George Cukor

George Cukor

1899-07-07 Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA 78 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Dewey Cukor was an American film director. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO and later MGM, where he directed What Price Hollywood? (1932), A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), Little Women (1933), David Copperfield (1935), Romeo and Juliet (1936) and Camille (1936). He was replaced as the director of Gone with the Wind (1939), but went on to direct The Philadelphia Story (1940...

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Anna Karina, Remember

Anna Karina, Remember

2020

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Major actress of the New Wave, Anna Karina is bound to the great renewal of cinema in the 1960s. Her companion in life, Dennis Berry revisits the stor...

Sid & Judy

Sid & Judy

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.4
Acting

Explore the dramatic career and personal struggles of the talented and tragically short-lived entertainer Judy Garland through rare concert footage, n...

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

2018

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer t...

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.5
Acting

This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.

Cary Grant: A Class Apart

Cary Grant: A Class Apart

2004

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

Documentary that explores the life and career of leading man Cary Grant through film clips and interviews. Produced as S18E03 of the long running seri...

Judy Garland: By Myself

Judy Garland: By Myself

2004

as Self (archive footage)

7.5
Acting

As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll ever hear. The sanitized studio version of her life pre...

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour

2003

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

This documentary short subject for DVD gives a look at the making of Cole Porter's MGM classic, "Les Girls". Hosted by Finnish film legend and star of...

On Cukor

On Cukor

2000

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Widely thought of as “a woman’s director,” legendary film director George Cukor is profiled with the use of film clips and interviews with his friends...

More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'

More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'

1995

as Self (archive sound)

7.0
Acting

This 30th anniversary documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "My Fair Lady," the classic musical about a poor young...

Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess

Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess

1994

as Self (archive footage)

6.8
Acting

An account of the life and career of Marilyn Monroe, one of Hollywood's most famous and glamorous movie stars.

Marilyn: Something's Got to Give

Marilyn: Something's Got to Give

1990

as Self (archive footage)

5.7
Acting

Documentary on Marilyn Monroe's final days and the production of "Something Got to Give."

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

1990

as Self (archive footage)

8.3
Acting

Documentary about the making of the 1939 MGM classic film The Wizard of Oz. Includes interviews of cast and crew members, their families and fans of t...

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988

as Self (archive footage)

8.0
Acting

This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.

Rich and Famous

Rich and Famous

1981

Director

5.4
Directing

Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.

The Corn Is Green

The Corn Is Green

1979

Director

7.0
Directing

A strong-willed teacher, determined to educate the poor and illiterate youth of an impoverished Welsh village, discovers one student whom she believes...

The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird

1976

Director

5.3
Directing

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're ...

Arkadiy Raykin

Arkadiy Raykin

1975

as Self

Acting

There was no Soviet actor who could claim a greater popularity than Raikin. He was allowed the impossible: to be a satirist. Even during the height of...

Love Among the Ruins

Love Among the Ruins

1975

Director

6.9
Directing

An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott has ended her engagement with a younger man and is now being sued by her former fiancé. Esteemed bar...

The Men Who Made the Movies: George Cukor

1973

as Self

6.0
Acting

In the series of documentaries directed by Richard Schickel following classic film directors, this episode interviews the creative mind behind "My Fai...

Travels with My Aunt

Travels with My Aunt

1972

Director

5.9
Directing

At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings who pulls him alon...

Garbo

Garbo

1969

as Self

4.0
Acting

Joan Crawford narrates this documentary about the career of Greta Garbo.

Justine

Justine

1969

Director

4.1
Directing

In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, ...

My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady

1964

Director

7.5
Directing

A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.

The Chapman Report

The Chapman Report

1962

Director

5.3
Directing

A research psychologist gets involved in the personal lives of four women.

Something's Got to Give

Something's Got to Give

1962

Director

8.5
Directing

Remake of "My Favorite Wife," unfinished because of star Marilyn Monroe's firing, rehiring, and sudden August 1962 death.

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

1961

as Self (uncredited)

3.3
Acting

Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in t...

Let's Make Love

Let's Make Love

1960

Director

6.4
Directing

When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order ...

Song Without End

Song Without End

1960

Director

4.8
Directing

The romantic story of Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt, whose scandalous love affair forced him to abandon his adoring audiences.

Heller in Pink Tights

Heller in Pink Tights

1960

Director

5.7
Directing

Nineteenth century Wyoming: the wild West. Mild-mannered Tom Healy has a two-wagon theater troupe hounded by creditors because Angela, his leading lad...

Hot Spell

Hot Spell

1958

Director

6.0
Directing

Alma Duval, a middle-aged housewife, tries to hide how much she suffers from her husband's amorous excursions while trying to help her children solve ...

Wild Is the Wind

Wild Is the Wind

1957

Director

6.8
Directing

A widowed Nevada rancher goes to Italy and marries the sister of his deceased wife and brings her back to the ranch, but his haunting memories of his ...

Les Girls

Les Girls

1957

Director

6.4
Directing

After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Ange...

Bhowani Junction

Bhowani Junction

1956

Director

5.8
Directing

Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India.

A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

1954

Director

7.1
Directing

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

It Should Happen to You

It Should Happen to You

1954

Director

6.9
Directing

Gladys Glover has just lost her modeling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. For Pete it's love at firs...

The Actress

The Actress

1953

Director

6.2
Directing

The true story of Ruth Gordon's early struggles on the road to stage stardom.

