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Charles Vidor

 
Director: Charles Vidor
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  • Born: Jul 27, 1900 in Budapest, Hungary
  • Died: Jun 04, 1959 in Vienna, Austria
  • Occupation: Director
  • Active: '30s-'50s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Romance
  • Career Highlights: Gilda, Love Me or Leave Me, A Song to Remember
  • First Major Screen Credit: Bridge (1929)

Biography

Vidor was an American director, born in Hungary. At his best,Vidor could take extremely slight material and work magic with it. Cases in point: The Great Gambini (1937), Ladies in Retirement (1941), The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942), and in particular, Together Again (1944), a delightful comedy with Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer. Vidor was a busy director, although the majority of his films were routine. He was adept at getting good performances out of many ingratiating players, including Irene Dunne, Charles Coburn, Brian Aherne, Louis Hayward, Akim Tamiroff, Rita Hayworth, and Glenn Ford. Remarkably, considering that Vidor served as an infantry lieutenant for the Germans in WW I, he directed Over 21 (1945), a comedy with Alexander Knox about a middle-aged man adjusting to the rigors of service life. Probably the most memorable scene Vidor directed is the one in Gilda (1946) in which Rita Hayworth sings "Put the Blame on Mame." Vidor supervised Love Me or Leave Me (1955), a remarkable biopic of torch singer Ruth Etting and the only film in which James Cagney was ever truly frightening. Vidor seems also to have had an interest in classical music--he directed two composer-biopics: A Song To Remember (1945) with Cornel Wilde as Chopin and Liszt with Dirk Bogarde. Vidor died during the filming of the latter. ~ All Movie Guide
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Charles Vidor (July 27, 1900 - June 4, 1959) was a film director.

Born Vidor Károly (Vidor is the surname, in Eastern order) to a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary, he served in the Hungarian Army during World War I. He first came to prominence during the final years of the silent film era.

Among his film successes are The Bridge (1929), Cover Girl (1944), A Song to Remember (1945), Gilda (1946), The Loves of Carmen (1948), Love Me or Leave Me (1955), The Swan (1956) , The Joker Is Wild (1957), and A Farewell to Arms (1957).

He was married four times:

  • Frances Vidor 1927 – 1931
  • The actress Karen Morley 1932 – 1943
  • The actress Evelyn Keyes 1943 – 1945
  • Doris Warner, daughter of Warner Bros. President Harry Warner, 1945 – 1959 (until his death)

Vidor died in Vienna, Austria from a heart attack. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6676 Hollywood Boulevard for his contribution to motion pictures. He was entombed at Home of Peace Cemetery in the same mausoleum as Harry Warner.

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