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Charles Vidor
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.
As director
Song Without End
A Farewell to Arms
The Joker is Wild
The Swan
Love Me or Leave Me
Rhapsody
Hans Christian Andersen
Thunder in the East
It's a Big Country
The Loves of Carmen
Gilda
Over 21
A Song to Remember
Cover Girl
Together Again
The Desperadoes
The Tuttles of Tahiti
Ladies in Retirement
New York Town
The Lady in Question
My Son, My Son!
Blind Alley
Those High Grey Walls
Romance of the Redwoods
She's No Lady
The Great Gambini
A Doctor's Diary
Muss 'em Up
Strangers All
The Arizonian