Sam Wood (1) (1883–1949)
Auteur van Gone with the Wind [filmopname]
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Werken van Sam Wood
Raffles [1930 and1939 films] — Director — 3 exemplaren
Stamboul Quest [1934 Film] — Director — 2 exemplaren
Huddle [1932 film] 1 exemplaar
Stablemates [1938 film] — Director — 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1883-07-10
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1949-09-22
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Beroepen
- film director
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2023 movie #51. 1943. The story of Lou Gehrig. Not much actual baseball in this long movie but still entertaining. Lefty O'Doul, who worked with Cooper (who had never played baseball) supposedly said "Coop threw a baseball like an old lady tossing a hot biscuit".
2021 movie #225. Roberto (Cooper) is an American in the Spanish Civil War. On a mission to blow up a vital bridge he works with a band of partisans, including Maria (Bergman) and falls in love. Top grossing movie of 1943. From the Hemmingway novel.
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- Werken
- 34
- Ook door
- 7
- Leden
- 1,571
- Populariteit
- #16,433
- Waardering
- 3.9
- Besprekingen
- 18
- ISBNs
- 96
- Talen
- 4
Jean Arthur and Charles Coburn shine in this underrated RKO classic. Perhaps because it isn’t zany enough to fall into the true screwball category this warm and charming comedy often gets overlooked when the genre is spoken about. Sam Wood’s direction, sets by William Cameron Menzies, a nice score from the ever reliable Roy Webb, and Norman Krasna’s funny screenplay all add up to a good time for classic film lovers.
Charles Coburn is simply adorable as the maligned millionaire who goes undercover in a department store he didn’t even know he owned until employees burned a life-size dummy of him in effigy which makes the papers. Getting hired on as Tom Higgens so he can root out the people behind it doesn't have quite the outcome he'd intended. Immediately befriended by Mary (Jean Arthur) in the shoe department who loans him 50 cents for lunch because she thinks he’s broke, his objective becomes less clear with each passing day.
You'll find yourself chuckling as Merrick (Coburn) begins to take down names of management rather than employees in his “Doomsday Book” for the treatment he experiences. What he also begins to experience is living, finding a friend in the sweet Mary, and perhaps even romance with her pal Elizabeth (Spring Byington). Robert Cummings is delightful as Mary’s boyfriend, Joe O'Brien, who also happens to be the idealistic voice behind those workers who are revolting! S.S. Sakall is also endearing as Merrick’s valet.
There are some fun scenes on the boardwalk, and a mix-up which nearly lands them all in jail. Arthur never seemed more vulnerable than in a sweet scene on the beach, and the further Merrick sinks into his new persona, the more he begins to view his vast wealth as a handicap to living.
A great ending will make you glad you watched this one, and pushes it into five stars. Don't miss Coburn’s fight with a young brat he’s hired to make him look good. It’s a riot!… (meer)