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...private life Violinist Heifetz is the husband of queenly, retired Cinemactress Florence Vidor...
...doctor on the case was an hour late. When an infantile paralysis epidemic breaks out, Trent retracts his testimony against Ludlow so as to continue his research, serves humanity, marries Ruth. David Boehm's hard-hitting screen play is far better craftsmanship than the ponderous directorship of Charles Vidor. Flying to Hollywood, Producer Schulberg's attention was attracted to dark John Trent, .who suggests a cross between Richard Barthelmess and George Raft, in the coffee shop of the Kansas City Airport. When a female passenger said audibly: "That's a dish!" Producer Schulberg offered...
...find all early white residents of their State, not excluding desperadoes, depicted as high-spirited, swashbuckling citizens in sharp contrast with those cheap chiselers, the Indians. Audiences elsewhere are likely to excuse the picture for its pardonable bias on the grounds of an entertainment value enhanced by King Vidor's vigorous treatment of a story largely concocted by himself, brilliant photography by Cameraman Eddie Cronjager...
...troupers, he tried to take a hand in stage-managing his pictures. This brought on arguments. One day he almost quit because it seemed to him there were not enough chickens around a farmhouse set. Another time he got into a furious fight about his dialect, which Director Charles Vidor criticized. "Oh, it ain't Irish, isn't it?" he yelled. "Well, let me tell you, Mr. Know-It-All, it's been Irish enough to earn me a good living for 25 years. If any man could tell good from bad Irish it wouldn't be a thick-talking...
...Government Motion Picture Bureau's Cup for the best direction: King Vidor, for The Wedding Night (TIME, March...