George Cukor: A Double Life : A Biography of the Gentleman Director - Hardcover

McGilligan, Patrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 031205419X ISBN 13: 9780312054199

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1991

Synopsis

Relates the life of top Hollywood director George Cukor, who guided to stardom such legendary actresses as Garbo, Bergman, Garland, and Hepburn, and who led a secret double life as a homosexual

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Review:

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.

About the Author:

Patrick McGilligan’s biographies include the Edgar-nominated Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light and Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast, a New York Times Notable Book. He coauthored (with Paul Buhle) the classic oral history Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist (Minnesota, 2012).

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 031205419X
• ISBN 13: 9780312054199
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 404