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Title: King Vidor papers
Creator:
Vidor, King, 1894-1982
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0934
Physical Description:
7.0 Linear Feet
(14 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1920-1965
Abstract: King Wallis Vidor (1894-1982) made over fifty feature films and received five Academy Award nominations before retiring from
films in the late 1950s. His directorial debut was
The turn in the road (1919), but he is best known for
The big parade (1925),
The champ (1931), and
Duel in the sun (1947). The collection contains annotated scripts, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera for 22 films Vidor produced
or directed including
The big parade,
Duel in the sun,
Northwest passage, and
Stella dallas.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item], King Vidor papers (Collection 934). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of King Vidor, 1966.
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Biography
King Wallis Vidor was born February 8, 1894 in Galveston, Texas; made fifty-six feature films in forty years; married Florence
Arto, 1915 (divorced 1925); married Eleanor Boardman, 1926 (later divorced); married Elizabeth Hill; his directorial debut
was
The turn in the road (1919); made
Hallelujah! (1929), the first sound picture with an all black cast; best known for
The big parade (1925),
The crowd (1928),
The champ (1931),
Stella Dallas (1937), and
Duel in the sun (1947); wrote an autobiography,
A tree is a tree (1953); retired from films in the late 1950s; taught a graduate cinema class during the 1960s at UCLA; received Edinburgh
Film Festival award for career achievements, 1964; after receiving five Academy Award nominations during the course of his
career, he was granted a special award for his innovations in cinema, 1979; died of congestive heart failure, Paso Robles,
California, on November 1, 1982.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of materials related to Vidor's career as a motion picture director and producer. Contains annotated scripts,
correspondence, photographs, and ephemera for 22 films including
The big parade,
Duel in the sun,
Northwest passage, and
Stella dallas.
Related Oral History
The following oral history is available through the UCLA Library Center for Oral History Research:
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Archives.
Film scripts.
Silent films -- Production and direction -- United States -- Archives.
Vidor, King, 1894-1982--Archives.