doi:10.7916/d8-fg9b-cd32Oral history interview with King Wallis Vidor, 1958Vidor, King, 1894-1982oral historiessound recordingssound recording - nonmusicalMotion picture producers and directorsMotion pictures--Production and directionMotion picture actors and actressesSilent filmsVidor, King, 1894-1982Earliest experiences with motion pictures, experiments with makeshift equipment; Vitagraph; career as director at First National, Metro, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; description of making various films including "The Big Parade" and "Street Scene"; advent of sound; responsibility of the director; impressions of D.W. Griffith, John Gilbert, Lillian Gish. Audio is comprised of narrator's excerpts from the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company's radio program series "Memoirs of the Movies"