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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Sam Wood
Filmography
Movies
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Ambush | Director | - | 1949 |
89% |
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The Stratton Story | Director | - | 1949 |
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Command Decision | Director | - | 1948 |
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Ivy | Director | - | 1947 |
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Heartbeat | Director | - | 1946 |
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Guest Wife | Director | - | 1945 |
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Saratoga Trunk | Director | - | 1945 |
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Casanova Brown | Director | - | 1944 |
67% |
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For Whom the Bell Tolls |
Director, Producer |
- | 1943 |
94% |
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The Pride of the Yankees | Director | - | 1942 |
100% |
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Kings Row | Director | - | 1942 |
90% |
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The Devil and Miss Jones | Director | - | 1941 |
75% |
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Kitty Foyle | Director | - | 1940 |
86% |
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Our Town | Director | - | 1940 |
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Raffles | Director | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rangers of Fortune | Director | - | 1940 |
85% |
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Director | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stablemates | Director | - | 1938 |
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Lord Jeff |
Director, Producer |
- | 1938 |
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Navy Blue and Gold | Director | - | 1937 |
60% |
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Madame X | Director | - | 1937 |
95% |
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A Day at the Races |
Director, Producer |
- | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Unguarded Hour | Director | - | 1936 |
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Let 'Em Have It | Director | - | 1935 |
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Whipsaw |
Director, Producer |
- | 1935 |
97% |
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A Night at the Opera | Director | - | 1935 |
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Hollywood Party | Director | - | 1934 |
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Stamboul Quest |
Director, Producer |
- | 1934 |
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Hold Your Man |
Director, Producer |
- | 1933 |
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The Barbarian | Director | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Huddle |
Director, Producer |
- | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prosperity | Director | - | 1932 |
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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 | The Girl Said No | Director | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sins of the Children | 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% |
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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 |