Pat and Mike

Pat and Mike

1952

Director

6.3
Directing

Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf championship is in her reach until she gets fluste...

The Marrying Kind

The Marrying Kind

1952

Director

6.7
Directing

Florence and Chet Keefer have had a troublesome marriage. Whilst in the middle of a divorce hearing the judge encourages them to remember the good tim...

The Model and the Marriage Broker

The Model and the Marriage Broker

1951

Director

6.4
Directing

A marriage broker can't resist meddling in the life of a model, with disastrous results.

Born Yesterday

Born Yesterday

1950

Director

7.2
Directing

Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-...

A Life of Her Own

A Life of Her Own

1950

Director

5.3
Directing

A young woman from Kansas moves to New York City, becomes highly successful at a prestigious modeling agency, and falls in love with a married man.

Adam's Rib

Adam's Rib

1949

Director

7.1
Directing

A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers who...

Edward, My Son

Edward, My Son

1949

Director

6.5
Directing

Following the death of his only son, a ruthless businessman reflects on his life, his unhappy marriage and his questionable parenting skills.

A Double Life

A Double Life

1947

Director

6.3
Directing

A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.

Desire Me

Desire Me

1947

Director

5.7
Directing

A war widow falls in love with the man who informed her of her husband's death.

Winged Victory

Winged Victory

1944

Director

5.5
Directing

Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they meet and become pals with ...

Gaslight

Gaslight

1944

Director

7.5
Directing

A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

Keeper of the Flame

Keeper of the Flame

1943

Director

6.6
Directing

Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.

Her Cardboard Lover

Her Cardboard Lover

1942

Director

5.1
Directing

A flirt tries to make her fiancée jealous by hiring a gigolo.

Two-Faced Woman

Two-Faced Woman

1941

Director

6.4
Directing

A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.

A Woman's Face

A Woman's Face

1941

Director

6.9
Directing

A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.

The Philadelphia Story

The Philadelphia Story

1940

Director

7.6
Directing

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

Susan and God

Susan and God

1940

Director

6.5
Directing

A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.

The Women

The Women

1939

Director

7.1
Directing

A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.

Zaza

Zaza

1938

Director

4.3
Directing

A seductive music hall star falls in love with a married aristocrat.

Holiday

Holiday

1938

Director

7.3
Directing

Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionair...

I Met My Love Again

I Met My Love Again

1938

Director

5.4
Directing

In Vermont, college student Ives Towner refuses to marry his longtime girlfriend, Julie Weir, until he has a career. Soon after, Julie meets and grows...

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

1937

Co-Director

7.4
Directing

A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king ...

Camille

Camille

1936

Director

7.0
Directing

Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert t...

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

1936

Director

6.2
Directing

Young love is poisoned by a generations long feud between two noble families.

Sylvia Scarlett

Sylvia Scarlett

1935

Director

6.3
Directing

When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with th...

No More Ladies

No More Ladies

1935

Director

5.1
Directing

A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.

David Copperfield

David Copperfield

1935

Director

6.7
Directing

A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relations...

Dinner at Eight

Dinner at Eight

1933

Director

6.7
Directing

An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of t...

Little Women

Little Women

1933

Director

6.8
Directing

Four sisters come of age during the American Civil War. With their father away fighting, the family, headed by their mother, experiences tribulations,...

Our Betters

Our Betters

1933

Director

5.4
Directing

Soon after being wed, American heiress Lady Pearl Grayston realizes her husband has married her for her money and is keeping a mistress. The two maint...

Rockabye

Rockabye

1932

Director

6.2
Directing

A Broadway actress with a problematic past falls hard for the author of her new play.

A Bill of Divorcement

A Bill of Divorcement

1932

Director

6.2
Directing

A World War I veteran returns home after fifteen years in an asylum and finds that everything has changed — his daughter is grown and about to marry.

What Price Hollywood?

What Price Hollywood?

1932

Director

6.7
Directing

Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaura...

One Hour with You

One Hour with You

1932

Co-Director, Dialogue Coach

6.5
Directing

Andre and Colette Bertier are happily married. When Colette introduces her husband to her flirtatious best friend, Mitzi, he does his best to resist h...

Girls About Town

Girls About Town

1931

Director

6.4
Directing

A dynamic duo in silk and ermine entertain hick businessmen looking for a good time while in Manhattan.

Tarnished Lady

Tarnished Lady

1931

Director

4.7
Directing

Nancy Courtney, a once wealthy socialite, has had to struggle to maintain a facade of prosperity ever since her father's death. Although she loves wri...

The Royal Family of Broadway

The Royal Family of Broadway

1930

Director

5.8
Directing

Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her boisterous brother Tony is fleeing a br...

The Virtuous Sin

The Virtuous Sin

1930

Director

4.9
Directing

Marya gets friendly with General Platoff in order to save her husband Victor from being executed.

Grumpy

Grumpy

1930

Director

4.0
Directing

An exhaustingly cantankerous old man solves a jewel robbery.

The Duet with Myself

1930

Director

Directing

Revue legend Ernst Rolf sings a duet with himself in this early "music video".

The River of Romance

The River of Romance

1929

Dialogue Coach

Mississippi, 1830's. Tom Rumsford comes back to Magnolia Landing, his parents'estate. Having been brought up in the North by Quaker relatives, he just...