Silver Voices: King Vidor Interview (1958)

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Photo courtesy Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections/George Eastman Museum 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:18 Career — Autobiography A Tree is a Tree: King Vidor 00:02:38 Career — First Hollywood job and MAN WITHOUT A STAR (1955) 00:05:00 Career — WAR AND PEACE (1956): Adaptation process, shooting in Italy 00:12:38 Career — WAR AND PEACE (1956): Production language barrier 00:15:40 Career — WAR AND PEACE (1956): Troika scene 00:18:38 Career — WAR AND PEACE (1956): Opera house scene, budget issues 00:22:50 Career — Function of the director 00:25:14 Early Career — THE BIG PARADE (1925) 00:34:00 Early Career — THE CROWD (1928) 00:35:30 Reflections — The film industry and importance of filmmaking 00:41:50 Reflections — Faith in the audience The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival audio, was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-30-19-0681-19. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this audio do not necessarily represent those of the Institute of Library Sciences or the National Endowment for the Humanities.