George Cukor : a double life : a biography of the gentleman director / Patrick McGilligan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGilligan, Patrick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Biography.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Gay men--Biography.

Gay men.

Cukor, George, 1899-1983.

Cukor, George.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (black and white)

Edition:

First University of Minnesota Press edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"One of the highest-paid studio contract directors of his time, George Cukor was nominated five times for an Academy Award as Best Director. In publicity and mystique he was dubbed the "women's director" for guiding the most sensitive leading ladies to immortal performances, including Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, Judy Garland, and--in ten films, among them The Philadelphia Story and Adam's Rib--his lifelong friend and collaborator Katharine Hepburn. But behind the "women's director" label lurked the open secret that set Cukor apart from a generally macho fraternity of directors: he was a homosexual, a rarity among the top echelon. Patrick McGilligan's biography reveals how Cukor persevered within a system fraught with bigotry while becoming one of Hollywood's consummate filmmakers."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"Originally published by St. Martin's Griffin Press, New York, 1997"--title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4529-4884-4

0-8166-8487-1

OCLC:

861534607