Sam Wood is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Assistant Director and Music American born on 10 july 1883 at Philadelphia (USA)
Sam Wood
Sam Wood participated to
80 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
6 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Director
, 4h3
Directed by George Cukor,
Victor Fleming,
Sam WoodOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
RomanceThemes Films about slavery,
Films about racism,
Films about sexuality,
Rape in fiction,
Erotic films,
Rape and revenge films,
Political films,
Auto-justiceActors Clark Gable,
Vivien Leigh,
Leslie Howard,
Olivia de Havilland,
Hattie McDaniel,
Butterfly McQueenRating81%
Part 1
On the eve of the American Civil War in 1861, Scarlett O'Hara lives at Tara, her family's cotton plantation in Georgia, with her parents and two sisters. Scarlett learns that Ashley Wilkes—whom she secretly loves—is to be married to his cousin, Melanie Hamilton, and the engagement is to be announced the next day at a barbecue at Ashley's home, the nearby plantation Twelve Oaks.
, 2h50
Directed by Sam WoodOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
Adventure,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Political filmsActors Gary Cooper,
Ingrid Bergman,
Akim Tamiroff,
Joseph Calleia,
Katína Paxinoú,
Arturo de CórdovaRating67%
During the Spanish Civil War, an American (Gary Cooper), who is allied with the republicans, gets involved in a mission to blow up an important bridge., 2h18
Directed by Victor Fleming,
Sam Wood,
Sidney Franklin,
Gustav MachatýOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Films based on playsActors Paul Muni,
Luise Rainer,
Walter Connolly,
Tilly Losch,
Charley Grapewin,
Keye LukeRating74%
In pre-World War I northern China, a young farmer Wang Lung (Paul Muni) marries O-Lan (Luise Rainer), a lowly servant at the Great House, the residence of the most powerful family in their village. O-Lan proves to be an excellent wife, hard working and uncomplaining. Wang Lung prospers. He buys more land, and O-Lan gives birth to two sons and a daughter. Meanwhile, the Great House begins to decline., 1h54
Directed by Victor Saville,
Sam WoodOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Films about educationActors Robert Donat,
Greer Garson,
John Mills,
Paul Henreid,
Terry Kilburn,
Judith FurseRating78%
In 1928, Mr Chipping (Robert Donat), a retired schoolteacher of 83, is kept home by a cold. He falls asleep and his school teaching career is related in flashback., 1h48
Directed by Sam WoodOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceActors Ginger Rogers,
Dennis Morgan,
James Craig,
Eduardo Ciannelli,
Doodles Weaver,
Ernest CossartRating68%
Kitty Foyle (Ginger Rogers), a saleswoman in a New York boutique working for Delphine Detaille (Odette Myrtil), faces a life-changing decision: marry doctor Mark Eisen (James Craig) or run away to South America with the man she has loved for many years, the already-married Wyn Strafford (Dennis Morgan). As she wrestles with her decision, the film flashes back to her youth in Philadelphia., 2h8
Directed by Sam WoodOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
RomanceThemes Sports films,
Baseball filmsActors Gary Cooper,
Teresa Wright,
Walter Brennan,
Dan Duryea,
Elsa Janssen,
Ludwig StösselRating75%
Lou Gehrig (Cooper) is a young Columbia University student whose old-fashioned mother (Elsa Janssen) wants him to study hard and become an engineer. But the young man has a gift for baseball. A sportswriter (Brennan) befriends Gehrig and persuades a scout to come see him play. Before long Gehrig signs with the team he has always revered, the New York Yankees. With the help of his father (Ludwig Stössel), he endeavors to keep his career change a secret from his mother.