Charles Vidor

Director

Born: July 26, 1900 (58 years old)

Died: June 4, 1959

Place of birth: Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Biography

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. Among his film successes are The Bridge (1929), Cover Girl (1944), A Song to Remember (1945), Gilda (1946), The Loves of Carmen (1948), Love Me or Leave Me (1955), The Swan (1956), The Joker Is Wild (1957), and A Farewell to Arms (1957). He was married four times, to Frances Varone (1927–1931), actress Karen Morley (1932–1943), actress Evelyn Keyes (1943–1945), and Doris Warner (1945-1959, until his death), daughter of Warner Bros. President Harry Warner.

Filmography (25)

• Gilda (1946, ★ 7.5)
• The Joker is Wild (1957, ★ 8)
• Love Me or Leave Me (1955, ★ 6.8)
• Ladies in Retirement (1941, ★ 6.5)
• The Swan (1956, ★ 6.9)
• The Loves of Carmen (1948, ★ 6.5)
• The Lady in Question (1940, ★ 6.6)
• Rhapsody (1954, ★ 6.5)
• The Bridge (1929, ★ 6.4)
• Double Door (1934, ★ 6.9)
• The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932, ★ 5.4)
• Cover Girl (1944, ★ 6.3)
• Blind Alley (1939, ★ 5.7)
• Hans Christian Andersen (1952, ★ 6.2)
• A Farewell to Arms (1957, ★ 5.8)
• It's a Big Country (1951, ★ 5.3)
• Over 21 (1945, ★ 6)
• The Desperadoes (1943, ★ 5.7)
• Song Without End (1960, ★ 4.6)
• The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942, ★ 5.5)
• A Song to Remember (1945, ★ 6.3)
• Me and My Gal (1932, ★ 6.3)
• Together Again (1944, ★ 5.3)
• Thunder in the East (1952, ★ 5.4)
• My Son, My Son! (1940, ★ 4)