George Cukor
George Cukor (
July 7,
1899 -
January 23,
1983) was an
American film director. Born in
New York, he worked as a stage producer before his dialogue direction for
All Quiet on the Western Front led to work for
Paramount Pictures then
RKO and
MGM. He directed
Katharine Hepburn in her first film,
A Bill of Divorcement and is generally noted for his witty work, especially with actresses.
It has been said that he was replaced as director on Gone With the Wind, because Clark Gable did not like him. He was well known for being homosexual.
On his passing in 1983, he was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
Filmography
- Grumpy (movie) (1930)
- Virtuous Sin (1930)
- The Royal Family of Broadway (1930)
- Tarnished Lady (1931),
- Girls About Town (1931),
- A Bill of Divorcement (1932),
- Rockabye (1932),
- What Price Hollywood (1932),
- One Hour with You (1932)
- Dinner At Eight (1933),
- Our Betters (1933),
- Little Women (1933),
- David Copperfield (1935),
- No More Ladies, (1935),
- Sylvia Scarlett (1935),
- Camille (1936),
- Romeo and Juliet (1936),
- Holiday (1938),
- Zaza (1939),
- Gone With the Wind (started, replaced by Victor Fleming and Sam Wood)'' (1939),
- The Women (1939),
- The Philadelphia Story (1940),
- Susan and God (1940),
- Two-Faced Woman (1941),
- A Woman's Face (1941),
- Her Cardboard Lover (1942),
- Keeper of the Flame (1942),
- Gaslight (1944),
- Winged Victory (1944),
- A Double Life (1947),
- Edward, My Son (1949),
- Adam's Rib (1949),
- Born Yesterday (1950),
- A Life of Her Own (1950),
- The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951),
- The Marrying Kind (1952),
- Pat and Mike (1952),
- The Actress (1953),
- A Star is Born (1954),
- It Should Happen to You (1954),
- Bhowani Junction (1956),
- Les Girls (1957),
- Wild Is the Wind (1957),
- Heller in Pink Tights (1960),
- Let's Make Love (1960),
- The Chapman Report (1962),
- My Fair Lady (1964),
- Justine (1969),
- Travels With My Aunt (1972),
- The Blue Bird (1976),
- Rich and Famous (1981).