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Born Károly Vidor in Budapest, Hungary, he served in the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I. He first came to prominence during the final years of the silent film era, working with Alex Korda among others. Contrary to common belief, he is not related to fellow director King Vidor (1894–1982).
Charles Vidor. Director: Gilda. Hungarian-born Karoly Vidor spent the First World War as a lieutenant in the Austro-Hungarian infantry. Following the armistice, he made his way to Berlin and worked for the German film company Ufa, as editor and assistant director.
Jul 23, 2024 · Charles Vidor, Hungarian-born American director who primarily made comedies and musicals but was best known for the film noir classic Gilda (1946). His other notable movies included Cover Girl (1944), Together Again (1944), A Song to Remember (1945), and Love Me or Leave Me (1955).
Gilda is a 1946 American film noir directed by Charles Vidor and starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford. The film is known for cinematographer Rudolph Maté 's lush photography, costume designer Jean Louis 's wardrobe for Hayworth (particularly for the dance numbers), and choreographer Jack Cole 's staging of " Put the Blame on Mame " and ...
Charles Vidor was an Hungarian born film director who began his Hollywood career at the end of the silent movie era and who directed movies in a variety of genres for three decades from the very start of Hollywoods Golden Age.
A Farewell to Arms is a 1957 American epic war drama film directed by Charles Vidor. The screenplay by Ben Hecht, based in part on a 1930 play by Laurence Stallings, was the second feature-film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's 1929 semiautobiographical novel of the same name. It was the last film produced by David O. Selznick.
A Farewell to Arms: Directed by Charles Vidor, John Huston. With Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones, Vittorio De Sica, Oscar Homolka. An English nurse and an American ambulance driver on the Italian front during World War 1 fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them challenge their romance to the limit.
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.
Jun 5, 2024 · Most sensationally of all, Cannes audiences saw Charles Vidor’s Gilda, starring Rita Hayworth, a dark and disturbing love story, or rather a hate story—a criminal adventure about men electrified by their hatred of women and themselves. Vidor’s movie was in the vanguard of the gloomier, realer, and more disillusioned strain of melodrama ...
Dec 2, 2018 · THE MAESTRO: Charles Vidor — Whidbey Island Film Festival. Charles (Károly) Vidor was born in Budapest, Hungary, on July 27, 1900 into a prosperous Jewish family. During the First World War he enlisted in the Austro-Hungarian infantry and finished the war as a lieutenant.