Biography
Samuel Grosvenor (Sam) Wood (July 10, 1883 – September 22, 1949) was an American film director, and producer, who was best known for directing such Hollywood hits as A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, and The Pride of the Yankees. He was also involved in a few acting and writing projects. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Wood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Ambush
1950
Director, Producer
A Westerner searches for a white woman held by the Apaches.

The Stratton Story
1949
Director
Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.

Command Decision
1948
Director
High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties ...

Ivy
1947
Director, Executive Producer
When Ivy, an Edwardian belle, begins to like Miles, a wealthy gentleman, she is unsure of what to do with her husband, Jervis, or her lover, Dr. Roger...

Heartbeat
1946
Director
A female escapee from a reform school joins a pickpocket academy in Paris.

Saratoga Trunk
1945
Director
An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces to achieve justice from the society that has ostra...

Guest Wife
1945
Director
Christopher Price, a small-town bank executive, continues to be loyal to and idolize his boyhood friend, Joseph Jefferson Parker, a famous war corresp...

Casanova Brown
1944
Director
Cass Brown is about to marry for the second time; his first marriage, to Isabel was annulled. But when he discovers that Isabel just had their baby, C...

For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
Producer, Director
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side t...

The Pride of the Yankees
1942
Director
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.

Kings Row
1942
Director
Five young adults in a small American town face the revelations of secrets that threaten to ruin their hopes and dreams.

The Devil and Miss Jones
1941
Director
The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store...

Kitty Foyle
1940
Director
A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.

Rangers of Fortune
1940
Director
An US Army misfit and his pals roam the west in search of adventure. Arriving in a small town, they befriend the elderly newspaper editor and his youn...

Our Town
1940
Director
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.

Raffles
1939
Director
Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in lov...

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939
Director
A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life.

Stablemates
1938
Director
A boozy former veterinarian and a teenage orphan team together with dreams of entering a broken-down horse in the big race.

Lord Jeff
1938
Director, Producer
Spoiled child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat and steal jewelry from exclusive shops. During a a ca...

Navy Blue and Gold
1937
Director, Producer
Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.

Madame X
1937
Director
An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she is his mother, takes the assignment to defend her i...

A Day at the Races
1937
Director, Producer
Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big race with her horse. There are a few problems. Hackenbush runs a hi...

The Unguarded Hour
1936
Director
A blackmailer tries to stop a woman from revealing evidence that could save a condemned man.

Whipsaw
1935
Director, Producer
Hot jewels from London make their way to New York, where they are stolen by racketeer Ed Dexter, who hides them with the help of his vivacious girlfri...

A Night at the Opera
1935
Director
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera sin...

Rendezvous
1935
Director
A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.

Let 'em Have It
1935
Director
Let 'Em Have It is a 1935 gangster film. It was also known as The Legion of Valour and False Faces. An FBI agent tracks down a gang leader.

Stamboul Quest
1934
Director, Producer
In 1915, German Counter-Intelligence Chief Von Sturm learns that someone is providing the British with critical strategic planning for the Turkish the...

Hollywood Party
1934
Director
Jimmy Durante is jungle movie star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. When Baron Munchausen comes to town with real ...

Christopher Bean
1933
Director
When the painter Christopher Bean dies, some unscrupulous art dealers try to get several of his paintings cheaply from a family who have no idea of th...

Hold Your Man
1933
Director, Producer
Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie take...

The Barbarian
1933
Director, Music, Producer
An Arab prince masquerades as a tour guide for rich women in order to enrich himself.

Prosperity
1932
Director, Producer
Longtime friends become feuding mothers-in-law when their children marry.

Huddle
1932
Director, Producer
Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a company scholarship which will enable him to attend Yale ...

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
1931
Director
Wallingford is a con-man whose specialty is taking money from suckers. His partners are Schnozzle, a pickpocket and car thief; and Blackie, who has pl...

The Man in Possession
1931
Director, Producer
A deeply in debt heiress tries to land a rich man while a collector from the Sheriff's office is guarding the assets in her house.

A Tailor-Made Man
1931
Director, Producer
John Paul Bart is just a pants-presser in a tailor's shop, but he has big ambitions. One night, he borrows the clothes of a wealthy client and bluffs ...

Paid
1930
Director
Mary Turner gets a three year prison sentence for a crime she didn't commit. Once released, she plots to get back at the man responsible for her convi...

Way for a Sailor
1930
Director, Producer
A devoted sailor jeopardizes his love life for love of the sea.

The Sins of the Children
1930
Director, Producer
A barber turns down a promising business venture in order to take his sick son to a drier climate out west.

The Girl Said No
1930
Director
A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams who has turned him down for Bushman. Haines plot...

They Learned About Women
1930
Director
Jack and Jerry are doing okay between profession baseball and Vaudeville. That is, until love and gold-diggers get in the way.

It's a Great Life
1929
Director
Casey and Babe are sisters who work in a department store and each year the store puts on a show. As expected, things are going wrong with every act u...

So This Is College
1929
Director, Producer
Scheming coed Babs comes between college buddies Eddie and Biff.

Telling the World
1928
Director
The journalist Don Davis becomes involved in a murder case, where Chrystal Malone is part of it. Davis follows Chrystal to China. When Chrystal arrive...

