Vidor, King, 1894-1982

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Vidor, King (King Wallis), 1894-1982

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1894-02-08

1894-02-08

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1982-11-01

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Filmmaker, art collector; Los Angeles, Calif.

From the description of King W. Vidor papers, 1936-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515357

American movie producer.

From the description of King Vidor papers, 1825-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699728 From the guide to the King Vidor papers, 1825-1970, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

American motion picture director.

From the description of King Vidor Collection, 1924-1941 (bulk 1941). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 191957081

King Wallis Vidor was born Feb. 8, 1894 in Galveston, TX; made fifty-six feature films in forty years; married Florence Arto, 1915 (divorced 1925); married Eleanor Boardman, 1926 (later divorced); married Elizabeth Hill; his directorial debut was The turn in the road (1919); made Hallelujah! (1929), the first sound picture with an all black cast; best known for The big parade (1925), The crowd (1928), The champ (1931), Stella Dallas (1937), and Duel in the sun (1947); wrote an autobiography, A tree is a tree (1953); retired from films in the late 1950s; taught a graduate cinema class during the 1960s at UCLA; received Edinburgh Film Festival award for career achievements, 1964; after receiving five Academy Award nominations during the course of his career, he was granted a special award for his innovations in cinema, 1979; died of congestive heart failure, Paso Robles, CA, on Nov. 1, 1982.

From the description of Papers, 1920-1965. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 38128916

Moving-picture director.

From the description of Reminiscences of King Wallis Vidor : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122574513

Biography

King Wallis Vidor was born February 8, 1894 in Galveston, Texas; made fifty-six feature films in forty years; married Florence Arto, 1915 (divorced 1925); married Eleanor Boardman, 1926 (later divorced); married Elizabeth Hill; his directorial debut was The turn in the road (1919); made Hallelujah! (1929), the first sound picture with an all black cast; best known for The big parade (1925), The crowd (1928), The champ (1931), Stella Dallas (1937), and Duel in the sun (1947); wrote an autobiography, A tree is a tree (1953); retired from films in the late 1950s; taught a graduate cinema class during the 1960s at UCLA; received Edinburgh Film Festival award for career achievements, 1964; after receiving five Academy Award nominations during the course of his career, he was granted a special award for his innovations in cinema, 1979; died of congestive heart failure, Paso Robles, California, on November 1, 1982.

From the guide to the King Vidor Papers, 1920-1965, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)

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Art, American

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Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

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Motion picture actors and actresses

Motion picture producers and directors

Motion picture producers and directors

Motion picture producers and directors

Motion picture producers and directors

Motion picture producers and directors

Motion pictures

Motion pictures

Motion pictures

Motion pictures

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Silent films

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Americans

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California--Los Angeles

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United States

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United States

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United States

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Pennsylvania--Chadds Ford

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