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Florence Vidor started working in silent movies through the influence of her husband, film director King Vidor, whom she had married in 1915. She signed her first contract with Vitagraph Studios in 1916. Her early fame was due to her role in the 1921 film Hail the Woman. Throughout the 1920s, she was a major box office attraction for Paramount ...
Florence Vidor. Actress: Main Street. Houston-born-and-bred Florence Vidor was one of the great beauties of early Hollywood. But while her photogenic looks went a long way, audiences would not get to enjoy or really experience her voice as she abruptly left the silver screen after her first disastrous attempt at a talking picture.
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- Houston, Texas, USA
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- Pacific Palisades, California, USA
Dusk to Dawn would mark the final professional collaboration between King Vidor and Florence Vidor. By the early 1920s, Florence Vidor had emerged as a major film star in her own right and wished to pursue her career independently of her spouse. The couple divorced in 1926, and shortly thereafter Florence married violinist Jascha Heifetz [4]
King Vidor. King Wallis Vidor ( / ˈviːdɔːr /; February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose 67-year film-making career successfully spanned the silent and sound eras. His works are distinguished by a vivid, humane, and sympathetic depiction of contemporary social issues.
Florence Vidor (1895-1977) was an American actress. Gallery [edit] Florence Vidor by Edward Thayer Monroe, 1920. Florence Vidor by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1921.
Jan 1, 1996 · Florence Arto Vidor, motion picture actress, daughter of Ida and John F. Arto, was born on July 23, 1895, in Houston. She was educated in the Houston public schools and at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, also in Houston. While pursuing local acting opportunities, she was introduced to two local filmmakers, Edward Sedgwick and King Wallis Vidor.
Nov 6, 1977 · Florence Vidor, a star of the silent screen in the 1920's when she played such glamorous parts as a Russian grand duchess or a Park Avenue debutante, died Thursday at her home in Pacific Palisades ...
