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.
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30 January 1930
Jack and Jerry are doing okay between profession baseball and Vaudeville. That is, until love and gold-diggers get in the way.
17 March 1926
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 if he will make the Mountain Inn a profitable operation.
27 June 1920
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 forced to take refuge in a roadhouse.
21 May 1920
Robert and Beth Bordon are married but share little. He runs into Sally at a cabaret and the Gordons are soon divorced.
03 October 1931
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 played the game for years.
01 October 1937
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 in court.
20 March 1920
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.
30 June 1933
Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up.
01 February 1920
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 the race and must switch identities and vehicles before he can finish.
30 December 1930
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 conviction.
18 February 1924
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 must go for work to Argentine.
27 June 1930
A barber turns down a promising business venture in order to take his sick son to a drier climate out west.
15 August 1920
Truckdriver Dusty Rhoades leads a team of truckers over dangerous roads to deliver emergency supplies before a crucial dam breaks.
01 December 1920
Christina Elliott is concerned about her cousin's relationship with a snake dancer. Many complications ensue until a happy ending for almost all.
13 November 1921
Two men in love with the same woman are further complicated by the arrival of a second woman.
18 November 1932
Longtime friends become feuding mothers-in-law when their children marry.
15 March 1930
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.
15 April 1923
Elinor "Swifty" Forbes and her younger sister Marjory are the carefree daughters of wealthy J. D. Forbes.
07 October 1938
A boozy former veterinarian and a teenage orphan team together with dreams of entering a broken-down horse in the big race.
01 November 1930
A devoted sailor jeopardizes his love life for love of the sea.
10 December 1920
Wealthy French lawyer Louis Martinot must travel away on business. He entrusts his friend, Paul Blythe, with a delicate task: to investigate the background of a young woman named Susanne Bergomat.
18 December 1935
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 girlfriend, Vivian Palmer.
12 May 1933
An Arab prince masquerades as a tour guide for rich women in order to enrich himself.
14 May 1932
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 college.
13 July 1934
In 1915, German Counter-Intelligence Chief Von Sturm learns that someone is providing the British with critical strategic planning for the Turkish theater.
05 April 1922
A romance about a dancer seeking love and fame from Paris cabarets to New York society.
08 November 1929
Scheming coed Babs comes between college buddies Eddie and Biff.
15 May 1935
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.
05 August 1923
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.
01 September 1927
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.
23 December 1948
High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.
10 April 1936
A blackmailer tries to stop a woman from revealing evidence that could save a condemned man.
11 April 1941
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.
28 March 1931
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 his way into a high society party.
22 October 1927
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 Bob.
04 July 1931
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.
21 April 1921
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.
12 July 1943
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 that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains.
06 December 1929
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 until Casey comes out to help Babe with her song.
26 June 1947
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.
14 July 1942
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
15 November 1935
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 singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
02 October 1924
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 cabin belonging to Sonora Jack, a notorious bandit.
28 July 1939
Over several decades throughout the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Mr Arthur Chipping rises from a shy, nervous teacher to the beloved, revered headmaster of Brookfield School, with his life and career shaped by his love for his wife and his unwavering dedication to his students.
27 December 1940
A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.
02 February 1942
Five young adults in a small American town face the revelations of secrets that threaten to ruin their hopes and dreams.
24 May 1940
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.
31 August 1924
A Sam Wood silent South Africa romance is a love story (based on Cynthia Stocklet Story) with a sad.
02 May 1920
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 his uncle's old-fashioned establishment.
17 June 1938
Spoiled child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat and steal jewelry from exclusive shops.
17 November 1933
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 their value.
12 July 1917
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 firsthand.
27 September 1940
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 young granddaughter.
23 August 1944
Cass Brown is about to marry for the second time. His first marriage, to Isabel, was annulled. But when he discovers that Isabel has just had their baby, Cass kidnaps the infant to keep her from being adopted.
12 May 1949
Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.
11 June 1937
Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's sanitarium by winning a big race with a finicky horse owned by Judy's boyfriend Gil.
01 May 1946
A female escapee from a reform school joins a pickpocket academy in Paris.
11 November 1939
Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in love all over again, he spends the weekend with her parents, Lord and Lady Melrose.
