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.
Directed 22
1940s
- 1944
Nothing But Trouble
Director
1930s
- 1935
Vagabond Lady
Director
- 1934
The Cat's-Paw
Director
- 1933
Out All Night
Director
- 1932
Devil's Lottery
Director
- 1931
Ambassador Bill
Director
Skyline
Director
Kiki
Director
- 1930
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Director
1920s
- 1929
Coquette
Director
- 1928
The Woman Disputed
Director
Tempest
Director
- 1927
My Best Girl
Director
- 1926
Exit Smiling
Director
For Heaven's Sake
Director
- 1925
- 1924
Hot Water
Director
- 1923
- 1922
Wrote 24
1930s
- 1934
The Cat's-Paw
Writer
- 1931
Kiki
Adaptation
- 1930
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Adaptation
1920s
- 1929
Coquette
Dialogue
Lady of the Pavements
Writer
- 1926
Exit Smiling
Scenario Writer
- 1925
- 1924
Hot Water
Story
- 1923
- 1922
Grandma's Boy
Story
- 1921
A Sailor-Made Man
Story, Writer
I Do
Writer
Among Those Present
Writer
Now or Never
Scenario Writer
Princess Jones
Writer
- 1920
The Midnight Bride
Scenario Writer
1910s
- 1919
In Honor's Web
Writer
The Gamblers
Writer
- 1917
The Wrecked Station
Story
Produced 3
1930s
- 1935
Vagabond Lady
Producer
1920s
- 1929
Coquette
Producer
- 1926
Exit Smiling
Producer