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Aug 30, 2016 · The house is in Beverly Hills on a twisting narrow little street that looks more like a setting in Europe than in southern California. In the early morning there is a feeling of languid...
Dec 31, 2004 · George Cukor, the director of Holiday, The Philadelphia Story, and My Fair Lady, rebuilt the house, not far from the Sunset Strip in Beverly Hills, in 1935.
Designed by prolific architect Roland E. Coate, legendary director George Cukor's residence in the Hollywood Hills provided a luxurious backdrop to the director's vibrant social life. Born in New York, Cukor (1899-1983) rose to be one of the most successful gay directors in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. He prospered despite working under the ...
Movie mogul George Cukor (1899-1983) added onto his 1935 house designed by architect James Dolena several times. In the late 1940s and 1950s, Cukor added three small guest houses on his Beverly Hills property, designed by John Elgin Woolf and Robert Koch Woolf.
Feb 6, 2014 · George Cukor’s living room in his house at 9166 Cordell Dr. just above the Sunset Strip. His house was decorated by William Haines, the one-time top MGM star who Louis B. Mayer fired when Haines refused to play Hollywood’s lavender marriage game.
Many great estates in Beverly Hills, Bel-Air, and Holmby Hills were with handsomely landscaped grounds, and then gave the architect a free hand. Sometimes, clients collaborated—or interfered—with the architect, bringing their own vision, tastes, and requirements to the project.
Feb 13, 2016 · ← George Cukor’s swimming pool on Cordell Drive in Beverly Hills An exact replica of the exterior of Cukor’s house and pool area was built at 20th Century Fox for the ill-fated film “Something’s Got To Give”
