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Florence Vidor (née Cobb, later Arto; July 23, 1895 – November 3, 1977) was an American silent film actress.
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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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...
Jan 1, 1996 · A mature and elegant presence, Florence Vidor performed in fifty-nine feature films, often cast in upper-class or aristocratic roles, several directed by her husband. Her most successful pictures include A Tale of Two Cities (1917); The Jack Knife Man (1920); Alice Adams (1923); Are Parents People?
Florence Vidor was an American actress. She started working in silent movies thanks to her husband, film director King Vidor.
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The Crowd is a silent film about the life of an ordinary man in the big city, directed by King Vidor and starring his ex-wife Florence Vidor. Learn about the film's production, reception, influence and tragic fate of its lead actor James Murray.
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…a scriptwriter while his wife, Florence Vidor (divorced 1925), became a well-known silent-film actress. In 1918 Vidor returned to directing and made 16 short films. The following year he helmed his first feature, The Turn in the Road , a drama that he also wrote.
