Sam Taylor (director)

Sam Taylor (August 13, 1895, New York City – March 6, 1958, Santa Monica) was a 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.

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 substantial documentary evidence that it ever existed.

Selected filmography

• Over the Garden Wall (1919)
• The Mohican's Daughter (1922)
• Safety Last! (1923)
• Why Worry? (1923)
• Girl Shy (1924)
• The Freshman (1925)
• Exit Smiling (1927)
• My Best Girl (1927)
• Tempest (1928)
• Lady of the Pavements (1929)
• The Taming of the Shrew (1929)
• Coquette (1929)
• Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930)
• Skyline (1931)
• Ambassador Bill (1931)
• Kiki (1931)
• Devil's Lottery (1932)
• Out All Night (1933)
• The Cat's-Paw (1934)
• Nothing but Trouble (1944)

References

• Sam Taylor at IMDb