Sam Wood
Samuel Grosvenor Wood (July 10, 1883 – September 22, 1949) was an American film director and producer who is best known for having directed such Hollywood hits as A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, The Pride of the Yankees, and For Whom the Bell Tolls and for his uncredited work directing parts of Gone with the Wind. He was also involved in a few acting and writing projects. As a youth, Wood developed an enthusiasm for physical fitness that persisted into his senior years and influenced his interest in making sports-themed films. Wood advanced from making largely competent yet routine pictures in the 1920s and 1930s to directing several highly regarded works during the 1940s at the peak of his abilities, among them Kings Row (1942) and Ivy (1947). Wood's quick, efficient and professional execution of his film assignments endeared him to studio executives, and t...
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Ambush
The Stratton Story
Command Decision
Ivy
Heartbeat
Saratoga Trunk
Guest Wife
Casanova Brown
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The Pride of the Yankees
Kings Row
The Devil and Miss Jones
Kitty Foyle
Our Town
Rangers of Fortune
Raffles
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Stablemates
Lord Jeff
Madame X
Navy Blue and Gold
A Day at the Races
The Unguarded Hour
A Night at the Opera
Let 'em Have It
Whipsaw
Stamboul Quest
Christopher Bean
The Barbarian
Prosperity
Huddle
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
The Man in Possession
A Tailor-Made Man
Way for a Sailor
The Sins of the Children
The Girl Said No
They Learned About Women
Paid
It's a Great Life
So This Is College
Telling the World
The Fair Co-Ed
A Racing Romeo- RORookies
One Minute to Play
Fascinating Youth
The Female
The Mine with the Iron Door
Prodigal Daughters
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
Her Husband's Trademark
Her Gilded Cage
Beyond the Rocks
Don't Tell Everything
Peck's Bad Boy
The Great Moment
Sick Abed
Excuse My Dust