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George Cukor
Director 1899 - 1983

George Cukor

Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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),... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

37 titles
Rich and Famous

Rich and Famous

George Cukor 1981 1h 55m 6.5

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

The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird

George Cukor 1976 1h 35m

A pair of peasant children, Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the Fairy Berylune. On their journey, they are accompanied by the humanized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, Bread, and other entities.

Travels with My Aunt

Travels with My Aunt

George Cukor 1972 1h 49m

A stodgy young man gets caught up in his free-living aunt"s shady schemes.

My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady

George Cukor 1964 2h 53m 7.8

In 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make a crude flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, presentable in high society.

Song Without End

Song Without End

George Cukor, Charles Vidor 1960 2h 21m

Biopic about Franz Liszt.

Let's Make Love

Let's Make Love

George Cukor 1960 1h 59m 6.2

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 to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.

Heller in Pink Tights

Heller in Pink Tights

George Cukor 1960 1h 40m 6.5

Nineteenth century Wyoming: the wild West. Mild-mannered Tom Healy has a two-wagon theater troupe hounded by creditors because Angela, his leading lady and the object of his affection, constantly buys clothes. In Cheyenne, they meet with applause, so they hope to stay awhile: the theater owner likes Angela, and she keeps him on a string.

Wild Is the Wind

Wild Is the Wind

George Cukor 1957 1h 54m 4.0

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 lost love and her tendency to drift away to other men cause the two to have a tough time at keeping a marriage together.

Les Girls

Les Girls

George Cukor 1957 1h 54m 6.0

The former members of a dance troupe are suing because of recently published memoirs. Each one insists on own point of view.

Bhowani Junction

Bhowani Junction

George Cukor 1956 1h 50m 6.4

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

It Should Happen to You

It Should Happen to You

George Cukor 1954 1h 26m 9.0

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 first sight, but Gladys has her mind on other things, making a name for herself. Through a fluke of advertising she winds up with her name plastered over 10 billboards throughout city.

A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

George Cukor 1954 3h 16m 8.3

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

The Actress

The Actress

George Cukor 1953 1h 30m

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

The Marrying Kind

The Marrying Kind

George Cukor 1952 1h 32m

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 times they have had hoping that the marriage can be saved.

Pat and Mike

Pat and Mike

George Cukor 1952 1h 35m 5.5

Pat is a women's sports sensation unless her fiancé is around. Her new shady manager Mike keeps them apart and develops feelings for her.

The Model and the Marriage Broker

The Model and the Marriage Broker

George Cukor 1951 1h 43m 7.0

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

Born Yesterday

Born Yesterday

George Cukor 1950 1h 43m 6.5

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-showgirl Billie Dawn.

A Life of Her Own

A Life of Her Own

George Cukor 1950 1h 48m 6.0

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.

Edward, My Son

Edward, My Son

George Cukor 1949 1h 52m

Following the death of his only son, a ruthless businessman reflects on his life, his unhappy marriage and his questionable parenting skills. Released in 1949, starring Spencer Tracy and Deborah Kerr.

Adam's Rib

Adam's Rib

George Cukor 1949 1h 41m 8.3

Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn play Adam and Amanda Bonner, a husband-and-wife attorney team, both drawn to a case of attempted murder.

A Double Life

A Double Life

George Cukor 1947 1h 44m 6.5

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

Winged Victory

Winged Victory

George Cukor 1944 2h 10m

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 Bobby Grills and Irving Miller, and the five struggle through the rigid training and grueling tests involved in becoming pilots. Not all of them succeed, and tragedy awaits for some.

Gaslight

Gaslight

George Cukor 1944 1h 54m 8.4

Director George Cukor draws magnificent performances from his stars in this powerfully guided study in obsession. GASLIGHT is a suspenseful, atmospheric mystery that perfectly captures the smoky, smoggy feel of Victorian London.

Keeper of the Flame

Keeper of the Flame

George Cukor 1942 1h 40m 7.0

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

Two-Faced Woman

Two-Faced Woman

George Cukor 1941 1h 30m

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

A Woman's Face

A Woman's Face

George Cukor 1941 1h 46m 8.3

Plastic surgery gives a scarred female criminal a new outlook on life.

The Philadelphia Story

The Philadelphia Story

George Cukor 1940 1h 53m 7.8

The Philadelphia Story is a comedy starring Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn. Tracy Lord is idolised by everybody and must keep her sinister ex-husband, an alcoholic reporter, and her future clean-record husband happy.

The Women

The Women

George Cukor 1939 2h 13m 9.0

Wealthy Mary Haines is unaware her husband is having an affair with shopgirl Crystal Allen. Sylvia Fowler and Edith Potter discover this from a manicurist and arrange for Mary to hear the gossip. On the train taking her to a Reno divorce Mary meets the Countess and Miriam (in an affair with Fowler's husband).

Holiday

Holiday

George Cukor 1938 1h 37m 8.3

A young man in love with a girl from a rich family finds his unorthodox plan to go on holiday for the early years of his life met with skepticism by everyone except for his fiancée's eccentric sister and long-suffering brother.

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

George Cukor 1936 2h 5m

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

Camille

Camille

George Cukor 1936 1h 49m 9.0

A Parisian courtesan must choose between the young man who loves her and the callous baron who wants her, even as her own health begins to fail.

The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger

The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger

George Cukor 1935 2h 10m 7.0

Charles Dickens' classic tale of an orphaned boy's fight for happiness and the colorful characters who help and hinder him.

Sylvia Scarlett

Sylvia Scarlett

George Cukor 1935 1h 37m 10.0

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 the questionable help of plenty others.

Little Women

Little Women

George Cukor 1933 1h 55m 7.0

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

Dinner at Eight

Dinner at Eight

George Cukor 1933 1h 51m

Social climbing Millicent and Oliver Jordan throw a dinner for a bunch of New York society types, each of whom has much to reveal.

What Price Hollywood

What Price Hollywood

George Cukor 1932 1h 28m 9.0

The career of a waitress takes off when she meets an amiable drunken Hollywood producer.

A Bill of Divorcement

A Bill of Divorcement

George Cukor 1932 1h 10m 6.0

After spending fifteen years in an asylum, Hilary Fairfield escapes from the institution after regaining his sanity. He finds that things at home are different than when he left them. His wife has divorced him and is already planning her next marriage, and his daughter has grown up throughout the years and is planning to marry as well.

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