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King Vidor
Director 1894 - 1982

King Vidor

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... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

28 titles
The Metaphor

The Metaphor

King Vidor 1980 36m

Vidor and Wyeth discuss the influence of The Big Parade on Wyeth and the use of metaphors in art

Solomon and Sheba

Solomon and Sheba

King Vidor 1959 2h 19m 6.0

Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-headed Adonijah. Furious, Adonijah departs the court, swearing he will become king. Other rulers are concerned that Solomon's benevolent rule and interest in monotheism will threaten their tyrannical, polytheistic kingdoms.

War and Peace

War and Peace

King Vidor 1956 3h 28m 6.1

Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia, including his disastrous 1812 invasion, serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families.

Man Without a Star

Man Without a Star

King Vidor 1955 1h 29m 7.3

Man Without a Star is a 1955 western film starring Kirk Douglas as a wanderer who gets dragged into a range war. It was based on the novel of the same name by Dee Linford.

Ruby Gentry

Ruby Gentry

King Vidor 1952 1h 22m 8.5

A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.

Lightning Strikes Twice

Lightning Strikes Twice

King Vidor 1951 1h 31m 6.5

Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.

The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead

King Vidor 1949 1h 52m 7.3

An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.

Beyond the Forest

Beyond the Forest

King Vidor 1949 1h 37m 8.0

"What a dump!" That's the classic line delivered by Bette Davis at the halfway point of Beyond the Forest, her final Warner Bros. effort of the 1940s. Some Davis devotees feel as though this vituperative utterance is the high point of an otherwise turgid melodrama; others consider the line a succinct assessment of the entire film.

Duel in the Sun

Duel in the Sun

King Vidor 1946 2h 24m 7.5
An American Romance

An American Romance

King Vidor 1944 2h 1m

A European immigrant becomes a master of industry but almost loses his family.

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

King Vidor 1941 2h 9.0

A middle-aged businessman who has lived a conservative life according to the routine conventions of society, still remembers the beautiful young woman who once brought him out of his shell.

'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers)

'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers)

King Vidor 1940 2h 6m 6.0

Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on their famous raid at Fort St. Francis and their marches before and after the battle.

The Citadel

The Citadel

King Vidor 1938 1h 50m 7.5

Young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor Andrew Manson arrives in Wales and takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his attempts to prove its cause are thwarted, he moves to London.

Stella Dallas

Stella Dallas

King Vidor 1937 1h 46m 8.3

A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.

Our Daily Bread

Our Daily Bread

King Vidor 1934 1h 20m

John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community - a socialist mini-society.

Cynara

Cynara

King Vidor 1932 1h 18m

London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shop-girl who is out to have him. Told in flashback.

Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise

King Vidor 1932 1h 20m

A native girl falls for a visitor to her island, but she's chosen to be sacrificed to the volcano god.

The Champ

The Champ

King Vidor 1931 1h 26m 8.0

A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.

Street Scene

Street Scene

King Vidor 1931 1h 18m 6.0

The setting is one anonyomous city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents - Italian and Jew, Swede and German and Irish - serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot. There is idle chitchat...idle gossip...jealousy...racism...adultery...and, suddenly but not unexpectedly, a murder.

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

King Vidor 1929 1h 40m

A black laborer turns preacher after accidentally killing a man.

The Patsy

The Patsy

King Vidor 1928 1h 18m

A hillarious movie from director King Vidor, with Marion Davies AND Marie Dresler! As the perpetually feuding mother and daughter, Dresler and Davies are not only side-splittingly funny, they are actually quite touching.

The Crowd

The Crowd

King Vidor 1928 1h 38m 7.8

The film centers on ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker John who meets and marries Mary. They start a family, struggle to cope with marital stress, financial setbacks, and tragedy, all while lost amid the anonymous, pitiless throngs of the big city.

Show People

Show People

King Vidor 1928 1h 19m 7.0

Colonel Pepper brings his daughter, Peggy, to Hollywood from Georgia to be an actress.

La Bohème

La Bohème

King Vidor 1926 1h 33m

A group of starving artists try to survive in 1830s Paris, including a seamstress and the would-be playwright she loves.

Bardelys the Magnificent

Bardelys the Magnificent

King Vidor 1926 1h 30m

Rafael Sabatini's story of the swashbuckling era and of Bardeleys, the handsome courtier who could win any woman he set his mind to...and was not above boasting about it to all who would listen.

The Big Parade

The Big Parade

King Vidor 1925 2h 31m 7.3

The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl.

Wild Oranges

Wild Oranges

King Vidor 1924 1h 28m

Millie Stope lives with her grandfather on a remote island. Man-child Nicholas, a fugitive from justice, also lives there and is terrorizing them - and he's interested in Millie. One day widower John Woolfolk, sailing on his yacht, happens upon the island. Soon he and Millie fall in love. Will jealous Nicholas stand for this?

The Jack-Knife Man

The Jack-Knife Man

King Vidor 1920 1h 18m

A dying mother left his child with an old man, but the village people want to take the child away from him because he is too old.

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