About

Known credits:
39
Birthday:
1900-07-26
Place of birth:
Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Website:
N/A

Charles Vidor

Overview

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.

Known for

Directing
1960 Song Without End Directing Director 58
Average
1957 A Farewell to Arms Directing Director 58
Average
1957 The Joker is Wild Directing Director 63
Fair
1956 The Swan Directing Director 59
Average
1955 Love Me or Leave Me Directing Director 59
Average
1954 Rhapsody Directing Director 59
Average
1952 Hans Christian Andersen Directing Director 59
Average
1952 Thunder in the East Directing Director 58
Average
1951 It's a Big Country Directing Director 58
Average
1948 The Loves of Carmen Directing Director 59
Average
1946 Gilda Directing Director 67
Fair
1945 Over 21 Directing Director 58
Average
1945 A Song to Remember Directing Director 59
Average
1944 Together Again Directing Director 58
Average
1944 Cover Girl Directing Director 59
Average
1943 The Desperadoes Directing Director 58
Average
1942 The Tuttles of Tahiti Directing Director 59
Average
1941 New York Town Directing Director 59
Average
1941 Ladies in Retirement Directing Director 59
Average
1940 The Lady in Question Directing Director 59
Average
1940 My Son, My Son! Directing Director 58
Average
1939 Those High Grey Walls Directing Director 59
Average
1939 Blind Alley Directing Director 58
Average
1939 Romance of the Redwoods Directing Director 59
Average
1937 She's No Lady Directing Director N/A
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1937 The Great Gambini Directing Director 59
Average
1937 A Doctor's Diary Directing Director 59
Average
1936 Muss 'em Up Directing Director 59
Average
1935 His Family Tree Directing Director 58
Average
1935 The Arizonian Directing Director N/A
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1935 Strangers All Directing Director 59
Average
1934 Double Door Directing Director 59
Average
1933 Sensation Hunters Directing Director 58
Average
1929 The Bridge Directing Director 59
Average

Writing
1931 Good Sport Writing Writer 58
Average
1929 The Bridge Writing Screenplay 59
Average

Production
1948 The Loves of Carmen Production Producer 59
Average
1932 The Mask of Fu Manchu Production Producer 58
Average

Crew
1932 Me and My Gal Crew Additional Writing 59
Average