Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

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 Leigh

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Laurence Olivier

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Orson Welles

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David Niven

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David O. Selznick

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Samuel Goldwyn

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H. G. Wells

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Mary Pickford

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Charlie Chaplin

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Sabu

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Charles Laughton

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Elsa Lanchester

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Michael Curtiz

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Rex Harrison

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Merle Oberon

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Douglas Fairbanks

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George Cukor

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Carol Reed

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Winston Churchill

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Alexander Korda

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Zoltan Korda

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Adolph Zukor

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Cecil Beaton

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Gabriel Pascal

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J. Arthur Rank

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Bernard Shaw

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Vincent Korda

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Maria Korda

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Miklós Horthy

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