Wood, Sam, 1883-1949
Variant namesSamuel Grosvenor Wood was born in Philadelphia, PA, July 18, 1883; started his motion picture career acting (1908) under the name Chad Applegate and in 1915 became an asst. director to Cecile B. De Mille; he directed a number of Gloria Swanson films at Paramount in the early 1920s and moved to MGM in the 1930s; he directed films such as The Marx Brother's A night at the opera, Goodbye Mr. Chips, For whom the bell tolls, and Pride of the Yankees; he was president of the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals and testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947; he died Sept. 22, 1949.
From the description of Collection of production stills and personal photographs, ca. 1920-ca. 1930. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40177244
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| creatorOf | Wood, Sam, 1883-1949. Collection of production stills and personal photographs, ca. 1920-ca. 1930. | University of California, Los Angeles | |
| referencedIn | Vera Zorina papers | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Lothar and Eva Just Film Stills Collection. | Harvard Film Archive, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| creatorOf | Moffat, David H. (David Halliday), 1839-1911. Dictation and related biographical material from David H. Moffat : Denver, 1885. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| creatorOf | 1907-1983. Papers. Series I. Correspondence | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Lothar and Eva Just Film Stills Collection. | Harvard Film Archive, Harvard College Library, Harvard University |
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| associatedWith | Moffat, David H. (David Halliday), 1839-1911. | person |
| associatedWith | Swanson, Gloria. | person |
| associatedWith | Thayer, John Eldon, 1899-1980 | person |
| correspondedWith | Zorina, Vera. | person |
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Person
Birth 1883-07-18
Death 1949-09-22
Americans
English
