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King Vidor
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American film director, film producer, and screenwriter (1894-1982)
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King Vidor (1894–1982) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Galveston, Texas, he began his professional work in 1913. His notable films include *The Big Parade*, *The Crowd*, *Hallelujah!*, and *The Champ*. Other works associated with him are *H. M. Pulham, esquire* and *Duel in the sun*. His films are held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, and his archives are located at the Harry Ransom Center.
Vidor was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and received an Academy Honorary Award. He also won the National Board of Review Award for Best Film and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was married to Florence Vidor and Eleanor Boardman. A Christian Scientist who spoke English, he died of cardiovascular disease in Paso Robles.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1894
- Died
- 1982
- Works
- 17
Top works
- H. M. Pulham, esquire
- Hallelujah (1929)
- Ruby Gentry
- Duel in the sun
- Duel in the sun
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Directing · Galveston, Texas, USA
King Wallis Vidor (February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose career spanned nearly seven decades. In 1979, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award for his "incomparable achievements as a cinematic creator and innovator." He was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Director, and won eight international film awards…
Known for
- Filmmakers vs. Tycoons — Self (archive footage)2005
- Federico Fellini's Autobiography — Self (archive footage)2000
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic — Self (archive footage)1990
- Love & Money — Walter Klein1981
- Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyeth1980
- Hollywood — Self1980
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self1975
- The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor — Self1973
- The Men Who Made the Movies1973
- Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics — Narration (as Nicholas Rodiv)1964
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 81
- Total plays
- 828
Tags
Formed in 2006 in Cherry Valley, NY by Clement Coleman. Influences: Big Star, Pavement, Flying Burrito Brothers, The Kinks Dirty Little Millionaire, the debut LP, was released in 2006. 2nd Album, Andalus, due in Winter 2010. Brandy and a Back Porch, Candy and a Bag of Rice. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/King+Vidor">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning
· 2015 · cited 23,765x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,699x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,997x
- Global Prevalence of Diabetes
· 2004 · cited 10,424x
- GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
· 2017 · cited 8,258x
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Key facts
- Born
- King Wallis Vidor , ( 1894-02-08 ) February 8, 1894, Galveston, Texas , U.S.
- Died
- November 1, 1982 (1982-11-01) (aged 88), Paso Robles, California , U.S.
- Other names
- King W. Vidor, John Vidor
- Occupations
- Film director producer screenwriter
- Years active
- 1913–1980
- Known for
- The Big Parade Northwest Passage Comrade X An American Romance Duel in the Sun
- Spouses
- Florence Arto , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1915 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1924 ) Eleanor Boardman , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1926 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1931 ) Elizabeth Hill ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1932 ; died 1978 )
- Awards
- Hollywood Walk of Fame
via Wikipedia infobox
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to King Vidor, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
~40 min read
Encyclopedic overview
King Wallis Vidor (/ˈviːdɔːr/ VEE-dor; February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His 67-year career spanned the silent and sound eras, with works distinguished by a sympathetic depiction of contemporary social issues. Considered an auteur director, Vidor approached multiple genres and allowed the subject matter to determine the style, often pressing the limits of film-making conventions.
His most acclaimed and successful film in the silent era was The Big Parade (1925). Vidor's sound films of the 1940s and early 1950s, such as Northwest Passage (1940), Comrade X (1940), An American Romance (1944), and The Fountainhead (1949), have been characterized as some of his best. His dramatic depictions of the American western landscape endow nature with a sinister force where his characters struggle for survival and redemption. Vidor's earlier films tend to identify with the common people in a collective struggle, whereas his later works place individualists at the center of his narratives.
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