Charles Vidor Overview:

Director, Charles Vidor, was born Károly Vidor on Jul 27, 1900 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary). Vidor died at the age of 58 on Jun 4, 1959 in Vienna, Austria .

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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.

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Tempting to shake the blues away: Doris Day in Love Me or Leave Me (Charles Vidor, 1956)

By Virginie Pronovost on Apr 3, 2019 From The Wonderful World of Cinema

In 1955, Doris Day was already a well-established actress and music entertainer. She was making films since 1948 (Romance on the High Seas) and had quickly conquered our hearts with her enchanting voice, her smile and her sense of fun. In 1955, she also delivered what is considered to be one of the ... Read full article


The Joker Is Wild (Charles Vidor, 1957)

By Judy on Nov 16, 2013 From Movie Classics

I’ll be writing about a few Frank Sinatra films between now and the end of the year – I can’t promise to update very frequently, but hope to cover a few movies.?After having seen little-known biopic The Joker Is Wild on TV recently, I just can’t understand why it isn’t ... Read full article


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Charles Vidor Facts
Directed 3 actors to Oscar nominations: Cornel Wilde (Best Actor, A Song to Remember (1945)), James Cagney (Best Actor, Love Me or Leave Me (1955)), and Vittorio De Sica (Best Supporting Actor, A Farewell to Arms (1957)).

Two of Vidor's sons and one stepson were enormously successful in the restaurant business: Michael Vidor (mother actress Karen Morley) opened "L'Auberge," one of the first French restaurants in Portland, Oregon, while Brian Vidor (mother Warner Bros. heiress Doris Warner) runs "Typhoon," a fashionable restaurant at the Santa Monica airport in Los Angeles; Charles' stepson, Warner Leroy (mother Doris Warner, father director Mervyn LeRoy) owned New York's famous "Maxwell's Plum".

Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1958.

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