Sam Wood

Sam Wood

Director, producer, actor (1883-1949)

Samuel Grosvenor Wood 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.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 61 films (1919–1950) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 35 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1919 DOUBLE SPEED. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 5 reels B&W
1919 For Better - For Worse Cecil B. DeMille, Sam Wood 70 min B&W
1919 For Better for Worse Cecil B. DeMille, Sam Wood 12:00 B&W
1919 For better, for worse' Cecil B. DeMille, Sam Wood 70 min B&W
1920 THE DANCIN' FOOL. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 5 reels B&W
1921 THE GREAT MOMENT. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 7 reels B&W
1921 THE OUTSIDE WOMAN. Realart Pictures Corp. 5 reels B&W
1921 UNDER THE LASH. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 6 reels B&W
1922 HER GILDED CAGE. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 6 reels B&W
1922 HER HUSBAND'S TRADEMARK. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 5 reels B&W
1922 THE IMPOSSIBLE MRS. BELLEW. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 7 reels B&W
1923 HIS CHILDREN'S CHILDREN. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 8 reels B&W
1923 PRODIGAL DAUGHTERS. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 6 reels B&W
1924 THE FEMALE. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. B&W
1924 THE NEXT CORNER. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 70 min B&W
1926 FASCINATING YOUTH. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 7 reels B&W
1926 ONE MINUTE TO PLAY. R-C Pictures Corp. 8 reels B&W
1928 TELLING THE WORLD. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 8 reels B&W
1928 THE LATEST FROM PARIS. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 8 reels B&W
1929 IT'S A GREAT LIFE. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 11 reels. B&W
1929 SO THIS IS COLLEGE. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 11 reels. B&W
1930 PAID. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 10 reels B&W
1930 The Girl Said No Sam Wood 91 min B&W
1930 WAY FOR A SAILOR. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 9 reels B&W
1931 A TAILOR-MADE MAN. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 9 reels B&W
1931 NEW ADVENTURES OF GET RICH QUICK WALLINGFORD. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 10 reels B&W
1933 CHRISTOPHER BEAN. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 9 reels B&W
1934 THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 9 reels B&W
1935 A Night At The Opera MGM/UA 96 16mm B&W sound
1935 A Night at the opera Sam Wood 87 min B&W
1935 A NIGHT AT THE OPERA. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 10 reels 16mm B&W sound
1935 Rendezvous Sam Wood
1936 THE UNGUARDED HOUR. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 9 reels B&W
1937 A day at the races Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. (Publisher) 1:49:00 16mm B&W sound
1937 A DAY AT THE RACES. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 12 reels B&W
1937 Madame X Sam Wood
1937 NAVY BLUE AND GOLD. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 10 reels B&W
1938 Young Dr. Kildare Sam Wood 82 min B&W
1939 Gone With The Wind. Sam Wood, George Cukor, Victor Fleming 26 reels Color sound
1939 Goodbye Mr Chips! Sam Wood 110 min B&W
1940 Kitty Foyle. Sam Wood 108 min B&W
1940 Our Town. United Artists Entertainment 10 reels 16mm B&W sound
1940 Raffles. Sam Wood 8 reels B&W
1940 Rangers Of Fortune. Sam Wood 8 reels B&W
1941 For Whom The Bell Tolls. Sam Wood 1 reel 16mm B&W sound
1942 Kings Row Sam Wood 130 min B&W
1942 OUR TOWN Nu-Art Films, Inc 90min 16mm B&W Sound
1942 The Pride Of The Yankees. 90230 The Samuel Goldwyn Company 128 min 16mm B&W sound
1943 For Whom The Bell Tolls. Sam Wood 19 reels Color & B&W sound
1944 Address Unknown. William Cameron Menzies 8 reels B&W