Samuel G. Wood

"Sam Wood was all right, but he was a real estate dealer at heart...there was nothing of the temperamental artist about him. We had been grinding out pictures since The Great Moment, and each one was worse than the last. The only thing that changed was the number and the length of dresses I wore and the face of the leading man.

Gloria Swanson (Swanson on Swanson (1980), compostie quote p. 174 and p. 192)

Brief Bio

Born: July 10, 1883

Location: Philadephia, PA
Father: William Henry Wood
Mother: Katherine (Corn) Wood
Daughter: Gloria (Wood) "K.T." Stevens

Death: September 22, 1949

Location: Hollywood, CA
Interred: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale

Marriage: August 25, 1908 (by Reb. Baker P. Lee at his home):

Wife: Clara Louise Roush

Born: April 10, 1886
Died: June 4, 1966
Interred: Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood)

Civic, Professional, Business Transactions

Business:

As a Filmmaker:

Mount Wasington Company

Wood was a founding director of the Mount Washington Company (Los Angeles Herald, March 28, 1906, Pt. II, page 5)

Chester Heights Company

Secretary (mentioned: Los Angeles Times, October 17, 1907, page 14)

Monte Bella Park Land Company

Secretary (mentioned: Los Angeles Times, May 21, 1908, PArt II, page 7)

Addresses and Real Estate Transactions

Addresses:

140 West 5th Street (Security Building) (1907, for Chester Heights Company)
424 South Irving Boulevard (1925)