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(Foreground, from left to right) Groucho Marx, Margaret Dumont, Chico Marx, and Harpo Marx in A Night at the Opera (1935), directed by Sam Wood.
Sam Woodâs first feature film as a director was Double Speed, released in 1920.1
After transitioning from acting to working as an assistant director for Cecil B. DeMille, Wood began directing features for Paramount in 1920, a year during which he helmed eight different films.1