Charles Vidor

The native form of this personal name is Vidor Károly. This article uses the Western name order.

Charles Vidor
Born	27 July 1900(1900-07-27) Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)
Died	4 June 1959(1959-06-04) (aged 58) Vienna, Austria
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1929 - 1959

Charles Vidor (July 27, 1900 – June 4, 1959) was a film director.

Biography

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:

• Frances Vidor 1927 – 1931
• the actress Karen Morley 1932 – 1943
• the actress Evelyn Keyes 1943 – 1945
• Doris Warner, daughter of Warner Bros. President Harry Warner, 1945 – 1959 (until his death)

Death

Charles Vidor died in Vienna, Austria from a heart attack, aged 58. He was in the midst of making Song Without End, and was replaced as director by George Cukor.

He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6676 Hollywood Boulevard for his contribution to motion pictures. He was entombed at Home of Peace Cemetery in the same mausoleum as Harry Warner.

Filmography

• The Bridge (1929)
• The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) (uncredited)
• Sensation Hunters (1933)
• Double Door (1934)
• Strangers All (1935)
• The Arizonian (1935)
• His Family Tree (1935)
• Sinister House (1936)
• A Doctor's Diary (1937)
• The Great Gambini (1937)
• She's No Lady (1937)
• Romance of the Redwoods (1939)
• Blind Alley (1939)
• The Gates of Alcatraz (1939)
• My Son, My Son! (1940)
• The Lady in Question (1940)
• They Dare Not Love (1941) (co-director - uncredited)
• Ladies in Retirement (1941)
• New York Town (1941)
• The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942)
• The Desperadoes (1943)
• Cover Girl (1944)
• Together Again (1944)
• A Song to Remember (1945)
• Over 21 (1945)
• Gilda (1946)
• The Loves of Carmen (1948)
• It's a Big Country (1951)
• Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
• Thunder in the East (1952)
• Rhapsody (1954)
• Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
• The Swan (1956)
• The Joker Is Wild (1957)
• A Farewell to Arms (1957)
• Song Without End (1960)

External links

• Charles Vidor at The Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Vidor, Charles
Alternative names
Short description	Film director
Date of birth	1900-7-27
Place of birth	Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)
Date of death	1959-6-4
Place of death	Vienna, Austria