King Vidor’s Followers (2)

King Vidor

Born

in Galveston, Texas, The United States

February 08, 1894

Died

November 01, 1982

Genre

Art

edit data

King Vidor was an American screenwriter, film director and producer.

Vidor was born in Galveston, Texas, where he survived the great Galveston Hurricane of 1900.

A freelance newsreel cameraman and cinema projectionist, Vidor made his debut as a director in 1913 with The Grand Military Parade.
In Hollywood from 1915, he worked as a screenwriter and as director of a series of six short juvenile-delinquency films for Judge Willis Brown before directing his first feature, The Turn in the Road, in 1919. A successful mounting of Peg o' My Heart in 1922 won him a long-term contract with Goldwyn Studios (later to be absorbed into MGM).

Three years later he made The Big Parade, among the most acclaimed war films of the silent era, and a tremendous comm ...more

Combine Editions
King Vidor’s books

Average rating: 3.82 · 55 ratings · 9 reviews · 18 distinct works

	Duel in the Sun (Archive of ten original screenplays for the 1946 film) by Niven Busch (novelist), Lionel Barrymore (star), Oliver H.P. Garrett (screenwriter) 3.10 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1944 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Tree Is a Tree 3.84 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1953 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Movie Palaces: Survivors of an Elegant Era by Lucinda Smith, King Vidor (Foreword), Ave Pildas (Photographer) 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild Oranges [illustrated with scenes from King Vidor's photoplay] by Joseph Hergesheimer, King Vidor (Illustrator) 3.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1922 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cinema by Enrico Ghezzi (Editor), Michelangelo Antonioni, René Clair 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1994	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Film Making 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1973	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Duel in the Sun (Post-production Dialogue and Cutting Continuity for the 1946 film) by King Vidor (director), Lionel Barrymore (star), Dmitri Tomkin (composer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild oranges;: Continuity by King Vidor 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[King Vidor (Directors Guild of America Oral History)] [Author: Vidor, King] [January, 1988] by King Vidor, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	King Vidor: An American Film Institute Seminar on his work 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by King Vidor…

King Vidor’s Followers (2)

King Vidor

Combine EditionsKing Vidor’s books

Combine Editions
King Vidor’s books