Description: King Wallis Vidor, February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982), was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. A 67-year filmmaking career successfully spanned the silent and sound eras. Vintage Hand Autographed Signed 3 1/2" X 6 1/2" Card. Good Condition. His most acclaimed and successful film in the silent era was The Big Parade (1925). Vidor's sound films of the 1940s and early 1950s arguably represent his richest output. Among his finest works are Northwest Passage (1940), Comrade X (1940 An American Romance (1944), and Duel In The Sun (1946). His dramatic depictions of the American Western landscape endow nature with a sinister force where his characters struggle for survival and redemption. Vidor's earlier films tend to identify with the common people in a collective struggle, whereas his later works place individualists at the center of his narratives. He was considered an "actor's director": many of his players received Academy Award nominations or awards, among them Wallace Berry, Robert Donat, Barbara Stanwyck, Jennifer Jones, Anne Shirley, and Lillian Gish. Vidor was nominated five times by the Academy Awards for Best Director. In 1979, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award for his "incomparable achievements as a cinematic creator and innovator." Additionally, he won eight national and international film awards during his career, including the Screen Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 1957. Filmography The Grand Military Parade (1913)Hurricane in Galveston (1913)The Intrigue (1916) (*as young actor)The Lost Lie (1918)Bud's Recruit (1918)The Chocolate of the Gang (1918)Tad's Swimming Hole (1918)The Accusing Toe (1918)I'm a Man (1918)The Turn in the Road (1919)Better Times (1919) (as King W. Vidor)The Other Half (1919) (as King W. Vidor)Poor Relations (1919)The Family Honor (1920) (as King W. Vidor)The Jack-Knife Man (1920)The Sky Pilot (1921)Love Never Dies (1921)The Real Adventure (1922)Dusk to Dawn (1922)Conquering the Woman (1922)Peg o' My Heart (1922)The Woman of Bronze (1923)Three Wise Fools (1923)Wild Oranges (1924)Happiness (1924)Wine of Youth (1924)His Hour (1924)The Wife of the Centaur (1924)Proud Flesh (1925)The Big Parade (1925)La Bohème (1926)Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)The Crowd (1928)The Patsy, also known as The Politic Flapper (1928) Show People (1928)Hallelujah (1929)Not So Dumb (1930)Billy the Kid, US TV title The Highwayman Rides (1930)Street Scene (1931)The Champ (1931)Bird of Paradise (1932)Cynara (1932) US reissue title I Was FaithfulThe Stranger's Return (1933)Our Daily Bread (1934)The Wedding Night (1935)So Red the Rose (1935)The Texas Rangers (1936)Stella Dallas (1937)The Citadel (1938)The Wizard of Oz (1939) (Kansas scenes only) (uncredited)Northwest Passage (1940)Comrade X (1940)H. M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)An American Romance (1944)Duel in the Sun (1946)On Our Merry Way, also known as A Miracle Can Happen (1948)The Fountainhead (1949)Beyond the Forest (1949)Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)Japanese War Bride (1952)Ruby Gentry (1952)Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954) (TV)Man Without a Star (1955)War and Peace (1956)Solomon and Sheba (1959)Truth and Illusion (1964)The Metaphor (1980)
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