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Sam Wood has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1940s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by A Night at the Opera.
How Green Was My Valley
1941
Drama
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.
Dir. Sam Wood · With Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx
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. There are a few problems. Hackenbush, who was recently put in charge of the sanitarium, isn't really a doctor, he's a veterinarian.
Dir. Sam Wood · With Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx
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.
Dir. Sam Wood · With Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
Dir. Sam Wood · With Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth
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.
Dir. Sam Wood · With Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff
