Charles Vidor

Director

1900-07-26 – 1959-06-04 · Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

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.

• Gilda (1946) — Director
• The Joker is Wild (1957) — Director
• Las modelos (1944) — Director
• La máscara de Fu Manchú (1932) — Producer
• El fabuloso Andersen (1952) — Director
• Adiós a las armas (1957) — Director
• Quiéreme o déjame (1955) — Director
• Mi chica y yo (1932) — Additional Writing
• El cisne (1956) — Director
• El misterio de Fiske Manor (1941) — Director
• Canción inolvidable (1945) — Director
• Los desesperados (1943) — Director
• Rapsodia (1954) — Director
• La dama en cuestión (1940) — Director
• Los amores de Carmen (1948) — Director, Producer
• Sueño de amor (1960) — Director
• Double Door (1934) — Director
• Rejas humanas (1939) — Director
• The Bridge (1929) — Director, Screenplay
• Otra vez juntos (1944) — Director
• Un gran país (1951) — Director
• Tempestad en Oriente (1952) — Director
• Se acabó la gasolina (1942) — Director
• Over 21 (1945) — Director