George Cukor : : a double life : a biography of the gentleman director / / Patrick McGilligan.
"One of the highest-paid studio contract directors of his time, George Cukor was nominated five times for an Academy Award as Best Director. In publicity and mystique he was dubbed the "women's director" for guiding the most sensitive leading ladies to immortal performances, incl...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Minneapolis : : University of Minnesota Press,, 2013. 1997 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | First University of Minnesota Press edition. |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (441 pages) :; illustrations |
| Notes: | "Originally published by St. Martin's Griffin Press, New York, 1997"--title page verso. |
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| Summary: | "One of the highest-paid studio contract directors of his time, George Cukor was nominated five times for an Academy Award as Best Director. In publicity and mystique he was dubbed the "women's director" for guiding the most sensitive leading ladies to immortal performances, including Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, Judy Garland, and--in ten films, among them The Philadelphia Story and Adam's Rib--his lifelong friend and collaborator Katharine Hepburn. But behind the "women's director" label lurked the open secret that set Cukor apart from a generally macho fraternity of directors: he was a homosexual, a rarity among the top echelon. Patrick McGilligan's biography reveals how Cukor persevered within a system fraught with bigotry while becoming one of Hollywood's consummate filmmakers."-- |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816680382 9780816684878 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Patrick McGilligan. |