King Vidor
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King Vidor was an American director born in Galveston, Texas, whose career spanned from the silent era into the 1950s and encompassed both intimate social realism and sweeping historical epic. The Crowd, a silent-era drama following an ordinary office worker's struggles amid the anonymity of urban life, is widely regarded as one of the most artistically ambitious American films of its decade, while The Big Parade brought similar seriousness to a World War I drama. Duel in the Sun and The Fountainhead, adapted from Ayn Rand's novel, showed his later command of heightened, operatic melodrama, and War and Peace demonstrated his ability to handle large-scale historical spectacle late in his career. Vidor's willingness to bring genuine social and psychological seriousness to popular genre filmmaking made him one of the more artistically ambitious directors working within the mainstream studio system.
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King Vidor was an American director born in Galveston, Texas, whose career spanned from the silent era into the 1950s and encompassed both intimate social realism and sweeping historical epic. The Crowd, a silent-era drama following an ordinary office worker's struggles amid the anonymity of urban life, is widely regarded as one of the most artistically ambitious American films of its decade, while The Big Parade brought similar seriousness to a World War I drama. Duel in the Sun and The Fountainhead, adapted from Ayn Rand's novel, showed his later command of heightened, operatic melodrama, and War and Peace demonstrated his ability to handle large-scale historical spectacle late in his career. Vidor's willingness to bring genuine social and psychological seriousness to popular genre filmmaking made him one of the more artistically ambitious directors working within the mainstream studio system.
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War and Peace
1956
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Show People
1928
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Solomon and Sheba
1959
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Duel in the Sun
1946
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The Fountainhead
1949
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Hallelujah
1929
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Man Without a Star
1955
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The Citadel
1938
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Stella Dallas
1937
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Northwest Passage
1940
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Our Daily Bread
1934
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Ruby Gentry
1952
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The Big Parade
1925
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Bird of Paradise
1932
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The Champ
1931
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On Our Merry Way
1948
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Comrade X
1940
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Lightning Strikes Twice
1951
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Bardelys the Magnificent
1926
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The Texas Rangers
1936
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The Crowd
1928
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An American Romance
1944
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Beyond the Forest
1949
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The Patsy
1928
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So Red the Rose
1935
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H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
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The Stranger's Return
1933
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Bud's Recruit
1918
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The Other Half
1919
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The Wedding Night
1935
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Street Scene
1931
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Not So Dumb
1930
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Peg o' My Heart
1922
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Japanese War Bride
1952
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Billy the Kid
1930
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Proud Flesh
1925
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Cynara
1932
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The Jack-Knife Man
1920
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Wild Oranges
1924
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La Bohème
1926
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Wine of Youth
1924
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The Sky Pilot
1921
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The Wife of the Centaur
1924
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Love Never Dies
1921
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Solomon and Sheba
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1959
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War and Peace
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1956
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Man Without a Star
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1955
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Ruby Gentry
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1952
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Japanese War Bride
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1952
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Lightning Strikes Twice
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1951
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Beyond the Forest
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1949
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The Fountainhead
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1949
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On Our Merry Way
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1948
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is King Vidor still alive?
King Vidor passed away on November 1, 1982 at age 88.
What are the most famous roles of King Vidor?
King Vidor is best known for directing War and Peace, The Crowd, Duel in the Sun.
How many movies has King Vidor directed?
Over a 69-year career (since 1913), King Vidor has directed or written 57 films and worked on 0 TV shows.
What was King Vidor's first movie?
The career of King Vidor began with Hurricane in Galveston (1913).
What is King Vidor's most recent movie or series?
King Vidor's most recent release is Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyeth, which premiered on January 1, 1980.
King Vidor
1894-02-08 · 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 during his career. Vidor's best known films include The Big Parade (1925), The Crowd (1928), Stella Dallas (1937), and Duel in the Sun (1946).