Korda, Sir Alexander

Korda, Sir Alexander
(1893–1956)
   Film producer and director. After working in the film industry in his native Hungary, Korda went to Hollywood and then settled in London in 1929. His first major success was The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), starring Charles Laughton and Merle Oberon, whom he later married. He directed or produced a number of important British films through the London Film Productions Ltd. or Alexander Korda Film Productions. In 1942 he was knighted for his services to British films.

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  • KORDA, SIR ALEXANDER — (1893–1956), film producer. Born Sandor Laszlo Kellner in Hungary, Korda worked for Hungarian newspapers, but in 1915 became a stagehand in a Budapest film studio and went on to writing and directing. After World War I he moved to Vienna, Rome,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Korda, Sir Alexander — orig. Sándor Laszlo Kellner born Sept. 16, 1893, Pusztatúrpásztó, Hung. died Jan. 23, 1956, London, Eng. Hungarian born British film director and producer. He worked as a journalist in Budapest, where he founded a film magazine and, in 1917,… …   Universalium

  • Korda, Sir Alexander — orig. Sándor Laszlo Kellner (16 sep. 1893, Pusztatúrpásztó, Hungría–23 ene. 1956, Londres, Inglaterra). Director y productor de cine británico de origen húngaro. Trabajó como periodista en Budapest, donde después fundó una revista de cine y, en… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Sir Alexander — Korda (motion picture producer) …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

  • Sir Alexander Korda — noun British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893 1956) • Syn: ↑Korda, ↑Sandor Kellner • Instance Hypernyms: ↑film maker, ↑filmmaker, ↑film producer, ↑movie maker …   Useful english dictionary

  • Alexander — Alexander, Christopher Alexander, islas de Alexander, sir Harold * * * (as used in expressions) William Alexander Abbott Agassiz, Alexander (Emmanuel Rodolphe) Alexander, archipiélago Alexander, Harold (Rupert Leofric George) Alexander, 1 conde… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Korda — (sir Alexander) (1893 1956) cinéaste et producteur britannique d origine hongroise: Marius (en France, 1931), la Vie privée d Henri VIII (1934) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Alexander Korda — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Korda. Sir Alexander Korda, plus connu en France sous le nom d Alexandre Korda, est un réalisateur et producteur hongrois naturalisé britannique, né le 16 septembre 1893 à Pusztatúrpásztó (Autriche… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Alexander — /al ig zan deuhr, zahn /, n. 1. See Alexander the Great. 2. Also, Alexandros. Class. Myth. Homeric name for Paris. 3. Franz /frants, franz, frahnts/, 1891 1964, U.S. psychoanalyst, born in Hungary. 4. Grover Cleveland …   Universalium

  • sir — /serr/, n. 1. a respectful or formal term of address used to a man: No, sir. 2. (cap.) the distinctive title of a knight or baronet: Sir Walter Scott. 3. (cap.) a title of respect for some notable personage of ancient times: Sir Pandarus of Troy …   Universalium

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