Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

84 mins | Documentary | July 19, 2023

A Rolls Royce Silver Cloud drove him to airports; the British film industry kowtowed to his power; the great Hollywood studios fawned at his feet.Sir Alexander Korda, one of the world's most flamboyant movie tycoons, rose from obscurity in rural Hungary to become a legendary filmmaker. With him were his brothers, Zoltan and Vincent, all living charmed lives in circles that included H. G. Wells, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Marlena Dietrich, Vivien Leigh, and Merle Oberon, who was soon to be Alex's wife. But along with Alex's flair for success was an equally powerful impulse for destruction.

Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

84 mins | Documentary | July 19, 2023

Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
A Rolls Royce Silver Cloud drove him to airports; the British film industry kowtowed to his power; the great Hollywood studios fawned at his feet.Sir Alexander Korda, one of the world's most flamboyant movie tycoons, rose from obscurity in rural Hungary to become a legendary filmmaker. With him were his brothers, Zoltan and Vincent, all living charmed lives in circles that included H. G. Wells, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Marlena Dietrich, Vivien Leigh, and Merle Oberon, who was soon to be Alex's wife. But along with Alex's flair for success was an equally powerful impulse for destruction.
Producers London Film Productions, Romis Film Group, Goldmark Studio, Korda Film Productions
Original title Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Directors
Writers Michael Korda, Katie Palmer, Lauren Grant

Cast

Patrick Macnee

as Narrator

Merle Oberon

as Self (archive footage)

Laurence Olivier

as Self (archive footage)

Vivien Leigh

as Self (archive footage)

Charles Laughton

as Self (archive footage)

Elsa Lanchester

as Self (archive footage)

Orson Welles

as Self (archive footage)

Alexander Korda

as Self (archive footage)

Rex Harrison

as Self (archive footage)

Mary Pickford

as Self (archive footage)