On Cukor

Gavin Lambert; Robert Trachtenberg

ISBN 10: 0847822974 / ISBN 13: 9780847822973

Published by Rizzoli, NY, 2000

About this Item

Revised Edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Rizzoli, 2000, first printing. 4to., 9 1/2" x 12 1/4", 208pp., lavishly illustrated with photographs. For this new edition, Gavin Lambert has rewritten the introduction, added new material from his original taped interviews with Cukor, assembled never-before-published photographs from Cukor's personal collection and updated a complete filmography that includes movies reshot by Cukor without credit. Near fine in very good dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 008261

Bibliographic Details

• Title: On Cukor
• Publisher: Rizzoli, NY
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847822974
• ISBN 13: 9780847822973
• Binding: Hard
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Performing Arts

About this title

Synopsis

In a collection of witty and incisive interviews, the renowned film director speaks out on some of his great screen classics--including My Fair Lady, A Star Is Born, Philadelphia Story, and Lust for Life--and the stars with whom he worked, such as Judy Garland, Katherine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, Marilyn Monroe, and Kirk Douglas.

About the Author

Gavin Lambert was born in England and first came to Hollywood as a personal assistant to director Nicholas Ray. He has written seven novels including the currently reprinted "Hollywood Quartet" of The Slide Area, Inside Daisy Clover, The Goodbye People, and Running Time. His non-fiction works include Norma Shearer, Nazimova, and Mainly about Lindsay Anderson. Among his screenplays are The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone and Inside Daisy Clover and the Oscar-nominated Sons and Lovers and I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.

Robert Trachtenberg, a filmmaker and photographer, is the director of the American Masters film On Cukor. His photographs have appeared in such publications as the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, and Vanity Fair.