
Charles Vidor
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1900-07-26
Day of Death
1959-06-04 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Charles Vidor
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.
Crew
(1960)
Song Without End
Director
(1957)
A Farewell to Arms
Director
(1957)
The Joker is Wild
Director
(1956)
The Swan
Director
(1955)
Love Me or Leave Me
Director
(1954)
Rhapsody
Director
(1952)
Hans Christian Andersen
Director
(1952)
Thunder in the East
Director
(1951)
It's a Big Country
Director
(1948)
The Loves of Carmen
Director, Producer
(1946)
Gilda
Director
(1945)
Over 21
Director
(1945)
A Song to Remember
Director
(1944)
Cover Girl
Director
(1944)
Together Again
Director
(1943)
The Desperadoes
Director
(1942)
The Tuttles of Tahiti
Director
(1941)
Ladies in Retirement
Director
(1941)
New York Town
Director
(1940)
The Lady in Question
Director
(1940)
My Son, My Son!
Director
(1939)
Blind Alley
Director
(1939)
Those High Grey Walls
Director
(1939)
Romance of the Redwoods
Director
(1937)
She's No Lady
Director
(1937)
The Great Gambini
Director
(1937)
A Doctor's Diary
Director
(1936)
Muss 'em Up
Director
(1935)
Strangers All
Director
(1935)
The Arizonian
Director
(1935)
His Family Tree
Director
(1934)
Double Door
Director
(1933)
Sensation Hunters
Director
(1932)
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Producer
(1932)
Me and My Gal
Additional Writing
(1931)
Good Sport
Writer
(1929)
The Bridge
Director, Screenplay