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Sam Wood

Highest Rated: 100% Double Speed (1920)

Lowest Rated: 20% Peck's Bad Boy (1921)

Birthday: Jul 10, 1883

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Began his career as an actor, moved behind the camera as assistant to Cecil B. DeMille in 1915 and made his directorial debut in 1920 with "Double Speed." Wood displayed a certain flair for complementing the talents of whatever stars he was handed, turning out a number of Gloria Swanson vehicles at Paramount in the early 1920s ("Bluebeard's Eight Wife" 1923 etc.), and hitting his modest stride at MGM in the 30s. His output includes two Marx Brothers films, the durable soap opera "Madame X" (1937), the unjustly overlooked "Lord Jeff" (1938) and "Ivy" (1947), the poignant dramas "Goodbye Mr. Chips" (1939) and "Kitty Foyle" (1940), and the literary adaptations "Our Town" (1940) and "Kings Row" (1942). A number of Wood's films stand largely on the strength of their casts and production crews, and he did occasionally have the out-and-out stinker (e.g., "For Whom the Bell Tolls" 1943).

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Highest rated movies

100% Double Speed
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100% 79% Kings Row
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97% 90% A Night at the Opera
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95% 89% A Day at the Races
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94% 89% The Pride of the Yankees
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90% 80% The Devil and Miss Jones
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89% 80% The Stratton Story
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86% 64% Beyond the Rocks
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86% 47% Our Town
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85% 87% Goodbye, Mr. Chips
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Sam Wood

Sam Wood THE BARBARIAN, from left: Reginald Denny, Ramon Novarro, Myrna Loy (seated), director Sam Wood on set, 1933 FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, director Sam Wood, Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman filming a scene on set, 1943 HOLD YOUR MAN, Jean Harlow, director Sam Wood on set, 1933 THE STRATTON STORY, James Stewart, June Allyson, director Sam Wood on set, 1949 COMMAND DECISION, Clark Gable, director Sam Wood, producer Sidney Franklin on set, 1948 COMMAND DECISION, Clark Gable (seated), director Sam Wood (right) on set, 1948 IVY, director Sam Wood, Joan Fontaine on set, 1947 FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, director Sam Wood, Gary Cooper, Vera Zorina preparing to shoot a test scene, 1943 HEARTBEAT, Ginger Rogers, director Sam Wood on set, 1946 View more photos

Filmography

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Credit
No Score Yet 73% Ambush Director - 1949
89% 80% The Stratton Story Director - 1949
No Score Yet 81% Command Decision Director - 1948
No Score Yet 54% Ivy Director - 1947
No Score Yet 36% Heartbeat Director - 1946
No Score Yet 25% Guest Wife Director - 1945
No Score Yet 60% Saratoga Trunk Director - 1945
No Score Yet 36% Casanova Brown Director - 1944
64% 61% For Whom the Bell Tolls Director,
Producer 		- 1943
94% 89% The Pride of the Yankees Director - 1942
100% 79% Kings Row Director - 1942
90% 80% The Devil and Miss Jones Director - 1941
75% 73% Kitty Foyle Director - 1940
86% 47% Our Town Director - 1940
No Score Yet 56% Raffles Director - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rangers of Fortune Director - 1940
85% 87% Goodbye, Mr. Chips Director - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stablemates Director - 1938
No Score Yet 30% Lord Jeff Director,
Producer 		- 1938
No Score Yet 57% Navy Blue and Gold Director - 1937
60% 50% Madame X Director - 1937
95% 89% A Day at the Races Director,
Producer 		- 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Unguarded Hour Director - 1936
No Score Yet 20% Let 'Em Have It Director - 1935
No Score Yet 38% Whipsaw Director,
Producer 		- 1935
97% 90% A Night at the Opera Director - 1935
No Score Yet 26% Hollywood Party Director - 1934
No Score Yet 78% Stamboul Quest Director,
Producer 		- 1934
No Score Yet 76% Hold Your Man Director,
Producer 		- 1933
No Score Yet 43% The Barbarian Director - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Huddle Director,
Producer 		- 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Prosperity Director - 1932
No Score Yet 20% Paid Director - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet The New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford Director - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Man in Possession Director,
Producer 		- 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Way for a Sailor Director - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet They Learned About Women Director - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sins of the Children Director - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Girl Said No Director - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet So This Is College Director,
Producer 		- 1929
No Score Yet No Score Yet It's a Great Life Director,
Producer 		- 1929
No Score Yet No Score Yet Telling the World Director - 1928
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Latest From Paris Director - 1928
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rookies Director - 1927
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fair Co-Ed Director,
Producer 		- 1927
No Score Yet No Score Yet One Minute to Play Director - 1926
86% 64% Beyond the Rocks Director - 1922
20% No Score Yet Peck's Bad Boy Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1921
100% No Score Yet Double Speed Director - 1920
No Score Yet No Score Yet Excuse My Dust Director - 1920