4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 26, 2022

Film at its finest is able to use images to leave an indelible impression on an audience. King Vidor’s Street Scene opens with a telling montage. Kids being sprayed by a hose in a street. A slab of ice being carried off by a worker. A man swatting gnats away...   read more

Stardust and Shadows Posted by Terry on July 3, 2018

The style of Director King Vidor has fascinated in the way he handles story and actors. Vidor had  a long career beginning in 1913 all the way up to 1980 in a  variety of  genres yet always with a way of making actors and story fit well against a large...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on December 2, 2014

A Tree is a Tree King Vidor Longmans, Green and Co., UK, 1954 (Originally published in the US, 1952) I've never been able to understand why King Vidor remains an admired, but still strangely unsung director. His films are legendary: The Big Parade (1925), The Crowd (1928), Hallelujah (1929), The...   read more

Movie Classics Posted by Judy on October 6, 2012

Gary Cooper and Anna Sten I’ve been meaning to write something about this little-known but powerful melodrama directed by King Vidor, which was made under the Hays Code, but feels like a pre-Code in its sympathetic portrayal of an adulterous passion. Unfortunately I’ve left it a little t   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Silentfilmfanatic on February 23, 2010

"Wild Oranges" (1924) is a silent romantic drama starring Frank Mayo, Virginia Valli, and Ford Sterling. Directed by King Vidor and adapted from the novel by Joseph Hergesheimer, this film captures the bittersweet theme of love and loss. The story begins with John Woolfolk, played by Frank Mayo, ma   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Silentfilmfanatic on November 16, 2009

"The Patsy" (1928) is the first of three films that King Vidor directed with Marion Davies as the star. In this silent romantic comedy, Marion Davies plays Patricia Harrington, the neglected sister in a middle class family that presents the marvelous Marie Dressler as Ma Harrington and Jane Winton   read more