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...
Complete Filmography

Nothing But Trouble
1944
Director
Two bumbling servants are hired by a dizzy society matron to cook and serve a meal for visiting royalty.

Vagabond Lady
1935
Director, Producer
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
1934
Writer, Director
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
1933
Director
A "mama's boy" falls for a spinster who takes care of children at a department store nursery.

Devil's Lottery
1932
Director
Intricate, soapy drama of romance, heartbreak, and murder amongst a diverse group of sweepstakes winners visiting a newspaper tycoon's estate.

Ambassador Bill
1931
Director
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
1931
Director
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
1931
Director, Adaptation
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
1930
Director, Adaptation
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
1929
Director, Adaptation
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
1929
Producer, Director, Dialogue
A Southern belle's flirtation with a working man leads to tragedy.

Lady of the Pavements
1929
Writer
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
1928
Director
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
1928
Director
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
1927
Director
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
1926
Director, Scenario Writer, Producer
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
1926
Director
An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.

The Freshman
1925
Story, Director
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
1924
Story, Director
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
1924
Director, Story
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?
1923
Director, Writer
A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.

Safety Last!
1923
Director, Writer
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
1922
Director, Story
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
1922
Story
A meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his hometown.

A Sailor-Made Man
1921
Story, Writer
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
1921
Story
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
1921
Writer
Comic adventures of newlyweds and children.

Among Those Present
1921
Writer
An ambitious coat-room checker impersonates an English nobleman.

Now or Never
1921
Scenario Writer
A young man, unaccustomed to children, must accompany a young girl on a train trip.

Princess Jones
1921
Writer
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
1920
Scenario Writer
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
1917
Story
Helen, the telegraph operator at Lone Point, receives a telegram for Sydney Wayne, superintendent of the Graham Gravel plant, advising him that the pl...