The producer behind such celebrated films as The Four Feathers and The Third Man is one of the most colorful and important figures in the history of the British cinema. This gripping biography tells how with extraordinary ambition, enterprise, and showmanship, Alexander Korda established in Britain a film industry that rivalled Hollywood, built Europe's biggest studio, and created world-class stars, including Charles Laughton and Vivien Leigh. The biography traces Korda's path from his rural childhood in a remote part of Hungary to a British knighthood. Korda's legacy, it...