Charles Vidor

Director

Born July 26, 1900 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. Died June 4, 1959.

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.

Directed

Song Without End
Film, 1960
A Farewell to Arms
Film, 1957
The Joker is Wild
Film, 1957
The Swan
Film, 1956
Love Me or Leave Me
Film, 1955
Rhapsody
Film, 1954
Hans Christian Andersen
Film, 1952
Thunder in the East
Film, 1952
It's a Big Country
Film, 1951
The Loves of Carmen
Film, 1948
Gilda
Film, 1946
Over 21
Film, 1945
A Song to Remember
Film, 1945
Together Again
Film, 1944
Cover Girl
Film, 1944
The Desperadoes
Film, 1943
The Tuttles of Tahiti
Film, 1942
New York Town
Film, 1941
Ladies in Retirement
Film, 1941
The Lady in Question
Film, 1940
My Son, My Son!
Film, 1940
Those High Grey Walls
Film, 1939
Blind Alley
Film, 1939
Romance of the Redwoods
Film, 1939
She's No Lady
Film, 1937
The Great Gambini
Film, 1937
A Doctor's Diary
Film, 1937
Muss 'em Up
Film, 1936
His Family Tree
Film, 1935
The Arizonian
Film, 1935