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King Vidor

King Vidor

Highest Rated: 100% The Big Parade (1925)

Lowest Rated: 14% Solomon and Sheba (1959)

Birthday: Feb 8, 1894

Birthplace: Galveston, Texas, USA

King Vidor's films range across all genres, but they are unified by a concern with the struggle for selfhood in a pluralistic, mass society. Influenced both by D.W. Griffith's realism and Sergei Eisenstein's montage aesthetic, Vidor has come closer to reconciling these strains than any other American director.

Photos

DUEL IN THE SUN, producer/screenwriter David O. Selznick (left), director King Vidor (sitting, right of Selznick), on set, 1946 H.M. PULHAM, ESQ., director King Vidor checks the blueprint for the office set, 1941 NORTHWEST PASSAGE, Robert Young (seated in sunglasses), director King Vidor (seated in jacket) on set, 1940 NORTHWEST PASSAGE, director King Vidor (with meagaphone) on set, 1940 WAR AND PEACE, from left: Audrey Hepburn, director King Vidor, on set, 1956 warandpeace1956-fsct05(warandpeace1956-fsct05) THE CHAMP, King Vidor, Wallace Beery, 1931 LOVE AND MONEY, from left: Ray Sharkey, King Vidor, 1982, © Paramount LOVE AND MONEY, standing from left: King Vidor, Susan Heldfond, Ray Sharkey (seated), 1982, © Paramount STELLA DALLAS, director King Vidor with a certificate of appreciation given to him on set, 1937 H.M. PULHAM, ESQ., director King Vidor, (seated, left), and cast prepare for snowball fight, on-set, 1941 NORTHWEST PASSAGE, Spencer Tracy (seated center), director King Vidor (in sweater) on set, 1940 LA BOHEME, from left: John Gilbert, Lillian Gish, director King Vidor on set, 1926 LA BOHEME, from seventh from left: John Gilbert, Lillian Gish, director King Vidor on set, 1926 THE CHAMP, Jackie Cooper, director King Vidor on set, 1931 THE CROWD, director King Vidor, James Murray, Eleanor Boardman on set, 1928 HALLELUJAH!, blues singer Jim Jackson handing one of his records to director King Vidor on set, 1929 LA BOHEME, Director King Vidor and Irving Thalberg on set watching Lillian Gish during opening scene, 1926 WAR AND PEACE, from left: Audrey Hepburn, director King Vidor, on set, 1956 warandpeace1956-fsct03(warandpeace1956-fsct03) H.M. PULHAM, ESQ., Robert Young, director King Vidor on set, 1941
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 50% Hollywood Mavericks Unknown (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love and Money Walter Klein (Character) - 1982
14% 57% Solomon and Sheba Director - 1959
50% 63% War and Peace Director,
Writer 		- 1956
100% 62% Man Without a Star Director - 1955
63% 50% Ruby Gentry Director,
Producer 		- 1952
No Score Yet 100% Japanese War Bride Director - 1952
No Score Yet 70% Lightning Strikes Twice Director - 1951
60% 66% Beyond the Forest Director - 1949
No Score Yet 29% It's a Great Feeling Self - 1949
83% 74% The Fountainhead Director - 1949
20% 35% On Our Merry Way Director - 1948
76% 55% Duel in the Sun Director - 1946
86% 40% An American Romance Director - 1944
No Score Yet 64% H.M. Pulham, Esq. Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 1941
No Score Yet 55% Comrade X Director,
Producer 		- 1940
100% 67% Northwest Passage Director - 1940
89% 72% The Citadel Director - 1938
90% 83% Stella Dallas Director - 1937
79% 72% The Texas Rangers Director - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wedding Night Director - 1935
No Score Yet 78% So Red the Rose Director - 1935
79% 67% Our Daily Bread Director,
Writer,
Producer 		- 1934
No Score Yet 57% The Stranger's Return Director - 1933
No Score Yet 22% Cynara Director - 1932
53% 50% Bird of Paradise Director - 1932
96% 76% The Champ Director - 1931
90% 72% Street Scene Director - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Billy the Kid Director,
Producer 		- 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Highwayman Rides Director - 1930
No Score Yet 40% Not So Dumb Director,
Producer 		- 1930
86% 57% Hallelujah Director,
Writer,
Producer 		- 1929
92% 87% Show People Director - 1928
96% 90% The Crowd Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1928
No Score Yet 88% The Patsy Director,
Producer 		- 1928
No Score Yet 72% Bardelys the Magnificent Director - 1926
No Score Yet 77% La Bohème Director,
Producer 		- 1926
100% 91% The Big Parade Director - 1925
No Score Yet No Score Yet Proud Flesh Director - 1925
No Score Yet 50% Wild Oranges Director,
Writer 		- 1924
No Score Yet No Score Yet Happiness Director - 1924
No Score Yet No Score Yet Peg O' My Heart Director - 1923
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sky Pilot Director - 1921
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love Never Dies Director - 1921
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Jack-Knife Man Director,
Producer 		- 1920