Sam Wood — Director (16)
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Hold Your Man (1933) IMDb TMDB
Hold Your Man
director: Sam Wood actor: Jean Harlow / Clark Gable …
other title: L'uomo che voglio / Ganovenbraut …
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 takes off and Ruby is sent to a reformatory for two years.
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Whipsaw (1935) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Whipsaw
director: Sam Wood actor: Myrna Loy / Spencer Tracy …
other title: Le 4 perle / On a volé les perles Koronoff …
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. Federal agent Ross McBride goes undercover to infiltrate the gang and, suspecting Vivian can lead him to the jewels, comes to her aid when she is chased by a rival gang. The two flee to the Midwest with both gangs in pursuit, but Vivian is not as gullible as Ross thinks.
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Rangers of Fortune (1940) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Rangers of Fortune
director: Sam Wood actor: Fred MacMurray / Patricia Morison …
other title: Avéntureros románticos / Le Mystère de Santa Marta …
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. The trio learn that the community is under the thumb of a covetous land baron, who's endeavoring to push out ranch owners and take over the territory.
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Raffles (1939) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Raffles
director: Sam Wood actor: David Niven / Olivia de Havilland …
other title: Raffles, gentleman cambrioleur / Caballero y ladrón …
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. A necklace presents an irresistible temptation, but also in attendance is Scotland Yard's finest, finally on the trail.
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The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Devil and Miss Jones
director: Sam Wood actor: Charles Coburn / Jean Arthur …
other title: Il diavolo si converte / O Diabo e a Mulher …
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. There is labor unrest at the store, and the employees' anger is directed at him, who they hang in effigy outside the store despite not knowing what he looks like. Merrick, not happy at what he sees going on, decides to mete out the rabble-rousers. So he goes undercover as a sales clerk in the shoe department.
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Hollywood Party (1934) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Hollywood Party
director: Richard Boleslawski / Allan Dwan … actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: La grande festa / Laurel & Hardy - Hollywood Party …
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 man-eating lions, Durante throws him a big Hollywood star-studded party so that he might use the lions in his next movie. But, his film rival sneaks into the party to buy the lions before Durante.
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Kings Row (1942) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kings Row
director: Sam Wood actor: Ann Sheridan / Robert Cummings …
other title: Delitti senza castigo / Crimes sans châtiment …
Five young adults in a small American town face the revelations of secrets that threaten to ruin their hopes and dreams.
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The Barbarian (1933) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Barbarian
director: Sam Wood actor: Ramon Novarro / Myrna Loy …
other title: Una notte al Cairo / Liebeslied der Wüste …
An Arab prince masquerades as a tour guide for rich women in order to enrich himself.
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) IMDb TMDB
For Whom the Bell Tolls
director: Sam Wood actor: Gary Cooper / Ingrid Bergman …
other title: Per chi suona la campana / Hvem ringer klokkerne for? …
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. He awaits the right time to blow up a crucial bridge in order to halt the enemy's progress.
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A Day at the Races (1937) IMDb TMDB
A Day at the Races
director: Samuel Grosvenor Wood actor: Groucho Marx / Chico Marx …
other title: Un giorno alle corse / En dag på galopbanen …
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 high priced clinic for the wealthy who don't know he has his degree in Veterinary Medicine.
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A Night at the Opera (1935)
A Night at the Opera
director: Sam Wood / Edmund Goulding actor: Groucho Marx / Chico Marx …
other title: Una notte all'opera / Halløj i operaen …
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.
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
director: Sam Wood actor: Robert Donat / Greer Garson …
other title: Addio, mr. Chips! / Adeus, Mr. Chips …
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.