Which film-making era did Vidor successfully span?
Silent and sound eras
Black and White to color era
35mm to digital era
Monophonic to stereophonic sounds era
Answer
King Vidor successfully spanned the silent and sound eras of film-making. In the silent era, he directed films such as The Big Parade and The Crowd, which are both considered classics of American cinema. In the sound era, he directed films such as Duel in the Sun and War and Peace, which are both epic in scale.
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