previously been published in the September 1934 issue of" The American Magazine". " The Saint in New York" was the 15th book chronicling the adventures of Simon Templar( alias The Saint), an anti-hero character patterned after Robin Hood. The book is considered the most popular Saint volume. Saint expert Burl Barer in his history" Saint: A Complete History in Print, Radio, Film and Television 1928 – 1992", indicates that" The Saint in New York" was the first" bestseller" of the Simon Templar series, and was the book that established Charteris as a literary celebrity in America and Britain. Due to the book's popularity, it became the first Simon Templar story to be adapted for film. Up until this point, Charteris had published at least two( sometimes more) Saint books in any given calendar year. " The Saint in New York" broke the pattern by being the only series entry published in 1935. <SEP> An Amateur Devil is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Maurice Campbell and written by Douglas Bronston based upon the short story" Wanted: A Blemish" by Henry J. Buxton and Jessie Henderson. The film stars Bryant Washburn, Charles Wingate, Ann May, Sidney Bracey, Graham Pettie, and Anna Dodge. The film was released on December 19, 1920, by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives.