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Alexander Korda Facts
| Sign | Virgo |
| Born |
Sep 16, 1893 Pusztatúrpásztó, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary) |
| Died |
Jan 23, 1956 London, UK |
| Age | Died at 62 |
| Total Facts | 10 |
1921: Son Peter Vincent Korda born.
1936: Became a naturalized British subject.
1942: Knighted for services to the film industry by King George VI, the first film personality to be so honored.
Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 555-562. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
Founded, in his journalist days, the magazine le Cinéma de Pest in Hungary on October 1st 1912.
Founder/owner of London Film Productions and Denham Studios.
Grandfather of Victoria Korda.
He took some flak for spending a lot of time in the U.S. during World War II, but it now appears that he was (amongst other things) acting as a courier for Winston Churchill.
Older brother of Vincent Korda and Zoltan Korda.
Uncle of Michael Korda