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Charles Vidor

Charles Vidor

Director · 1900–1959 · Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

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Biography

Charles Vidor (July 27, 1900 – June 4, 1959) was a film director. Born Károly Vidor 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, to Frances Varone (1927–1931), actress Karen Morley (1932–1943), actress Evelyn Keyes (1943–1945), and Doris Warner (1945-1959, until his death), daughter of Warner Bros. President Harry Warner.

Directed 34

1960s

  1. 1960

    Song Without End

    Director

1950s

  1. 1957
  2. The Joker is Wild

    Director

  3. 1956

    The Swan

    Director

  4. 1955

    Love Me or Leave Me

    Director

  5. 1954
  6. 1952
  7. Thunder in the East

    Director

  8. 1951

    It's a Big Country

    Director

1940s

  1. 1948

    The Loves of Carmen

    Director

  2. 1946
  3. 1945

    Over 21

    Director

  4. 1944

    Together Again

    Director

  5. 1943
  6. 1942

    The Tuttles of Tahiti

    Director

  7. 1941

    New York Town

    Director

  8. Ladies in Retirement

    Director

  9. 1940

    The Lady in Question

    Director

  10. My Son, My Son!

    Director

1930s

  1. 1939

    Those High Grey Walls

    Director

  2. Blind Alley

    Director

  3. Romance of the Redwoods

    Director

  4. 1937

    She's No Lady

    Director

  5. The Great Gambini

    Director

  6. A Doctor's Diary

    Director

  7. 1936

    Muss 'em Up

    Director

  8. 1935

    His Family Tree

    Director

  9. The Arizonian

    Director

  10. Strangers All

    Director

  11. 1934

    Double Door

    Director

  12. 1933

    Sensation Hunters

    Director

1920s

  1. 1929

    The Bridge

    Director

Produced 2

1940s

  1. 1948

    The Loves of Carmen

    Producer

1930s

  1. 1932

    The Mask of Fu Manchu

    Producer

Wrote 2

1930s

  1. 1931

    Good Sport

    Writer

1920s

  1. 1929

    The Bridge

    Screenplay

Other crew 1

Appearances1

1950s

  1. 1954

    Reflets de Cannes

    Self · 1 episode