Sam Wood

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A Night at the Opera

My American Wife

A Night at the Opera

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

filming of Kitty Foyle

Bergman, Ingrid; Cooper, Gary; For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)

Bergman, Ingrid; Paxinou, Katina; Cooper, Gary; For Whom the Bell Tolls

My American Wife

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The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

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Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

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Causes of the Great Depression

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Sam Wood: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	Samuel Grosvenor Wood
Born	July 10, 1883 • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Died	September 22, 1949 (aged 66) • Los Angeles • California
Notable Works	“A Night at the Opera” • “Ambush” • “Command Decision” • “Goodbye, Mr. Chips” • “Guest Wife” • “Kings Row” • “Stablemates” • “The Pride of the Yankees” • “The Unguarded Hour” • “Whipsaw”

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A Night at the Opera

My American Wife

A Night at the Opera

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

filming of Kitty Foyle

Bergman, Ingrid; Cooper, Gary; For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)

Bergman, Ingrid; Paxinou, Katina; Cooper, Gary; For Whom the Bell Tolls

My American Wife

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Ethan Coen

American filmmaker

David Maysles

American documentary filmmaker

James Ivory

American director

Jesse Lasky

American producer

Judith Malina

American theater director and actress

Michael Cimino

American director

Joel Coen

American filmmaker

Harold Ramis

American actor, writer, and director

Robert Eggers

American filmmaker

Master of suspense

Alfred Hitchcock

English-born American director

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

American film director and producer

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

American actor and director

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

American actor, director, and writer

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

American director

Filming of The Bad and the Beautiful

Vincente Minnelli

American director

Huston, John; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

John Huston

American director, writer, and actor

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Frank Capra

American film director

Michael Curtiz

Michael Curtiz

Hungarian-American director, actor, and writer

William Wyler

William Wyler

American director

filming of Rio Bravo

Howard Hawks

American director

Quiz

John Barrymore and Greta Garbo in "Grand Hotel" (1932), directed by Edmund Goulding.

Hollywood Films in the 1930s Quiz