King Vidor
Biography: 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).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 08, 1894
Deathday: November 01, 1982
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It's a Great Feeling
1949-08-01
It's a Great Feeling
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-08-01
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Love and Money
1981-08-28
Love and Money
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-28
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961-12-31
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-31
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Souls for Sale
1923-04-22
Souls for Sale
Overview: A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-04-22
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Northward, Ho!
1940-02-10
Northward, Ho!
Overview: Behind-the-scenes promotional featurette to publicize the epic outdoor adventure Northwest Passage filmed on location in Idaho.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-02-10
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The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973-01-01
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Overview: Overview of director King Vidor's filmography.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960-01-10
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Overview: A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-10
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916-09-04
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Overview: The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-09-04
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Show People
1928-11-20
Show People
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-20
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Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics
1964-01-01
Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics
Overview: A meditation or film-essay on metaphysics, perception, and the purpose and progress of mankind.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005-07-17
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Overview: 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.”)
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ca
Release Date: 2005-07-17
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1925 Studio Tour
1925-04-09
1925 Studio Tour
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-04-09
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And the Oscar Goes To...
2014-02-01
And the Oscar Goes To...
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-01
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Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyeth
1980-01-01
Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyeth
Overview: Vidor and Wyeth discuss the influence of The Big Parade on Wyeth and the use of metaphors in art
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Our Daily Bread
1934-10-02
Our Daily Bread
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-02
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
1990-02-20
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-20
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Faith
1916-10-30
Faith
Overview: A father who despises his daughter, a boyfriend who refuses to marry the girl he knocked up, and a mother caught in the middle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-10-30
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Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000-09-05
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
Overview: 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...
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2000-09-05
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