Question: Are the directors of films Toy Soldiers (1991 Film) and Flying Down To Rio both from the same country?

Daniel Mannix Petrie Jr.( born November 30, 1951) is a Canadian- American producer, writer, and director of film and television. He is best known for pioneering the sub-genres of action comedy and buddy cop films through movies like" Beverly Hills Cop" and" Turner& Hooch". He served as President of the Writers Guild of America, West between 1997 and 1999, and then again between 2004 and 2005. <SEP> It stars Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, Louis Gossett Jr., Andrew Divoff, Mason Adams and Denholm Elliott. Toy Soldiers is a 1991 American action drama thriller film directed by Daniel Petrie Jr., with a screenplay by Petrie and David Koepp. The plot revolves around an all- male boarding school overtaken by terrorists. While the authorities remain helpless, a group of rebellious and mischievous students decide to put their resourcefulness to good use. <SEP> Maria Luisa" Movita" Castaneda( April 12, 1916 – February 12, 2015) was an American actress best known for having been the second wife of actor Marlon Brando. In films, she played exotic women/ singers, such as in" Flying Down to Rio"( 1933) and" Mutiny on the Bounty"( 1935), of which she was the last surviving cast member. She is the mother of Miko Castaneda Brando( b. 1961) and Rebecca Brando Kotlizky( b. 1966). <SEP> A toy soldier is a miniature figurine that represents a soldier. The term applies to depictions of uniformed military personnel from all eras, and includes knights, cowboys, American Indians, pirates, samurai, and other subjects that involve combat- related themes. Toy soldiers vary from simple playthings to highly realistic and detailed models. The latter are of more recent development and are sometimes called model figures to distinguish them from traditional toy soldiers. Larger scale toys such as dolls and action figures may come in military uniforms, but they are not generally considered toy soldiers. Toy soldiers are made from all types of material, but the most common mass- produced varieties are metal and plastic. There are many different kinds of toy soldiers, including tin soldiers or" flats", hollow cast metal figures, composition figures, and plastic army men. Metal toy soldiers were traditionally sold in sets; plastic figures were sold in toy shops individually in Britain and Europe and in large boxed sets in the U.S. Modern, collectable figures are often sold individually. <SEP> Thornton Freeland( February 10, 1898 – May 22, 1987) was an American film director who directed 26 British and American films in a career that lasted from 1924 to 1949. <SEP> Flying Down to Rio is a 1933 American pre-Code RKO musical film noted for being the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, although Dolores del Río and Gene Raymond received top billing and the leading roles. Among the featured players are Franklin Pangborn and Eric Blore. The songs in the film were written by Vincent Youmans( music), Gus Kahn and Edward Eliscu( lyrics), with musical direction and additional music by Max Steiner. This is the only film in which Rogers was billed above famed Broadway dancer Astaire. The screenplay was written by Erwin S. Gelsey, H. W. Hanemann and Cyril Hume, based on a story by Lou Brock and a play by Anne Caldwell. Linwood Dunn did the special effects for the celebrated airplane- wing dance sequence at the end of the film. The black- and- white film( later computer- colorized) with, according to Arlene Croce's" The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Book," a color tinted sequence, was directed by Thornton Freeland and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Lou Brock. In this film, Dolores del Río became the first major actress to wear a two- piece women's bathing suit onscreen.