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Nov 2, 1982 · King Vidor, the director of many pace-setting movies beginnning more than half a century ago, died yesterday of a heart ailment at his ranch in the rolling seaside hills of Paso Robles, Calif. He...
Street Scene is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film produced by Samuel Goldwyn and directed by King Vidor. With a screenplay by Elmer Rice adapted from his Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name, Street Scene takes place on a New York City street from one evening until the following afternoon. Except for one scene which takes place inside ...
Apr 24, 2024 · The longtime Central Coast resident directed one of the most iconic movie scenes in history. King Vidor directed the black and white sequences in the Wizard of Oz, including Judy Garland’s performance of Somewhere Over The Rainbow. He was born in Texas in 1894.
Aug 3, 2022 · King Vidor, the Versatile Messenger. By David Hudson. The Daily —. Aug 3, 2022. King Vidor, Patricia Neal, and Gary Cooper during the making of The Fountainhead (1949) “I believe in the motion picture that carries a message to humanity,” wrote King Vidor in 1920.
Sam, the son of a Jewish couple in the building, is somewhat sweet on Rose, as she is on him. Her father outright objects to any relationship based on his own prejudice. The Jewish couple has similar objections, although they try to use the reason that any girlfriend will interfere with Sam's ambitions to become a lawyer.
The Crowd is a 1928 American silent romance film directed by King Vidor and starring James Murray, Eleanor Boardman and Bert Roach. The feature film was nominated at the first Academy Award presentation in 1929 for several awards, including Unique and Artistic Production for MGM and Best Director for Vidor. [2]
Feb 11, 1994 · Vidor's characters can be violent or dishonest, but they seem unacquainted with evil. Some of his favorite images -- a newspaper blowing across a road, a loose shingle flapping on a roof, or ...
