
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Woodbridge Strong "W. S." Van Dyke II (Woody) (March 21, 1889 – February 5, 1943) was an American film director and writer who made several successful early sound films, including Tarzan the Ape Man in 1932, The Thin Man in 1934, San Francisco in 1936, and six popular musicals with Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald. He received two Academy Award nominations for Best Director for The Thin Man and San Francisco, and directed four actors to Oscar nominations: William Powell, Spencer Tracy, Norma Shearer, and Robert Morley. Known as a reliable craftsman who made his films on schedule and under budget, he earned the name "One Take Woody" for his quick and efficient style of filming.

The Thin Man

Winners Of The Wilderness

After the Thin Man

I Love You Again

Another Thin Man

Manhattan Melodrama

Shadow of the Thin Man

Personal Property

Hide-Out

The Devil Is a Sissy

Penthouse

Tarzan the Ape Man

White Shadows in the South Seas

Journey for Margaret

New Moon

San Francisco

Eskimo

Marie Antoinette

Love on the Run

It's a Wonderful World

Night Court

I Live My Life

Rage in Heaven

The Pagan

Rose Marie

They Gave Him a Gun

The Eyes of the Totem

The Lady of the Dugout

Guilty Hands

Forsaking All Others

Cairo

Bitter Sweet

Stand Up and Fight

Dr. Kildare's Victory

Sweethearts

I Take This Woman

His Brother's Wife

Rosalie

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

Naughty Marietta

The Prizefighter and the Lady

Trader Horn

I Married an Angel

The Gentle Cyclone

California

The Feminine Touch

The Cuban Love Song

Never the Twain Shall Meet

Laughing Boy

Under the Black Eagle

Gold Heels

The Hawk's Trail

The Little Girl Next Door

The Trail Rider

On Trial

Men of the Desert

The Adventures of Daredevil Jack

Hearts and Spurs

The Boss of Camp 4

Winner Take All

The Timber Wolf

The Land of Long Shadows

Foreign Devils

War Paint

Spoilers of the West

The Battling Fool

Ranger of the Big Pines

Loving Lies

Forget Me Not

Double Adventure

Sadie Goes to Heaven

Barriers Burned Away

The Avenging Arrow

Open Places

Gift o' Gab

The Miracle Makers

The Destroying Angel

White Eagle

Ruth of the Range

Half-a-Dollar Bill

The Adventurer