Vincent Korda

Production Designer

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Also Known As

Vincent Kellner

Birth Place

Hungary

Died

January 04, 1979

Biography

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Distinguished art director who frequently collaborated with his brothers Alexander and Zoltan Korda. His work on William Cameron Menzies' ambitious science fiction tale, "Things to Come" (1936), was a landmark in feature film production design....

Filmography

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The Challenge (1939)

The Epic That Never Was (I, Claudius) (1965)

Art Direction ("I, Claudius")

The Longest Day (1962)

Scent of Mystery (1960)

The Deep Blue Sea (1955)

Production Design

Summertime (1955)

Production Design

Photos & Videos

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That Hamilton Woman (1941) -- (Movie Clip) My Dear Captain

That Hamilton Woman (1941) -- (Movie Clip) By The Queen's Own Hand

Family & Companions

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Gertrude Musgrove

Wife

Actor. Married, 1933.

Biography

Distinguished art director who frequently collaborated with his brothers Alexander and Zoltan Korda. His work on William Cameron Menzies' ambitious science fiction tale, "Things to Come" (1936), was a landmark in feature film production design.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

The Challenge (1939)

Art Director (Feature Film)

The Epic That Never Was (I, Claudius) (1965)

Art Direction ("I, Claudius")

The Longest Day (1962)

Scent of Mystery (1960)

The Deep Blue Sea (1955)

Production Design

Summertime (1955)

Production Design

Fire over Africa (1954)

Miracle in Milan (1951)

Outcast of the Islands (1951)

Vacation from Marriage (1945)

Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book (1942)

Prod Designer in color by

To Be or Not to Be (1942)

Prod Designer by

Production Design

That Hamilton Woman (1941)

Production Design

The Lion Has Wings (1940)

21 Days Together (1940)

Clouds over Europe (1939)

U-Boat 29 (1939)

Supervisor art Director

The Challenge (1939)

Supervisor art Director

Prison Without Bars (1939)

Supervisor art Director

Action for Slander (1938)

Supervisor art Director

The Gaiety Girls (1938)

Supervisor art Director

Men Are Not Gods (1937)

Settings Designer by

I Stand Condemned (1936)

Rembrandt (1936)

The Girl from Maxim's (1936)

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935)

The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)

Art Department (Feature Film)

The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1965)

Art Director (European sequence)

The Holly and the Ivy (1952)

Home at Seven (1952)

The Sound Barrier (1952)

The Third Man (1949)

The Fallen Idol (1948)

Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)

An Ideal Husband (1947)

Conquest Of The Air (1940)

Old Bill and Son (1940)

The Four Feathers (1939)

Settings Designer in colour by

The Drum (1938)

Set Designer in col by

The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1937)

Set designed by

Murder on Diamond Row (1937)

Set Designer by

The Ghost Goes West (1936)

Things to Come (1936)

Settings Designer

The Private Life of Henry VIII (1934)

Settings Designer by

The Rise Of Catherine The Great (1934)

Wedding Rehearsal (1932)

Production Designer (Feature Film)

Major Barbara (1941)

Production Designer

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Scent of Mystery (1960)

Prod Supervisor

Post Production (Feature Film)

The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Prod design in color

Over the Moon (1940)

Sets in color by

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953)

Life Events

Videos

That Hamilton Woman (1941) -- (Movie Clip) My Dear Captain Lady Hamilton (Vivien Leigh) thriving as the wife of Sir William (Alan Mowbray), the British ambassador to Naples, grapples with a social problem and meets young Captain Nelson (Laurence Olivier) for the first time, in Alexander Korda's That Hamilton Woman, 1941.

That Hamilton Woman (1941) -- (Movie Clip) By The Queen's Own Hand At odds with history but smartly dressed by designer Rene Hubert, Lady Hamilton (Vivien Leigh) visits her old friend now Admiral Nelson (Laurence Olivier) aboard the Vanguard, shocked at his condition but bearing good news of her influence with the queen of Naples, in Alexander Korda's That Hamilton Woman, 1941.

