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5. A Star Is Born. 1954 2h 34m PG. 7.5 (20K) Rate. 89 Metascore. A film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral. Director George Cukor Stars Judy Garland James Mason Jack Carson. 6.
George Dewey Cukor (/ ˈ k juː k ɔːr / KEW-kor; July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director and producer. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO when David O. Selznick , the studio's Head of Production, assigned Cukor to direct several of RKO's major films, including ...
Director: My Fair Lady. George Cukor was an American film director of Hungarian-Jewish descent, better known for directing comedies and literary adaptations. He once won the Academy Award for Best Director, and was nominated other four times for the same Award. In 1899, George Dewey Cukor was born on the Lower East Side of New York City.
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- The Philadelphia Story (1940) It’s hard to believe, but in the late 1930s, Katharine Hepburn was dubbed “box office poison” due to a series of flops.
- Gaslight (1944) In this well-done film noir, Ingrid Bergman plays Paula Alquist, the niece of a famous opera singer who was murdered in her home years before, supposedly for some valuable jewels.
- My Fair Lady (1964) Adapted from the stage play, “Pygmalion”, “My Fair Lady” is one of the most beloved musicals of all time. The film stars Rex Harrison as snobbish Professor Higgins, who bets a colleague he can turn cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) into a lady.
- A Star Is Born (1954) Fifteen years after turning down the opportunity to direct the first “A Star Is Born”, Cukor was asked by Judy Garland’s husband Sid Luft to helm this remake.
1931 1h 23m Passed. 6.0 (252) Rate. Tarnished Lady is a 1931 Pre-Code American drama film directed by George Cukor. The screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart is based on his short story, A Story of a New York Lady. Director George Cukor Stars Tallulah Bankhead Clive Brook Phoebe Foster. 5. Girls About Town. 1931 1h 20m.
10. Adam’s Rib (1949) “Adam’s Rib” is a 1949 comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor and starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. The film tells the story of married lawyers, Adam and Amanda Bonner, who find themselves on opposite sides of a high-profile case involving a woman who shot her unfaithful husband.
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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).
