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George Cukor (1899 - 1983)
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Cukor : A Double Life by Patrick McGilligan
George
Cukor is best known for directing witty comedies, but he also made
wonderful dramas and musicals. He adapted many of his films from
theatrical productions, but with such technical proficiency that
they rarely felt stagy. In his long and productive career, he made
classics such as Camille, Holiday, The
Philadelphia Story, Adam's Rib, A Star is Born,
and My Fair Lady. Patrick McGilligan's excellent biography
gives the story behind the making of these and many other movies
as well as terrific insights into Cukor's Jewish upbringing, his
homosexuality, his reputation as a "woman's director,"
and his long-time association with Katharine Hepburn, with whom he
made 10 films. Through 50 years and 50
films--from Holiday and The Philadelphia Story to Camille and My
Fair Lady--George Cukor created some of Hollywood's greatest
motion pictures. The first book to discuss Cukor's homosexuality
openly, George Cukor: A Double Life is a sympathetic portrait of a
man "whose long career is all the more impressive given the
double life he was forced to lead" -- Los Angeles Book
Review
 The
Women (1939)
George
Cukor, Hollywood's legendary "woman's director," had his
hands full with the all-female cast of this 1939 film adaptation
of the Clare Boothe play. The story finds a group of catty,
competitive friends destroying reputations at social gatherings.
The dialogue sparkles, Joan Crawford's performance as a husband
stealer is still a classic, the film looks wonderful in Cukor's
hands, and the Technicolor fashion-show scene is a one-of-a-kind
Hollywood experience. --Tom Keogh -- Amazon.com
essential video
George Cukor Filmography:
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Excerpt:
Best known in his earlier days as the man who
brought many a classic costume novel to the screen, George Cukor's
50-plus year directing career later expanded to include thrillers,
screwball romantic comedies, and even musicals. Sometimes labeled
as a "woman's director," Cukor lead eight of his leading
ladies to Best Actress- nominated performances and himself
received five Best Director nominations over the course of his
career...
This site hosts an article about Cukor from the New
York Times, 1941.
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From Q
Excerpt:
Director George Cukor, whose homosexuality was
an open secret in Hollywood, worked in a variety of genres over
his long career, but the comedy of sexual manners became his
particular forte. His comfort with both the male and female
perspective shines through in his now classic films.
Born in New York City in 1899, Cukor at first
wanted to be a playwright, but he discovered he was better suited
to stage-managing and directing. Working in regional theater in
the 1920s, he gained a reputation as a director whom actors could
trust. "He had great pride," one colleague recalled,
"but no vanity.... He gave [actors] the star
treatment..."
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This site hosts commentaries on several of
Goerge Cukor's films, including Tarnished Lady, Our Betters, A
Double Life, Pat and Mike, The Marrying Kind, It Should Happen To
You, A Star is Born, and My Fair Lady.
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