Biography
King Vidor (1894−1982), the American director, screenwriter and film producer, following his first experiences as a newsreel cameraman and a projectionist in cinemas, made his directorial debut in 1913, with his film The Grand Military Parade. The quality of his editing in the film Peg o’My Heart (1922) earned him a contract with MGM. In 1925 he made the war movie The Big Parade, the story of a man who ventures to the front and then returns dejected to his beloved. A critique success, subsequently repeated with The Crowd (1928), in which he staged the “common man”, struggling with everyday joys and dramas in life.
In the Thirties he alternated drama, with The Champ (1931) and The Citadel (1938); civil commitment cinema with Our Daily Bread (1934); and western, with Stella Dallas (1937). He was president of the Screen Directors Guild from 1936 to 1938. In the Forties he shot the hit western Duel in the Sun (1946). In 1959 he abandoned fiction cinema after directing the blockbuster Solomon and Sheba. After being nominated five times for an Oscar, he obtained a lifetime achievement one in 1979. In 1980 he directed his last film, the documentary The Metaphor.
Locarno Festival
Director
Documentaries | |
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1980 |
The Metaphor |
1964 |
Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics |
1954 |
Light's Diamond Jubilee (TV movie) |
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1918 |
Bud's Recruit |
I'm a Man |
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Marrying Off Dad |
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Tad's Swimming Hole |
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The Accusing Toe |
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The Chocolate of the Gang |
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The Lost Lie |
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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1956 |
War and Peace |
1949 |
Streets of Laredo - original screenplay |
1941 |
H. M. Pulham, Esq. |
1928 |
The Crowd |
1924 |
Wild Oranges |
1923 |
Three Wise Fools |
1921 |
Love Never Dies |
1919 |
Better Times |
Poor Relations |
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The Turn in the Road |
Documentaries | |
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1964 |
Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics |
Short | |
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1917 |
What'll We Do with Uncle? |
Actor
Movies | |
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1981 |
Love & Money |
1949 |
It's a Great Feeling |
1934 |
Our Daily Bread |
1928 |
Show People |
1923 |
Souls for Sale |
1916 |
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages |
The Intrigue |
Documentaries | ||
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2011 |
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (series) - a.f. |
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2005 |
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood - a.f. |
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2001 |
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies |
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1980 |
Hollywood (series) |
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Star Treatment (E12) |
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The Man with the Megaphone (E10) |
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Hollywood Goes to War (E04) |
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more episodes (2) | ||
1973 |
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor (TV movie) |
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1972 |
75 Years of Cinema Museum |
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1969 |
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (TV movie) |
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1964 |
Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics - narrator |
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1940 |
Northward, Ho! |
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1925 |
1925 Studio Tour |
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1923 |
Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 4 |
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1922 |
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 11 |
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Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 2 |
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1920 |
Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 11 |
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2013 |
Short and Spicy Skits from the Other Side of Hollywood: The Home Movies of William Randolph Hearst - a.f. |
Producer
Movies | |
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1952 |
Ruby Gentry |
1944 |
An American Romance |
1941 |
H. M. Pulham, Esq. |
1940 |
Comrade X |
1936 |
The Texas Rangers |
1934 |
Our Daily Bread |
1932 |
Bird of Paradise |
1931 |
The Champ |
1930 |
Billy the Kid |
Not So Dumb |
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1929 |
Hallelujah |
1928 |
Show People |
The Patsy |
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1925 |
The Big Parade |
1924 |
Wine of Youth |
1923 |
Alice Adams |
1922 |
Conquering the Woman |
Dusk to Dawn |
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Real Adventure |
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1921 |
Love Never Dies |
1920 |
The Family Honor |
The Jack-Knife Man |
Documentaries | |
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1980 |
The Metaphor |
Performer
Shows | |
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1981 |
The 53rd Annual Academy Awards |
1979 |
The 51st Annual Academy Awards |
1978 |
The 50th Annual Academy Awards |