biography
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Korda, Sir Alexander
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originally Sándor Laszlo Korda
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| lived:
| (1893–1956)
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| biography:
| Film producer, born in Puszta, E Hungary. He began as a journalist in Budapest, became a film producer there, and then in Vienna, Berlin, and Hollywood, where he directed for First National. He moved to the UK, and in 1932 founded London Film Productions and Denham studios. His films include The Private Life of Henry VIII (1932), The Third Man (1949), and Richard III (1956). He was knighted in 1942, the first film-maker to be so honoured. |
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