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Sam Wood
(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.
Before entering the film industry, Sam Wood worked as a gold prospector in Nevada and as a real-estate agent in California. Following these pursuits, he briefly turned to acting before transitioning into directing, where he eventually became one of Hollywood's leading filmmakers.12