Sam Taylor
- Directing
- August 13, 1895 · New York City, New York
- March 6, 1958
Biography
Sam Taylor (August 13, 1895 – March 6, 1958) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer, most active in the silent film era. Taylor is best known for his comedic directorial work with Harold Lloyd and Mary Pickford, and also later worked with Laurel and Hardy. He was born in New York City. A notorious cinematic legend over the decades has suggested that Taylor's 1929 adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew had the screen credit "additional dialogue by Sam Taylor". However, no extant prints of the film contain this credit, and there is no documentary evidence that it ever existed. Taylor directed eight feature films with Lloyd as star, with a number of them being co-directing with Fred C. Newmeyer. Taylor also directed Pickford in her first "talkie" feature with Coquette (1929), which garnered the latter an Academy Award. Taylor died at the age of 62 in Santa Monica, California.
Known for
Filmography
- Nothing But Trouble · Director
- Vagabond Lady · Director, Producer
- The Cat's-Paw · Writer, Director
- Out All Night · Director
- Devil's Lottery · Director
- Ambassador Bill · Director
- Skyline · Director
- Kiki · Director, Adaptation
- Du Barry, Woman of Passion · Director, Adaptation
- The Taming of the Shrew · Director, Screenplay
- Coquette · Producer, Director
- Lady of the Pavements · Writer
- The Woman Disputed · Director
- Tempest · Director
- My Best Girl · Director
- Exit Smiling · Director, Scenario Writer
- For Heaven's Sake · Director
- The Freshman · Story, Director
- Hot Water · Story, Director
- Girl Shy · Director, Story
- Why Worry? · Director, Writer
- Safety Last! · Director, Writer
- Dr. Jack · Director, Story
- Grandma's Boy · Story
- A Sailor-Made Man · Story, Writer
- Never Weaken · Story
- I Do · Writer
- Among Those Present · Writer
- Now or Never · Scenario Writer
- Princess Jones · Writer
- The Midnight Bride · Scenario Writer
- In Honor's Web · Writer
- The Gamblers · Writer
- The Wrecked Station · Story