Hollywood's forgotten king finally gets his crown — from the director who knew him best.
Direction
Schickel's intimate, reverent portrait of a peer.
Editing
Seamless weave of Vidor classics with his own words.
Director
Richard Schickel
King Vidor
Self
Sydney Pollack
Self - Narrator (voice)
Bette Davis
Self (archive footage)
Rosalind Russell
Self (archive footage)
Patricia Neal
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck
Self (archive footage)
John Gilbert
Self (archive footage)
Gary Cooper
Self (archive footage)
Gregory Peck
Self (archive footage)
Wallace Beery
Self (archive footage)
Robert Donat
Self (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vidor directed the black-and-white Kansas sequences in 'The Wizard of Oz' — yes, THAT tornado.
This 1973 doc arrived when New Hollywood was burying the studio system; Schickel's tribute felt like a eulogy and a warning.
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