As Director
A Farewell to Arms
1957
5.9
Charles Vidor
Directing
Birth Date
July 26, 1900
Place of Birth
Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Date of Death
June 4, 1959
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.
Complete Filmography
As Director
The Joker is Wild
1957
8.0
As Director
The Swan
1956
6.8
As Director
Love Me or Leave Me
1955
6.8
As Director
Rhapsody
1954
6.7
As Director
Hans Christian Andersen
1952
6.3
As Director
It's a Big Country
1951
5.3
As Director
Gilda
1946
7.5
As Director
Over 21
1945
5.2
As Director
A Song to Remember
1945
6.3
As Director
Together Again
1944
5.7
As Director
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942
5.5
As Director
My Son, My Son!
1940
4.8
As Director
Blind Alley
1939
5.7
As Director
The Great Gambini
1937
6.0
As Director
Double Door
1934
6.9
As Writer
Good Sport
1931
4.5