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Charles Vidor

Charles Vidor

Highest Rated: 95% Cover Girl (1944)

Lowest Rated: 8% A Farewell to Arms (1957)

Birthday: Jul 27, 1900

Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary

Editor and assistant director with UFA who arrived in the US in 1924 and, after a stint with a Wagnerian opera company and in a Broadway chorus, left for Hollywood. Vidor made his directorial debut in 1931 with the self-financed short, "The Bridge," which landed him a contract with MGM. In 1932 he co-directed his first feature, "The Mask of Fu Manchu," one of the finest screen adaptations of the Sax Rohmer novels. Vidor was noted for his ability to impart a technical fluency to routine subjects; among the best of his prolific output were "Ladies in Retirement" (1941), "Love Me or Leave Me" (1955) and "The Joker Is Wild" (1957). Vidor was also responsible for the trailblazing psychological study, "Blind Alley" (1939), and the two Rita Hayworth vehicles that cemented her stardom: the arresting musical, "Cover Girl" (1944), and the steamy noir thriller, "Gilda" (1946).

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GILDA, director Charles Vidor, left, talks to Rita Hayworth, while a camera assistant checks the lighting, on-set, 1946 GILDA, director Charles Vidor, straightening Glenn Ford's tie, on-set, 1946 GILDA, director Charles Vidor on set, 1946 GILDA, Rita Hayworth, getting her makeup touched up while cinematographer Rudolph Mate, left, checks lenses and director Charles Vidor, right, takes a cigarette break, on-set, 1946 LADIES IN RETIREMENT, Ida Lupino, director Charles Vidor on set, 1941 TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT, Lee Bowman, director Charles Vidor, Rita Hayworth on set, 1945 THE JOKER IS WILD, Carmen Sevilla (left) visiting with Frank Sinatra (center) and director Charles Vidor (right), between scenes, on set, 1957 A SONG TO REMEMBER, Cornel Wilde, director Charles Vidor, Merle Oberon on set, 1945 GILDA, director Charles Vidor, visitor Shirley Temple, Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford on set, 1946
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
83% 39% Song Without End Director - 1960
8% 36% A Farewell to Arms Director - 1957
No Score Yet 82% The Joker Is Wild Director,
Executive Producer 		- 1957
No Score Yet 71% The Swan Director - 1956
71% 75% Love Me or Leave Me Director - 1955
No Score Yet 60% Rhapsody Director - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thunder in the East Director - 1953
83% 76% Hans Christian Andersen Director - 1952
No Score Yet 25% It's a Big Country Director - 1951
No Score Yet 24% Edge of Doom Director - 1950
No Score Yet 50% The Loves of Carmen Director,
Producer 		- 1948
90% 88% Gilda Director - 1946
No Score Yet 53% A Song to Remember Director - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Over 21 Director - 1945
95% 71% Cover Girl Director - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Together Again Director - 1944
80% 50% The Desperadoes Director - 1943
No Score Yet 50% The Tuttles of Tahiti Director - 1942
No Score Yet 71% Ladies in Retirement Director - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet New York Town Director - 1941
No Score Yet 36% The Lady in Question Director - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Son, My Son Director - 1940
No Score Yet 36% Blind Alley Director - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Romance of the Redwoods Director - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Those High Grey Walls Director - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Doctor's Diary Director - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet She's No Lady Director - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Great Gambini Director - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Muss 'Em Up Director - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet His Family Tree Director - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Arizonian Director - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Strangers All Director - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Double Door Director - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sensation Hunters Director - 1933
No Score Yet 58% Me and My Gal Writer - 1932
88% 51% The Mask of Fu Manchu Director - 1932