Biographical Data on United Artists Personalities (1935)

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Record Details:

Title:
Biographical Data on United Artists Personalities
Date:
1935
Volume:
Biographical Data on United Artists Personalities (1935)
Leaf #:
000107
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Books
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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KING VIDOR KING VIDOR. . .born Galveston, Texas, February 8, 1895... educated Peacock Military Academy in San Antonio, Texas and Tome Institute at Port Deposit, Maryland. At fifteen began to write fiction. . .no success in this field so tried scenarios. First picture experience was as news cameraman ... although he had learned to operate camera in one night, scooped field on first assignment the following day. Tried fifty scenarios before he sold one the fifty-first... it was an all-Vidor production. . .King wrote continuity, selected cast, played leading role and directed. Went to New York. . .progress not satisfactory. . .with wife, Florence, left New York and went to Southern California. Finally secured opportunity to write and direct five subjects for General Film Company ... from then on Vidor rose steadily. Among outstanding pictures to his credit are "The Big Parade," "Street Scene," "The Crowd," and "The Champ." His latest pictures are "Our Daily Bread," which he wrote, directed and produced, and "The Wedding Night," featuring Anna Sten and Gary Cooper which he directed for Samuel Goldwyn . . . both pictures are United Artists releases. Vidor's hobbies are tennis ... cruising .. .badminton ... and negro spirituals sung to the accompaniment of his own guitar. He is six feet tall. . .well built. . .black hair and blue eyes. . . quiet and with soft, well-modulated voice. + + + + + 47