Charles Vidor
Highest Rated: 95% Cover Girl (1944)
Lowest Rated: 8% A Farewell to Arms (1957)
Birthday: Jul 27, 1900
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Editor and assistant director with UFA who arrived in the US in 1924 and, after a stint with a Wagnerian opera company and in a Broadway chorus, left for Hollywood. Vidor made his directorial debut in 1931 with the self-financed short, "The Bridge," which landed him a contract with MGM. In 1932 he co-directed his first feature, "The Mask of Fu Manchu," one of the finest screen adaptations of the Sax Rohmer novels. Vidor was noted for his ability to impart a technical fluency to routine subjects; among the best of his prolific output were "Ladies in Retirement" (1941), "Love Me or Leave Me" (1955) and "The Joker Is Wild" (1957). Vidor was also responsible for the trailblazing psychological study, "Blind Alley" (1939), and the two Rita Hayworth vehicles that cemented her stardom: the arresting musical, "Cover Girl" (1944), and the steamy noir thriller, "Gilda" (1946).
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| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83% | 39% | Song Without End | Director | - | 1960 |
| 8% | 36% | A Farewell to Arms | Director | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | The Joker Is Wild |
Director, Executive Producer |
- | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | The Swan | Director | - | 1956 |
| 71% | 75% | Love Me or Leave Me | Director | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Rhapsody | Director | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thunder in the East | Director | - | 1953 |
| 83% | 75% | Hans Christian Andersen | Director | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | 10% | It's a Big Country | Director | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | Edge of Doom | Director | - | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | 51% | The Loves of Carmen |
Director, Producer |
- | 1948 |
| 90% | 88% | Gilda | Director | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | 54% | A Song to Remember | Director | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Over 21 | Director | - | 1945 |
| 95% | 70% | Cover Girl | Director | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Together Again | Director | - | 1944 |
| 80% | 50% | The Desperadoes | Director | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | 54% | The Tuttles of Tahiti | Director | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Ladies in Retirement | Director | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | New York Town | Director | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | The Lady in Question | Director | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Son, My Son | Director | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | Blind Alley | Director | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Romance of the Redwoods | Director | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Those High Grey Walls | Director | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Doctor's Diary | Director | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | She's No Lady | Director | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great Gambini | Director | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | His Family Tree | Director | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Muss 'Em Up | Director | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Arizonian | Director | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Strangers All | Director | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Double Door | Director | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sensation Hunters | Director | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | Me and My Gal | Writer | - | 1932 |
| 88% | 52% | The Mask of Fu Manchu | Director | - | 1932 |