In the 1950s, King Vidor’s brilliant but eccentric pictures became more eccentric than brilliant. The Fountainhead and Ruby Gentry contain dynamic visuals, even as their overheated dramatics are improbable.
Filmography
The Grand Military Parade (1913)
Hurricane in Galveston (1913)
The Intrigue (1916)(*as young actor)
The Lost Lie (1918)
Bud’s Recruit (1918)
The Chocolate of the Gang (1918)
Tad’s Swimming Hole (1918)
The Accusing Toe (1918)
I’m a Man (1918)
The Turn in the Road (1919)
Better Times (1919) (as King W. Vidor)
The Other Half (1919) (as King W. Vidor)
Poor Relations (1919)
The Family Honor (1920) (as King W. Vidor)
The Jack-Knife Man (1920)
The Sky Pilot (1921)
Love Never Dies (1921)
The Real Adventure (1922)
Dusk to Dawn (1922)
Conquering the Woman (1922)
Peg o’ My Heart (1922)
The Woman of Bronze (1923)
Three Wise Fools (1923)
Wild Oranges (1924)
Happiness (1924)
Wine of Youth (1924)
His Hour (1924)
The Wife of the Centaur (1924)
Proud Flesh (1925)
The Big Parade (1925)
La Bohème (1926)
Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
The Crowd (1928)
The Patsy, also known as The Politic Flapper (1928)
Show People (1928)
Sound Films
Hallelujah (1929)
Not So Dumb (1930)
Billy the Kid (US TV title The Highwayman Rides) (1930)
Street Scene (1931)
The Champ (1931)
Bird of Paradise (1932)
Cynara (1932) US reissue title I Was Faithful
The Stranger’s Return (1933)
Our Daily Bread (1934)
The Wedding Night (1935)
So Red the Rose (1935)
The Texas Rangers (1936)
Stella Dallas (1937)
The Citadel (1938)
The Wizard of Oz (1939) (Kansas scenes only) (uncredited)
1940s
Northwest Passage (1940)
Comrade X (1940)
H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)
An American Romance (1944)
Duel in the Sun (1946)
On Our Merry Way, also known as A Miracle Can Happen (1948)
The Fountainhead (1949)
Beyond the Forest (1949)
1950s
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)
Japanese War Bride (1952)
Ruby Gentry (1952)
Light’s Diamond Jubilee (1954) (TV)
Man Without a Star (1955)
War and Peace (1956)
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
Truth and Illusion (1964)
The Metaphor (1980)
