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6 days ago · George Cukor - 1940s Films, Directing, Hollywood: Arguably, Cukor’s most lasting contribution to cinema history was the romantic comedy The Philadelphia Story (1940), in which Hepburn repeated her role from the stage play that had been written especially for her by Barry.
- Michael Barson
Jun 28, 2024 · Acclaimed director George Cukor was born on July 7, 1899, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City to Hungarian-Jewish immigrants. As a child, he became infatuated with the...
Jun 22, 2024 · The play My Fair Lady, adapted by Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics) and Frederick Loewe (music) from the 1913 play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, opened on Broadway in 1956 and won six Tony Awards, including best musical.
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3 days ago · Vidor, initially tapped to direct Mitchell's epic, was ultimately assigned to director George Cukor. The box-office failure of So Red the Rose led the film industry to anticipate the same for Cukor's adaption of Mitchell's Civil War epic.
3 days ago · The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). An adaptation of L. Frank Baum 's 1900 children's fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, it was primarily directed by Victor Fleming, who left production to take over the troubled Gone with the Wind.
3 days ago · Director George Cukor, with whom Selznick had a long working relationship and who had spent almost two years in pre-production on Gone with the Wind, was replaced after less than three weeks of shooting.
Jun 12, 2024 · The Philadelphia Story, American romantic comedy film, released in 1940, focusing on manners and marriage and especially noted for its cast—Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, and Cary Grant. The Philadelphia Story was based on a popular Broadway play that was written for Hepburn. In director George.
