Charles Vidor

Birthday: 1900-07-26
Deathday: 1959-06-04
Birthplace: Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Gender: Male

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.

Credits

Year Title
1960-08-11 Song Without End
1957-12-14 A Farewell to Arms
1957-09-26 The Joker is Wild
1956-04-26 The Swan
1955-05-26 Love Me or Leave Me
1954-04-16 Rhapsody
1952-12-19 Hans Christian Andersen
1952-12-04 Thunder in the East
1951-11-20 It's a Big Country
1948-08-23 The Loves of Carmen
1946-04-25 Gilda
1945-08-08 Over 21
1945-01-19 A Song to Remember
1944-12-23 Together Again
1944-03-22 Cover Girl
1943-05-25 The Desperadoes
1942-05-01 The Tuttles of Tahiti
1941-10-31 New York Town
1941-09-09 Ladies in Retirement
1940-08-07 The Lady in Question
1940-03-21 My Son, My Son!
1939-09-21 Those High Grey Walls
1939-05-11 Blind Alley
1939-03-29 Romance of the Redwoods
1937-08-20 She's No Lady
1937-06-24 The Great Gambini
1937-02-16 A Doctor's Diary
1936-02-13 Muss 'em Up
1935-09-29 His Family Tree
1935-06-27 The Arizonian
1935-04-01 Strangers All
1934-05-04 Double Door
1933-08-30 Sensation Hunters
1929-04-30 The Bridge