That Hamilton Woman (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Such Godlike Simplicity The flashback begins, introducing Sir William Hamilton (Alan Mowbray), the British ambassador to Naples, and a dazzling double entrance, first by portrait, of young Emma (Vivien Leigh), accompanied by her mother (Sara Allgood), in Alexander Korda's That Hamilton Woman, 1941, also starring Laurence Olivier.

That Hamilton Woman (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Emma, Lady Hamilton Nothing inaccurate in this opening scene, Vivien Leigh as the now dissolute Lady Hamilton, who died in poverty in Calais in 1815, clashing with French authorities, rescued by English Mary (Heather Angel), in Alexander Korda's That Hamilton Woman, 1941, co-starring Laurence Olivier.

Four Feathers, The (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Plenty For Other Men The four young officers introduced as adults, Ralph Richardson as Captain John, John Clements, Jack Allen and Donald Gray as lieutenants Harry, Willoughby and Peter, tension as their mission to Egypt is revealed, in Zoltan Korda's version of the A.E.W. Mason novel, The Four Feathers, 1939.

Four Feathers, The (1939) -- (Movie Clip) If We Were Free London, 1895, Harry (John Clements) discovers his miscalculation, wife Ethne (June Duprez) not welcoming his resignation from the army, her father (C. Aubrey Smith) just returned from seeing off his comrades, who have sent a message, a pivotal moment in Zoltan Korda's The Four Feathers, 1939.

Four Feathers, The (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Captain Durrance British Captain Durrance (Ralph Richardson) on patrol in the Sudan, locates the enemy but fails to make it back to warn his colleagues, director Zoltan Korda shooting in Technicolor on the genuine location, in The Four Feathers, 1939.

Thief Of Bagdad, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) This Is No Dog Plenty of spectacle in the opening scene, introducing the evil magician Jaffar (Conrad Veidt) arriving in Basra, and the not-much-explained "Blind Man" (John Justin), in Alexander Korda's The Thief Of Bagdad, 1940.

Thief Of Bagdad, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Free, Free, After Two Thousand Years Abu (Sabu), shipwrecked by his evil magician enemy, discovers a bottle, the not overly bright Djinn (Rex Ingram) inside, one of the more famous effects from producer Alexander Korda's The Thief Of Bagdad, 1940.

Private Life Of Henry VIII (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Poor Anne Boleyn The star (Charles Laughton) is not seen but much discussed, as producer-director Alexander Korda lets his nurse (Lady Tree) and attendants chatter, the current queen (Merle Oberon) awaiting the gleeful executioner (Gibb McLaughlin), opening The Private Life Of Henry VIII, 1934.

Private Life Of Henry VIII (1934) -- (Movie Clip) You're The Nicest Girl I Ever Married Director Alexander Korda exploits legend as the king (Charles Laughton) negotiates an exit from his politically-motivated fourth marriage to savvy Germanic Anne Of Cleves (Elsa Lanchester, also Mrs. Laughton) in a card game, in The Private Life Of Henry VIII, 1934.

Thief Of Bagdad, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) You Talk In Riddles In Basra, blind Ahmad, King of Bagdad (John Justin), closely observed by sneaky Halima (Mary Morris) and her master Jaffar (Conrad Veidt), reveals his back-story and his dog's too, introducing Sabu as "Abu," early in Alexander Korda's The Thief Of Bagdad, 1940.

Longest Day, The - (Original Trailer) An all-star cast including John Wayne and Henry Fonda in a re-creation of the D-Day invasion on The Longest Day (1962).

Vacation From Marriage - (U.S. Trailer) After World War II service changes them, a married couple dread their postwar reunion in Vacation from Marriage (1945) starring Robert Donat and Deborah Kerr.

Scarlet Pimpernel, The - (Original Trailer) A British aristocrat (Leslie Howard) seems effete but is actually a swashbuckling hero rescuing victims of the French revolution.

Yellow Rolls-Royce, The - (Original Trailer) A classic car changes the lives of three sets of owners in The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) starring Rex Harrison, Shirley MacLaine and Ingrid Bergman.

Family

Alexander Korda

Brother

Director, producer, executive.

Zoltan Korda

Brother

Director.

Companions

Gertrude Musgrove

Wife

Actor. Married, 1933.

Bibliography

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