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Jun 28, 2024 · Acclaimed director George Cukor was born on July 7, 1899, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City to Hungarian-Jewish immigrants. As a child, ...
--George Cukor in 1979, quoted in his The New York Times obituary, January 26, 1983. "You have to know when to shut up. A director can talk a lot and theorize and shut off whatever creative thing they [actors] have. You can be quiet, but you can't be inhibited." --George Cukor, quoted in his The New York Times obituary, January 26, 1983.
A Star Is Born is a 1954 American musical drama film directed by George Cukor, written by Moss Hart, and starring Judy Garland and James Mason. Hart's screenplay is an adaptation of the original 1937 film, based on the original screenplay by Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell, and from the same story by William A. Wellman and Carson, with uncredited input from six additional ...
BLUE BIRD, George Cukor, Elizabeth Taylor, 1976 CAMILLE, Irving Thalberg and Director George Cukor on the set, 1936 CAMILLE, Greta Garbo, Director, George Cukor and Costume Designer, ...
Jan 26, 1983 · George Dewey Cukor was born in Manhattan on July 7, 1899, to Victor Cukor and the former Helen Gross. His father worked in the Manhattan District Attorney's office and his grandfather, who had ...
George Dewey Cukor was an American film director. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO and later MGM, where he directed What Price Hollywood? (1932), A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), Little Women (1933), David Copperfield (1935), Romeo and Juliet (1936) and Camille (1936).
Otis Ferguson’s commentary on the Cukor Two-Faced Woman could have served as the director’s epitaph as a creative force in Hollywood: “Now Miss Garbo is seen in another company, but with the direction of George Cukor, who is apparently a director careful to the point of elegance but always at the mercy of what the boys have cooked up for ...
