The Resource George Cukor : a double life : a biography of the gentleman director, Patrick McGilligan
George Cukor : a double life : a biography of the gentleman director, Patrick McGilligan
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- Summary
- "Among the great contract film directors of the studio age, George Cukor was unique. Literate, witty, sophisticated, he was one of the few theater denizens to make the transition from Broadway to Hollywood--and to stay on top of his profession, for some fifty years and fifty films. The highest-paid director of his time, hailed as "the classicist of MGM, " Cukor was five times nominated for an Academy Award as Best Director, winning for My Fair Lady. In publicity and mystique he was dubbed the "women's director" for guiding the most sensitive and temperamental leading ladies to immortal performances: Garbo in Camille, Jean Harlow in Dinner at Eight, Norma Shearer in Romeo and Juliet, Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight, Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday, Judy Garland in A Star Is Born, and--in ten films, including The Philadelphia Story--his lifelong friend and collaborator, Katharine Hepburn. But behind the "women's director" label lurked a stigma, the open secret that set Cukor apart from the generally macho, swaggering fraternity of directors. He was the only homosexual among his colleagues. Throughout his professional life Cukor walked the tightrope between public image and private life in an era when homosexuality was regarded as shameful or criminal. In some ways Cukor's sexual orientation was the least important aspect of his life, but in other ways it influenced his psychology and his career. It was the basis of his firing from the most popular movie ever made, Gone With the Wind--a shocking and ignominious tale that is revealed for the first time in this book. Cukor prided himself on being tough, but this book reveals a poignantly dichotomous creature--a man whose ideal of beauty was in contrast to his own feelings of ugliness; an essentially lonely man who surrounded himself with friends, and threw a lifetime of Hollywood's most glittering parties; a man whose appreciation of female characters derived from his own sensibilities; a consummate director of screen romance who in his own life paid for sex--and scoffed at love."--Dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 404 pages
- Note
- "A biography of the gentleman director"--Page preceding title page
- Isbn
- 9780312054199
- Label
- George Cukor : a double life : a biography of the gentleman director
- Title
- George Cukor
- Title remainder
- a double life : a biography of the gentleman director
- Statement of responsibility
- Patrick McGilligan
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Among the great contract film directors of the studio age, George Cukor was unique. Literate, witty, sophisticated, he was one of the few theater denizens to make the transition from Broadway to Hollywood--and to stay on top of his profession, for some fifty years and fifty films. The highest-paid director of his time, hailed as "the classicist of MGM, " Cukor was five times nominated for an Academy Award as Best Director, winning for My Fair Lady. In publicity and mystique he was dubbed the "women's director" for guiding the most sensitive and temperamental leading ladies to immortal performances: Garbo in Camille, Jean Harlow in Dinner at Eight, Norma Shearer in Romeo and Juliet, Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight, Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday, Judy Garland in A Star Is Born, and--in ten films, including The Philadelphia Story--his lifelong friend and collaborator, Katharine Hepburn. But behind the "women's director" label lurked a stigma, the open secret that set Cukor apart from the generally macho, swaggering fraternity of directors. He was the only homosexual among his colleagues. Throughout his professional life Cukor walked the tightrope between public image and private life in an era when homosexuality was regarded as shameful or criminal. In some ways Cukor's sexual orientation was the least important aspect of his life, but in other ways it influenced his psychology and his career. It was the basis of his firing from the most popular movie ever made, Gone With the Wind--a shocking and ignominious tale that is revealed for the first time in this book. Cukor prided himself on being tough, but this book reveals a poignantly dichotomous creature--a man whose ideal of beauty was in contrast to his own feelings of ugliness; an essentially lonely man who surrounded himself with friends, and threw a lifetime of Hollywood's most glittering parties; a man whose appreciation of female characters derived from his own sensibilities; a consummate director of screen romance who in his own life paid for sex--and scoffed at love."--Dust jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McGilligan, Patrick
- Dewey number
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- 791.43/0233/092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN1998.3.C8
- LC item number
- M34 1991
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- bibliography
- filmographies
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cukor, George
- Motion picture producers and directors
- Gays in the performing arts
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- George Cukor : a double life : a biography of the gentleman director, Patrick McGilligan
- Note
- "A biography of the gentleman director"--Page preceding title page
- Bibliography note
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- Filmography: pages 373-392
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-371) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 404 pages
- Isbn
- 9780312054199
- Lccn
- 90048352
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocm22489085
- (Sirsi) o22489085
- (OCoLC)22489085
- Label
- George Cukor : a double life : a biography of the gentleman director, Patrick McGilligan
- Note
- "A biography of the gentleman director"--Page preceding title page
- Bibliography note
-
- Filmography: pages 373-392
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-371) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 404 pages
- Isbn
- 9780312054199
- Lccn
- 90048352
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm22489085
- (Sirsi) o22489085
- (OCoLC)22489085
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