George Cukor : a double life : a biography of the gentleman director / Patrick McGilligan.
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TextPublisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2013Copyright date: 1997Edition: First University of Minnesota Press editionDescription: 1 online resource (441 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780816684878Subject(s): Cukor, George, 1899-1983 | Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography | Gay men -- BiographyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: George Cukor : a double life : a biography of the gentleman director.DDC classification: 791.43/0233/092 | B LOC classification: PN1998.3.C8 | M345 2013Online resources: Click to View 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."-- Provided by publisher.Other editions: Reproduction of (manifestation):: McGilligan, Patrick George Cukor
"Originally published by St. Martin's Griffin Press, New York, 1997"--title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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."-- Provided by publisher.
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