Edition |
First University of Minnesota Press edition. |
Description |
1 online resource (441 pages) : illustrations |
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Note |
"Originally published by St. Martin's Griffin Press, New York, 1997"--title page verso. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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. |
Note |
Description based on print version record. |
Subject |
Cukor, George, 1899-1983.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
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Gay men -- Biography.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Editions: |
Reproduction of (manifestation): McGilligan, Patrick George Cukor New York, St. Martin's Griffin Press 1997 404 p. ilus. 25 cm (DLC) 90048352 |
Other Form: |
Print version: McGilligan, Patrick. George Cukor : a double life : a biography of the gentleman director. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2013 404 pages, [24] pages of plates ; 22 cm 9780816680382 2013003754 (DLC)10762707 |
ISBN |
9780816680382 |
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9780816684878 (electronic bk.) |
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