Vidor was a busy director, although the majority of his films were routine.
Remarkably, considering that Vidor served as an infantry lieutenant for the Germans in WW I, he directed Over 21 (1945), a comedy with Alexander Knox about a middle-aged man adjusting to the rigors of service life.
Vidor made his directorial debut in 1931 with the self-financed short, "The Bridge", which landed him a contract with MGM.
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,...
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Vidor is located in Southeast Texas at the intersection of Interstate Highway 10 and State Highway 105, six miles east of Beaumont in western Orange County.
Vidor was named after lumberman Charles Shelton Vidor, who acquired the Beaumont Sawmill Company and later established the Miller-Vidor Lumber Company.
With the steady growth of the Vidor community, the need arose for a plan to organize the present business layout and to continue the growth of the community by making Vidor a desirable place for new businesses to call home.
CharlesVidor, (Budapest, 27 de julio de 1900 - Viena, 4 de junio de 1959).
Vidor Károly nació en una familia judía de clase media de Hungría.
De todas maneras, la prolífica filmografía de Vidor es una de las más representativas de la década de los 40 haciendo de guiones insulsos y actores sin mucha chispa en películas de buen gusto.
CharlesVidor’s concerns are probably not your concerns, and that’s a concern of his.
His particular interest is the situation of the artist, not so much personally as in the case of Hans Christian Andersen but with respect to the great public, let us say, or the nation or the time.
Vidor’s delicate, complex, elegant and profound Technicolor compositions are mainly keyed to Swiss sensibilities, but there is a Braque chiaroscuro in one shot of the pianist approaching the girl’s room, the Ritz Bar in Paris is bright and streamlined.
Notice the number of shots Vidor composes where Gilda’s head is in shadow (the dark intent of her mind) while her body is in light (the bright blaze of her sexuality).
This marked the third of four times Hayworth teamed up with Vidor (the other pictures were The Lady in Question, Cover Girl and The Loves of Carmen) and he extracted what is perhaps her finest (and certainly her most memorable) performance.
Farrell may be the main character in the plot, but the whole film revolves around Gilda and her complex sexuality.
Hoping to sell arms at a profit, Gibbs finds himself reluctantly making sacrifices, both for the woman he loves (Deborah Kerr) and the nascent pacifist government struggling to establish itself.
Directed by CharlesVidor and costarring Charles Boyer.
Charles Boyer, Corinne Calvet, Marc Cavell, Cecil Kellaway, Deborah Kerr, Alan Ladd
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Starring: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford Director: CharlesVidor
In CharlesVidor's classic film "Gilda" Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford) plays a down-on-his luck drifter in Argentina.
One night, he meets mysterious casino owner Ballin Mundson (George Macready), and soon Johnny is working in the casino--and rapidly rises to become Ballin's right-hand man. Johnny has a rosy future until Ballin leaves for a short period and returns with a juicy new bride--Gilda (Rita Hayworth).
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Starring: Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Zizi Jeanmaire, Joseph Walsh, Philip Tonge, Erik Bruhn, Roland Petit, John Brown, John Qualen, Jeanne Lafayette, Robert Malcolm, George Chandler, Fred Kelsey, Gil Perkins, Peter J. Votrian
Gilda (1946): Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Joseph Calleia, CharlesVidor
"Hayworth's presence here is so indomitable that it's almost surprising that Vidor found it necessary to bother putting other actors on the screen at all."
