King Vidor (1894 - 1982)

American film director, film producer, and screenwriter.

* February 8, 1894 Galveston, Texas, USA
 as King Wallis Vidor
 November 1, 1982 Paso Robles, California, USA


Vintage magazines

Picture Play Magazine, April 1923
Photoplay, February 1928
Photoplay, April 1928

Photoplay, May 1928
Photoplay, May 1928
Photoplay, June 1928

Photoplay, June 1928
Photoplay, June 1928
Photoplay, September 1928


Books by King Vidor

King Vidor A Tree is a Tree King Vidor
A Tree is a Tree, The autobiography of a great director - the Golden Age of the movies from 2-reeler to 3-D
London - New York - Toronto, 1954

King Vidor
King Vidor on Film Making
New York, 1972

Books on King Vidor

Nancy Dowd, David Shepard A Directors of America Oral History Nancy Dowd, David Shepard
A Directors of America Oral History, King Vidor
Metuchen, New Jersey, 1988

Raymond Durgnat, Scott Simon
King Vidor, American
Los Angeles, 1988

Clive Denton, Kingsley Canham The Hollywood Professionals Volume 5 Clive Denton, Kingsley Canham
The Hollywood Professionals Volume 5, King Vidor, John Cromwell, Mervyn LeRoy
London - New York, 1976

John Baxter
King Vidor
New York, 1976

Books with substantial mentioning of King Vidor

George Stevens, Jr (ed.)
Conversations with the great moviemakers of Hollywood's golden age at the American Film Institute
New York, 2006

John C. Tibbetts, James M. Welsh
The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers, Volume Two
New York, NY, 2002

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 2. Directors
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Andrew Sarris (editor) The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia Andrew Sarris (editor)
The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia
Detroit - New York - Toronto - London, 1998

Andrew Sarris You ain't heard nothin' yet Andrew Sarris
"You ain't heard nothin' yet", the American talking film ; history & memory ; 1927 - 1949
New York, Oxford, 1998

Harry Waldman Scenes Unseen Harry Waldman
Scenes Unseen, Unreleased and Uncompleted Films from the World's Master Filmmakers, 1912-1990
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991

Ann Lloyd (ed.) Movies of the Thirties Ann Lloyd (ed.)
Movies of the Thirties
London, 1983

Richard Koszarski
Hollywood Directors, 1914-1940
New York, 1976

Stanley Hochman (ed.)
A Library of Film Criticism, American Film Directors
New York, 1974

Books with an entry on King Vidor

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1983, A Survey of 1982 Films
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1983
pp. 553-554 info

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Martin J. Quigley (ed.) The Motion Picture Almanac Martin J. Quigley (ed.)
The Motion Picture Almanac, Big Stars in Big Pictures
Chicago, Ill., 1929

Articles on King Vidor

Herbert G. Luft, King Vidor, in: Films in Review, vol. 33, 1982 pp. 587-611