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King Vidor, American by Durgnat, Raymond, Simmon, Scott is a performing arts available to read on EtoBox.
What is King Vidor, American about?
Hollywood director King Vidor (1894-1982) was acknowledged as a master by movie showmen and cinema critics alike, but the range of his films made him impossible to pigeonhole. With The Big Parade (1925), he created the first modern war film and MGM's first major hit. The Crowd (1928) looked at "ordinary people" in city jungles. Hallelujah (1929) was the first all-black major-studio feature. To the Great Depression, Vidor responded with Our Daily Bread (1934), the politically intricate saga of a
Who reads King Vidor, American?
It is typically read by artists, cooks, musicians and hobbyists working from how-to references.
Common subject areas: arts, cooking, music, crafts.
- Author
- Durgnat, Raymond, Simmon, Scott
- Publisher
- Berkeley ; Los Angeles : University of California Press
- Published
- 1988
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780520057982
- Category
- performing arts
- Subjects
- Sports, Literary Fiction, Performing Arts
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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