Innovator." Additionally, he won eight national and international film awards during his career, including the Screen Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in
In 1979, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award for his "incomparable achievements as a cinematic creator and Vidor was nominated five times by the Academy Awards for Best Director. He was considered an "actors' director": many of his players received Academy Award nominations or awards, among them Wallaceīeery, Robert Donat, Barbara Stanwyck, Jennifer Jones, Anne Shirley, and Lillian Gish. Vidor's earlier films tend to identify with the common people in a collective struggle, whereas his later works place individualists His dramatic depictions of the American western landscape endow nature with a sinister force where his characters struggle for survival and Among his finest works are Northwest Passage (1940),Ĭomrade X (1940), An American Romance (1944), and Duel in the Sun Vidor's sound films of the 1940s and early 1950s arguably represent his richest output. His most acclaimed and successful film in the silent era is The Big Parade Considered an auteur director, Vidor approached multiple genres andĪllowed the subject matter to determine the style, often pressing the limits of film-making conventions. His works are distinguished by a vivid, humane, and sympathetic depiction of contemporary social issues. King Wallis Vidor ( Febru– November 1, 1982) was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose 67-year film-making career successfully spanned the silent and sound eras. Who became the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the Arab-Israeli War of 1948?.Whose AnAmerican Dilemma highlighted the moral quandary of white Americans who embraced democratic ideals in theory but denied them to their black.As lawyers in the 1930s and 1940s, Thurgood Marshall and Charles Hamilton Houston adopted all of the following tactics EXCEPT.Which scholar, the second black man to receive a doctorate in historyįrom Harvard University, is known today as the Father of Black History?.Board of Education of Topeka Kansas overturn in 1954? In what ways was it a transformative moment for African Americans, and in what ways did it fail to bring change to education for African Americans? Explain the background and significance of the landmark Supreme Court Case, Brown v.In the Sweattand McLaurin cases of 1950, the NAACP evidenced a shift in the direction of what innovative tactic, which represented an important departure from.How did public schools in the North differ from those in the South?.Which executive secretary of the National Association of Graduate Colored Nurses played a crucial role in expanding opportunities for black nurses in the U.S.Which of the following statements about Claude McKay is LEAST accurate?.Identify three important writers from the Harlem Renaissance and describe the general characteristics of their works.Īddress the following questions: Were they artistic innovators or did they favor working within existing traditions? Which segment of African-American society did they represent in their works? How were their works influenced by contemporary works in other genres? (Write one paragraph for each writer discussed.).Which Howard University professor and editor of the anthology TheNew Negro emerged as the architect of the Harlem Renaissance in 1924?.What controversial 1929 King Vidor film produced arguably Hollywood’s most realistic and sensitive portrayal of black family life before the 1970s?.
Which dancer, having enjoyed success on Broadway, became a legendary figure in Europe through the Revue.As a group, the writers of the Harlem Renaissance believed that.Who founded Black Swan Records in 1920?.Whose phenomenally popular recording of “Crazy Blues” in 1920 paved the way for black women to become musical recording artists?.Who was the highest ranking black officer in the US Army at the beginning of the First World War quizlet?.What city is identified as the birthplace of jazz quizlet?.What city became the center of the jazz world by the late 1920s?.Which of the following statements about independent black filmmakers in the 1920s is least accurate quizlet?.
A Sound Era Magnum Opus: Duel in the Sun (1946).The Crowd (1928) and cinematic populism.A silent-era magnum opus: The Big Parade:."Vidor Village" and First National Exhibitors, 1920–1925.Brentwood Film Corporation and the "Preachment" films, 1918–1919.
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