Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with King Wallis Vidor, 1958.
Creator: | Vidor, King, 1894-1982 | Project: | Popular arts project. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 49 pages Sound recording 1 reel Sound recording (Memoirs of the of the Movies excerpts) 2 reels | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteMoving-picture director
Scope and ContentsEarliest experiences with motion pictures, experiments with makeshift equipment; Vitagraph; career as director at First National, Metro, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; description of making various films including "The Big Parade" and "Street Scene"; advent of sound; responsibility of the director; impressions of D.W. Griffith, John Gilbert, Lillian Gish
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