Sam Wood

Sam Wood was born in 1883 in Philadelphia, sold real estate in Los Angeles, and entered the cinema as an assistant to a great director. He then went on to make comedies, war films and adaptations in Hollywood, and directed the Marx Brothers twice. In 1944 he co-founded a Hollywood association to fight communist influence, which he chaired, and in 1947 he testified before the congressional committee that questioned the profession. He died of a heart attack in 1949.

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• CinemaGoodbye, Mr. ChipsSam Wood · 1939Cinema