Sam Taylor

Sam Taylor

1895-08-13 New York City, New York 32 Credits

Biography

Sam Taylor (August 13, 1895 – March 6, 1958) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer, most active in the silent film era. Taylor is best known for his comedic directorial work with Harold Lloyd and Mary Pickford, and also later worked with Laurel and Hardy. He was born in New York City. A notorious cinematic legend over the decades has suggested that Taylor's 1929 adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew had the screen credit "additional dialogue by Sam Taylor". How...

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Nothing But Trouble

Nothing But Trouble

1944

Director

6.0
Directing

Two bumbling servants are hired by a dizzy society matron to cook and serve a meal for visiting royalty.

Vagabond Lady

Vagabond Lady

1935

Director, Producer

7.2
Directing Producing

Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns...

The Cat's-Paw

The Cat's-Paw

1934

Writer, Director

6.2
Writing Directing

Naive Ezekial Cobb, brought up by his missionary father in China returns to America to seek a wife. Corrupt politicians enlist him to run for mayor as...

Out All Night

Out All Night

1933

Director

6.0
Directing

A "mama's boy" falls for a spinster who takes care of children at a department store nursery.

Devil's Lottery

Devil's Lottery

1932

Director

Directing

Intricate, soapy drama of romance, heartbreak, and murder amongst a diverse group of sweepstakes winners visiting a newspaper tycoon's estate.

Ambassador Bill

Ambassador Bill

1931

Director

5.7
Directing

An American ambassador arrives in a small country that is being convulsed by political intrigue and civil unrest. He befriends the young boy who is to...

Skyline

Skyline

1931

Director

Directing

Skyline is a 1931 drama film directed by Sam Taylor and starring silent film veteran Thomas Meighan. It is based on a novel, East Side, West Side by F...

Kiki

Kiki

1931

Director, Adaptation

4.5
Directing

A young Frenchwoman is determined to get into and stay in show business, no matter what. Then she's determined to win a recently divorced man's heart....

Du Barry, Woman of Passion

Du Barry, Woman of Passion

1930

Director, Adaptation

5.4
Directing

Jeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and position as she saunters through the woods, and attracted ...

The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew

1929

Director, Adaptation

5.4
Directing

Adapted from Shakespeare's play: Baptista Minola, a wealthy resident of Padua, is the father of Katherine and Bianca. The younger daughter, Bianca, is...

Coquette

Coquette

1929

Producer, Director, Dialogue

5.7
Producing Directing

A Southern belle's flirtation with a working man leads to tragedy.

Lady of the Pavements

Lady of the Pavements

1929

Writer

4.6
Writing

Karl, a German diplomat in Paris, discovers that his fiancee, Diane, has been cheating on him. He tells her that he would rather marry a "girl of the ...

The Woman Disputed

The Woman Disputed

1928

Director

6.2
Directing

An adventuress in love with an Austrian agrees to become the mistress of a Russian officer in exchange for the release of Austrian hostages.

Tempest

Tempest

1928

Director

6.4
Directing

In the final days of Czarist Russia, a peasant is raised from the ranks to Lieutenant. The other officers, aristocrats all, resent him, and make his l...

My Best Girl

My Best Girl

1927

Director

7.0
Directing

Joe Merrill, son of the millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, poses as Joe Grant, and takes a job in the stockroom of one of his fathe...

Exit Smiling

Exit Smiling

1926

Director, Scenario Writer, Producer

7.9
Directing Writing Producing

The travails of a third-rate traveling theatre company and its wardrobe lady / maid who dreams of stepping in as their melodramatic production's (Fla...

For Heaven's Sake

For Heaven's Sake

1926

Director

6.9
Directing

An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.

The Freshman

The Freshman

1925

Story, Director

7.0
Writing Directing

Harold Lamb is so excited about going to college that he has been working to earn spending money, practicing college yells, and learning a special way...

Hot Water

Hot Water

1924

Story, Director

6.8
Writing Directing

Lloyd's look at married life and the issues of the in-law. Adventures include a ride on a crowded trolley with a live turkey; A wild spin in a new aut...

Girl Shy

Girl Shy

1924

Director, Story

7.0
Directing Writing

Harold Meadows is a shy, stuttering bachelor working in a tailor shop, who is writing a guidebook, The Secret of Making Love, for other bashful young ...

Why Worry?

Why Worry?

1923

Director, Writer

6.5
Directing Writing

A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.

Safety Last!

Safety Last!

1923

Director, Writer

7.7
Directing Writing

When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

Dr. Jack

Dr. Jack

1922

Director, Story

6.8
Directing Writing

Country doctor Jack Jackson is called in to treat the Sick-Little-Well-Girl, who has been making Dr. Saulsbourg and his sanitarium very rich after yea...

Grandma's Boy

Grandma's Boy

1922

Story

6.4
Writing

A meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his hometown.

A Sailor-Made Man

A Sailor-Made Man

1921

Story, Writer

6.3
Writing

An idle, wealthy playboy foolishly joins the Navy when the father of the girl he wants to marry tells him to get a job to prove himself worthy.

Never Weaken

Never Weaken

1921

Story

6.7
Writing

Our hero is infatuated with a girl in the next office. In order to drum up business for her boss, an osteopath, he gets an actor friend to pretend inj...

I Do

I Do

1921

Writer

5.8
Writing

Comic adventures of newlyweds and children.

Among Those Present

Among Those Present

1921

Writer

5.8
Writing

An ambitious coat-room checker impersonates an English nobleman.

Now or Never

Now or Never

1921

Scenario Writer

6.1
Writing

A young man, unaccustomed to children, must accompany a young girl on a train trip.

Princess Jones

Princess Jones

1921

Writer

Writing

Princess Jones, the niece of a country store keeper, dreams of being a wealthy, glamorous lady. While at an luxurious nearby resort she meets the weal...

The Midnight Bride

The Midnight Bride

1920

Scenario Writer

Writing

While waiting on a New York park bench for the return of her friends, country girl Jeanne Sterling meets Forrest Chenoweth, a rich young wastrel who, ...

The Wrecked Station

The Wrecked Station

1917

Story

Writing

Helen, the telegraph operator at Lone Point, receives a telegram for Sydney Wayne, superintendent of the Graham Gravel plant, advising him that the pl...