Korda, Alexander Sir 1893-1956

Overview

Works:	301 works in 1,445 publications in 10 languages and 17,674 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Film adaptations Action and adventure films History Children's films Animated films Juvenile works Historical films Detective and mystery films War films
Roles:	Producer, Director, Author, pmn, Restager , Film editor, Performer, fmd, Production personnel, Former owner, wpr, Bibliographic antecedent, Honoree, Author of introduction, Scenarist, Contributor
Classifications:	PN1997, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Alexander Korda

Charmed lives : a family romance by Michael Korda( Book )
Alexander Korda : the man who could work miracles by Karol Kulik( Book )
Alexander Korda by Paul Tabori( Book )
Things to come by H. G Wells( Book )
Korda : Britain's only movie mogul by Charles Drazin( Book )

The Korda collection : Alexander Korda's film classics by Martin Stockham( Book )
Hin zum Film - zurück zu den Bildern : Tableaux Vivants: "Lebende Bilder" in Filmen von Antamoro, Korda, Visconti und Pasolini by Joanna Barck( Book )
Korda : Britain's movie mogul by Charles Drazin( Book )
Korda Sándor by Áron Tóbiás( Book )
Korda by Peter Cowie( Book )
Anthologie du cinéma( Book )
A tribute to Lord Olivier : the Korda-Dalí portrait of Laurence Olivier in the role of Richard III( Book )
Sanders of the river by Zoltan Korda( Visual )
by United Artists Corporation( )
The papers of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya by Kurt Weill( )
The Alexander Korda classic film library( Book )
Korda, Sir Alexander : Producer, Director by Martin Quigley( )
Vite stregate by Michael Korda( Book )
Alexander Korda, brilliant director of British films by Jack Maughan( Visual )
Alexander Korda una vida de ensueño by Michael Korda( )

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Most widely held works by Alexander Korda

The third man by Carol Reed( Visual )

120 editions published between 1949 and 2017 in 5 languages and held by 2,577 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Set in post-war Vienna, an American western-adventure writer searches for a friend who turns out to be the king-pin of the Austrian black market

To be or not to be by Ernst Lubitsch( Visual )

15 editions published between 1942 and 2013 in English and held by 1,080 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The world is on the brink of war-- but the show must go on. So Joseph Tura, the Polish actor who put the ham in Hamlet, stare beyond the footlights and says, "To be or not to be ..."--Container

The thief of Bagdad : an Arabian fantasy by Michael Powell( Visual )

38 editions published between 1940 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 860 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess

The jungle book by Walt Disney( Visual )

80 editions published between 1942 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 802 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The story of a human baby, Mowgli, who is adopted by wolves from whom he learns about love, justice, and the jungle code of loyalty

The private life of Henry VIII by Alexander Korda( Visual )

96 editions published between 1933 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 779 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Alexander Korda's first major international success is a raucous, entertaining, even poignant glimpse into the bedrooms of the infamous king and his six wives."--Container

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Leslie Howard( Visual )

49 editions published between 1934 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 739 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An apparently ineffectual member of royalty by night dons a peasant's costume and defies the bloody tribunals of the French Revolution by snatching the doomed aristocrats from the guillotine

The four feathers by Zoltan Korda( Visual )

25 editions published between 1939 and 2011 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 727 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Set at the end of the nineteenth century. With cannon fire igniting the North African skies, the British cavalry charges into battle to capture the strategic city of Khartoum. In the midst of the devastating carnage, a horrified officer resigns from his post. But he soon finds his shame is greater than his fear, and he returns to save his honor and the friends he betrayed at any cost

That Hamilton woman by Alexander Korda( Visual )

46 editions published between 1941 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 724 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars of the late eighteenth century. Emma Hart is a beautiful dance hall girl who is sent by her latest lover to stay with his uncle Sir William Hamilton, the British ambassador to Naples. Sir William considers Emma a rare piece of art he must possess. Sir William introduces Emma to Naples' elite society and she soon marries him. Later, Horatio Nelson, a famous English Naval office arrives. Soon, a scandalous, adulterous affair between the British Royal Navy officer and the renowned beauty, Emma begins

H.G. Wells' Things to come by H. G Wells( Visual )

48 editions published between 1936 and 2014 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 604 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

After a 25 year war destroys civilization, a group of scientific supermen set out to build a new one in this science fiction film. Decades later, their progress is threatened by a reactionary who urges the masses to rise up in protest

Rembrandt by Alexander Korda( Visual )

74 editions published between 1936 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 573 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Beginning with Rembrandt in his prime, the film tracks his quiet descent into loneliness and isolated self-expression following the death of his wife."--Container

Anna Karénina by Julien Duvivier( Visual )

22 editions published between 1948 and 2013 in English and held by 378 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Videocassette release of the 1948 motion picture based on Tolstoy's novel of passion and family conflict set in 19th century upper-class Russia

H.G. Wells' things to come( Visual )

7 editions published between 1936 and 2013 in English and held by 316 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Skipping through time, Things to come bears witness to world war, disease, dictatorship and finally utopia. Conceived, written and overseen by Wells himself as an adaptation of his own work."

The Fanny trilogy( Visual )

7 editions published between 1991 and 2007 in French and held by 247 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Contains three films written by Marcel Pagnol. Marius is a young man torn between his love for his family and his desire to move away from his Marseilles harbor, while Fanny, his shy lover, doesn't know how to hold Marius back to keep him near her. Cesar, Marius' father, does not know his son's intentions. When Marius leaves, Fanny discovers she is pregnant with his son, and struggles with the support of his family, to survive without him

The private life of Don Juan by Alexander Korda( Visual )

32 editions published between 1934 and 2013 in English and Spanish and held by 239 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When Don Juan fakes his own death - only to find that he has promptly been forgotten - can a raven-haired beauty coax him back into the business?

Marius by Alexander Korda( Visual )

54 editions published between 1931 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 230 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Marius, the son of a Marseilles waterfront café owner gives up his sweetheart, Fanny, to go to sea

The rise of Catherine the Great by Alexander Korda( Visual )

6 editions published between 1934 and 2009 in English and held by 193 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Peek into the life of Catherine II, from the beautiful royal courts of 18th century Russia to her troubled marriage to Peter III (portrayed in nearly 'screwball' fashion)

10 movie adventure pack( Visual )

1 edition published in 2011 in English and held by 180 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Spirit of the eagle: "A legendary mapmaker roams the forests accompanied by a majestic golden eagle"--Container

Elephant boy by Robert Joseph Flaherty( Visual )

14 editions published between 1937 and 2013 in English and held by 170 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

As Kipling's Toomai of the elephants, 13-year-old Sabu leads a British hunting expedition through the jungle with his pachyderm pal, instantly becoming a legend

Rudyard Kipling's Jungle book( Visual )

4 editions published between 1952 and 2004 in English and held by 156 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Mowgli, a teenage boy raised by wolves in the wild, must fight evil in the jungle as well as greed in the hearts of men

The drum( Visual )

14 editions published between 1938 and 2011 in English and Spanish and held by 150 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In this action-packed adventure, Sabu plays a young prince who goes into hiding with Colonial forces after his nefarious uncle murders his maharaja father

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