They lived among kings, legends and dreamers— and left behind a legacy that still shines
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 Vivien Leigh, Sir Laurence Olivier, Marlene Dietrich, H.G. Wells and Merle Oberon, who was soon to be Alex's wife. But along with Alex's flair for success lies an equally powerful impulse for destruction.
Vivien LeighSelf (archive footage)
Laurence OlivierSelf (archive footage)
Orson WellesSelf (archive footage)
David NivenSelf (archive footage)
David O. SelznickSelf (archive footage)
Samuel GoldwynSelf (archive footage)
H. G. WellsSelf (archive footage)
Mary PickfordSelf (archive footage)
Charlie ChaplinSelf (archive footage)
SabuSelf (archive footage)
Charles LaughtonSelf (archive footage)
Elsa LanchesterSelf (archive footage)
Michael CurtizSelf (archive footage)
Rex HarrisonSelf (archive footage)
Merle OberonSelf (archive footage)