The Latest from Paris
1928
Director
The Latest from Paris takes place in New York's garment district, where business rivals Blogg and Littauer have been carrying on a feud for years. In ...

The Fair Co-Ed
1927
Director
Marion go off to college where she joins the basketball team to be near the coach, Bob. She instantly makes a rival of Betty, who's also interested in...

A Racing Romeo
1927
Director
When Red Walden loses out in the annual town motor race, Aunt Hattie Wayne and her niece Sally advise him to pay more attention to his garage.
Rookies
1927
Director
Greg, an arrogant entertainer, gets drafted into the army and runs up against tough drill sergeant Sgt. Diggs. Not wanting to stay in the army, Greg s...

One Minute to Play
1926
Director
"Red" Wade, a star high-school football player, has intentions of going to Claxton College, which has a powerhouse football team, but changes his mind...

Fascinating Youth
1926
Director
Playboy Teddy Ward wants to marry Jeannie King, an artist, but his father wants him to marry Loris Lane, but tells Teddy he can marry whom he pleases ...
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
1925
Director
To support a demanding wife, bank clerk Brian Kent embezzles a large sum of money and, overcome with remorse, attempts to commit suicide by casting hi...

The Mine with the Iron Door
1924
Director
This epic Western-melodrama was based on the popular novel by Harold Bell Wright. Two old prospectors, Thad Grove and Bob Hill find an infant in the c...

The Female
1924
Director
A Sam Wood silent South Africa romance is a love story (based on Cynthia Stocklet Story) with a sad...and then happy ending. antic love triangle melo...

The Next Corner
1924
Director
While honeymooning in Paris Elsie is rescued from attentions of a man.Her hero is Don Arturo who takes her to Countess Longueval after her husband mus...

His Children's Children
1923
Director
Follows three generations of the Mayne family through the year 1921-22. The 81-year-old patriarch reminisces about his rough beginnings in post-Civil ...

Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1923
Director
John Brandon, an American millionaire, has been married seven times but never found love. Then, when he is in Paris, Mona de Briac comes into his life...

Prodigal Daughters
1923
Director
Elinor "Swifty" Forbes and her younger sister Marjory are the carefree daughters of wealthy J. D. Forbes. Their mother shows no restraint over her dau...

My American Wife
1922
Director
Manuel La Tessa, son of a wealthy South American family, meets Natalie Chester, a young Kentucky woman whose horse has won a race at a South American ...

The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
1922
Director
Lance Bellew ignores his wife, Betty, for his mistress, Naomi Templeton, but becomes so enraged when he finds Betty in the company of Jerry Woodruff t...

Beyond the Rocks
1922
Director
A young woman dutifully marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman-- who'd previously saved her life-- on her unhapp...

Her Gilded Cage
1922
Director
A romance about a dancer seeking love and fame from Paris cabarets to New York society.

Her Husband’s Trademark
1922
Director
James Berkeley (who wants to get rich) and Allan Franklin (determined to be a great engineer) are rivals for the hand of Lois Miller. Berkeley marries...

Don't Tell Everything
1921
Director
Two men in love with the same woman are further complicated by the arrival of a second woman.

Under the Lash
1921
Director
The wife of a tyrannical Boer husband discovers what life could be like when a handsome Englishmen visits their home.

The Great Moment
1921
Director
Sir Edward Pelham, married to a Romani Russian, fears that his daughter will follow in her mother's footsteps and arranges a marriage with her cousin,...

Peck's Bad Boy
1921
Director, Adaptation
This portrayal of small town life before the War is based on a small boys determination to get to see the circus, over all obstacles. Escaped lions, l...

The Outside Woman
1921
Director
The Outside Woman is a lost 1921 American comedy film directed by Sam Wood and written by Douglas Bronston.

The Snob
1921
Director

Her Beloved Villain
1920
Director

Her First Elopement
1920
Director
Christina Elliott is concerned about her cousin's relationship with a snake dancer. Many complications ensue until a happy ending for almost all.

A City Sparrow
1920
Director
A drama starring Ethel Clayton. Milly West (Clayton) is a dancer who has her heart bent on stardom. She has an admirer in country boy Tim Ennis (Walt...

What's Your Hurry?
1920
Director
Truckdriver Dusty Rhoades leads a team of truckers over dangerous roads to deliver emergency supplies before a crucial dam breaks.

Sick Abed
1920
Director
When showing a woman customer some ranch property, real estate agent John Weems's car is disabled by a terrible storm, and he and his client are force...

Why Change Your Wife?
1920
Assistant Director
Robert and Beth Bordon are married but share little. He runs into Sally at a cabaret and the Gordons are soon divorced. Just as he gets bored with Sal...

The Dancin' Fool
1920
Director
Sylvester Tibble is a clerk in his uncle's restaurant. Sylvester dreams of becoming a famous dancer and tries to inject a little of the jazz life into...

Excuse My Dust
1920
Director
A top race-car driver leaves the sport to get married and settle down, because his new wife doesn't want him to race anymore. However, not long afterw...

Double Speed
1920
Director
Auto racer Speed Carr enters a marathon race across the United States, from New York to Los Angeles. He encounters numerous obstacles not related to t...

The Little American
1917
as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality fir...