- Date of Birth: 08 February, 1894
- Place of Birth: Galveston, Texas, United States
- Biography: King Wallis Vidor (February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an acclaimed American film director whose career spanned nearly seven decades.
Filmography
- Love and Money (1982)
- The Metaphor (1980)
- Solomon and Sheba (1959)
- War and Peace (1956)
- Man Without a Star (1955)
- Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954)
- Ruby Gentry (1953)
- Japanese War Bride (1952)
- Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)
- On Our Merry Way (1950)
- Beyond the Forest (1949)
- The Fountainhead (1949)
News
DVD Extra: 'Magnificent' Obsession
nypost.com –
2009-06-08
The gorgeous clip above is from King Vidor's "Bardelys the Magnificent'' (1926), all copies of which were long believed to have disappeared decades ago. One miraculously turned up in France in 2006 and the title, restored by David Shepard ,... ... Full Article
Worth Seeing: Which movies to see this weekend
sfgate.com –
2009-03-27
The Crowd: This 1928 King Vidor film is one of the towering silent masterpieces, a surprisingly penetrating look at a specific American type. Though on the surface the story of a man, James Murray, above, who can't seem to catch... ... Full Article
Today is Sunday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2009 with 326 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. ... Full Article
San Luis Obispo Film Society
moviemaker.com –
2007-02-28
by MovieMaker Staff | Published February 28, 2007 Founded in the early 1990s to provide opportunities for likeminded souls to share in the appreciation and experience of film in the natural beauty of Californias central coast region, the San Luis... ... Full Article
Molding Misinformation Into a Morality Tale
nysun.com –
2006-11-10
In his 1954 autobiography "A Tree Is a Tree," the pioneering American film director King Vidor recalled a scene from his childhood in Galveston, Texas, around the turn of the 20th century. As a group of his friends energetically took ... Full Article


King Vidor Live at the Rose and Kettle "Canoe"
Equipo King Vidor - EJ#2 - Color/Luz - Dir: Fran
Chaplin's cameo in "Show People" (King Vidor - 1928)
King Vidor: Baby O Yeah