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Vidor

American  
[vee-dawr, -dohr] / ˈvi dɔr, -doʊr /

noun

  1. King (Wallis), 1895–1982, U.S. motion-picture director and producer.

  2. a town in SE Texas.


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In brilliantly composed black-and-white photography, Vidor offers a drama on the psychology of American individualism in an age increasingly defined by the masses.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

Crain had just graduated from high school in her hometown of Vidor, Texas, in May of 2023 when she learned that she was pregnant.

From Salon Nov. 1, 2024

Cornerback Kindle Vidor fell just as Prescott was throwing deep to a sprinting Lamb, who caught the ball near midfield and cruised to the end zone.

From Seattle Times Dec. 30, 2023

Vidor, who longed to make an all-Black film, was an established director when he pitched “Hallelujah!” to MGM.

From New York Times Nov. 10, 2021

On the nth, Don Joam de Sousa, the Queen's Vidor, came from her Majesty to us both to welcome us into the country.

From Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe, Wife of Sir Richard Fanshawe, bart., ambassador from Charles the Second to the courts of Portugal and Madrid. by Fanshawe, Anne Harrison, Lady

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