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King Vidor

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King Wallis Vidor (February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose career spanned nearly seven decades. In 1979, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award for his "incomparable achievements as a cinematic creator and innovator." He was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Director, and won eight international film awards during his career. Vidor's best known films include The Big Parade (1925), The Crowd (1928), Stella Dallas (1937), and Duel in the Sun (1946).

08-02-1894

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Aquarius

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Total Films

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Galveston, Texas, USA

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And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
7.0

Year:

2014

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates the motion pictures in order to make them easier to watch by an undemanding audience or even how mutilates them to adapt the original formats and runtimes to the restrictive frame of the television screen and the abusive requirements of advertising. (Followed by “Filmmakers in Action.”)
6.2

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2005

Federico Fellini's Autobiography

Federico Fellini's Autobiography

Federico Fellini was one of the most individual and thought provoking directors who based most of his films upon his own reflections, dreams, life events and fantasies, who did not convey any special message for humanity but regarded cinema simply as entertainment. Is there an answer to everything? Can it possibly be? If yes, then life can no longer be so curious, so dynamic, so creative...
6.3

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2000

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

Documentary about the making of the 1939 MGM classic film The Wizard of Oz. Includes interviews of cast and crew members, their families and fans of the film.
8.3

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1990

Love and Money

Love and Money

An investment planner, bored with his job and his girlfriend, is given the opportunity to help open a new firm in South America. Once in the new country, he finds himself dealing with dictators and revolutionaries during a time of intense political upheaval, and to complicate his life further, he begins an affair with his new employer's wife.
5.3

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1981

Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyeth

Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyeth

Vidor and Wyeth discuss the influence of The Big Parade on Wyeth and the use of metaphors in art
6.0

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1980

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

Overview of director King Vidor's filmography.
6.0

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1973

Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics

Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics

A meditation or film-essay on metaphysics, perception, and the purpose and progress of mankind.
5.0

Year:

1964

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in the 30s and 40s.
3.3

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1961

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.
6.0

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1960

It's a Great Feeling

It's a Great Feeling

A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan agree to help her.
5.9

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1949

Northward, Ho!

Northward, Ho!

Behind-the-scenes promotional featurette to publicize the epic outdoor adventure Northwest Passage filmed on location in Idaho.
5.0

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1940

Our Daily Bread

Our Daily Bread

John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community - a socialist mini-society. The newborn community suffers many hardships - drought, vicious raccoons and the long arm of the law - but ultimately pull together to reach a bread-based Utopia.
6.8

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1934

Show People

Show People

Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.
7.1

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1928

1925 Studio Tour

1925 Studio Tour

A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and gives viewers a glimpse at how movies are made.
6.2

Year:

1925

Souls for Sale

Souls for Sale

A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
6.2

Year:

1923

Faith

Faith

A father who despises his daughter, a boyfriend who refuses to marry the girl he knocked up, and a mother caught in the middle.
0.0

Year:

1916

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
7.1

Year:

1916