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Title: King Vidor Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1920-1965
Collection number: 934
Creator:
Vidor, King, 1894-1982
Extent:
14 boxes (7 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: King Wallis Vidor (1894-1982) made over fifty feature films and received five Academy Award nominations before retiring from
films in the late 1950s. His directorial debut was
The turn in the road (1919), but he is best known for
The big parade (1925),
The champ (1931), and
Duel in the sun (1947). The collection contains annotated scripts, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera for 22 films Vidor produced
or directed including
The big parade,
Duel in the sun,
Northwest passage, and
Stella dallas.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of King Vidor, 1966.
[Identification of item], King Vidor Papers (Collection 934). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
King Wallis Vidor was born February 8, 1894 in Galveston, Texas; made fifty-six feature films in forty years; married Florence
Arto, 1915 (divorced 1925); married Eleanor Boardman, 1926 (later divorced); married Elizabeth Hill; his directorial debut
was
The turn in the road (1919); made
Hallelujah! (1929), the first sound picture with an all black cast; best known for
The big parade (1925),
The crowd (1928),
The champ (1931),
Stella Dallas (1937), and
Duel in the sun (1947); wrote an autobiography,
A tree is a tree (1953); retired from films in the late 1950s; taught a graduate cinema class during the 1960s at UCLA; received Edinburgh
Film Festival award for career achievements, 1964; after receiving five Academy Award nominations during the course of his
career, he was granted a special award for his innovations in cinema, 1979; died of congestive heart failure, Paso Robles,
California, on November 1, 1982.
Collection consists of materials related to Vidor's career as a motion picture director and producer. Contains annotated scripts,
correspondence, photographs, and ephemera for 22 films including
The big parade,
Duel in the sun,
Northwest passage, and
Stella dallas.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Vidor, King, 1894-1982--Archives.
Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Archival resources.
Silent films--Production and direction--United States--Archival resources.
Film scripts.
Filming of Duel in the sun [oral history transcript] / Ray Rennahan, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, 1969. Available at Department
of Special Collections, UCLA.