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Wood (Sam) production stills and photographs
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Sam Wood production stills and photographs
Creator:
Wood , Samuel Grosvenor
source:
Hayes, Barbara Jean
Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0187
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear Feet
(3 boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1920-1930
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material:
English
.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Barbara Jean Hayes, 1982.
Samuel Grosvenor Wood was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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 September 22, 1949.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4234027
[Identification of item], Sam Wood production stills and photographs (Collection 187). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Collection consists of movie stills and personal photographs related to the life and career of Sam Wood. Includes autographed
photographs.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hayes, Barbara Jean