Movies by George Cukor
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On Cukor (2000)
Cast: Jean Simmons, Peter Bogdanovich, George Cukor …
Directed by: Robert Trachtenberg
From the PBS series "American Masters" comes this revealing, 90-minute documentary that examines the life of cinematic legend George Cukor, who helmed a string classic films that includes The…
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Rich and Famous (1981)
Cast: George Cukor, Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen …
After bonding as college roommates, Merry Noel (Candice Bergen) and Liz (Jacqueline Bisset) evolve into disparate women, but they stay connected in this witty tale chronicling their turbulent…
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The Corn Is Green (1978)
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Ian Saynor, Bill Fraser …
Directed by: George Cukor
Set in a Welsh mining town, this made-for-TV remake of the 1945 Bette Davis vehicle stars Katharine Hepburn as spinster schoolteacher Lilly Moffat, who devotes herself to helping gifted…
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Justine (1969)
Cast: Anouk Aimée, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Forster …
Directed by: George Cukor
Darley (Michael York), a young British teacher, takes up with the enchanting Justine (Anouk Aimée) in 1938 Egypt but discovers that the mysterious Jewish woman and her wealthy banker…
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My Fair Lady: Special Edition (1964)
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway …
Directed by: George Cukor
In this classic cinematic version of the Broadway smash, Audrey Hepburn is at her most radiant as Eliza Doolittle, the Cockney flower girl transformed into a poised duchess by Professor Henry…
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The Chapman Report (1962)
Cast: Shelley Winters, Jane Fonda, Claire Bloom …
Directed by: George Cukor
When distinguished psychologist George C. Chapman (Andrew Duggan) arrives in suburbia, he has one goal: To find volunteers for his survey about American women's sexual practices. Luckily…
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Let's Make Love (1960)
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand, Tony Randall …
Directed by: George Cukor
In this musical comedy, billionaire Jean-Marc (Yves Montand) falls for showgirl Amanda (Marilyn Monroe). When Jean-Marc hears he's the subject of a spoof in a revue Amanda is rehearsing,…
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Song Without End (1960)
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Capucine, Geneviève Page …
Directed by: George Cukor, Charles Vidor
Winning an Oscar for Best Music Score and a Golden Globe for Best Picture, this biopic tells the story of Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt (Dirk Bogarde), exploring the effect his reckless…
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Heller in Pink Tights (1960)
Cast: Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Margaret O'Brien …
Directed by: George Cukor
In the Old West, Angelina Rossi and Tom Healy run a ragtag group of traveling actors and musicians who always manage to stay one step ahead of bill collectors, bandits, angry townsfolk and the law.
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Les Girls (1957)
Cast: Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall …
Directed by: George Cukor
Tap-dancing lothario Gene Kelly romances three different showgirls (Kay Kendall, Mitzi Gaynor and Tania Elg) from three different countries. Their stories are told in flashback and set to a…
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Wild Is the Wind (1957)
Cast: Anna Magnani, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Franciosa …
Directed by: George Cukor
Johnny Mathis croons the title song of this 1957 film that stars Anna Magnani, Anthony Quinn and Anthony Franciosa. Rancher Gino (Quinn) marries his deceased wife's sister, Gioia…
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Lust for Life (1956)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald …
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor
Director Vincente Minnelli paints a dramatic portrait of tormented artistic genius Vincent van Gogh in this fictionalized biography. Kirk Douglas delivers a fittingly combustible performance…
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A Star Is Born (1954)
Cast: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson …
Directed by: George Cukor
Judy Garland plays Esther Blodgett, a small-town girl with talent coming out her ears. Discovered by famous actor Norman Maine (James Mason), Blodgett rises to the top while he drinks himself…
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It Should Happen to You (1954)
Cast: Judy Holliday, Peter Lawford, Jack Lemmon …
Directed by: George Cukor
Gladys Glover (Judy Holliday) has found little recognition as a model/actress and aims to boost her persona by renting a billboard -- smack-dab in the middle of Manhattan -- adorned with her…
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Pat and Mike (1952)
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Aldo Ray …
Directed by: George Cukor
Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy's seventh pairing solidifies the on-screen charisma of the two legendary actors. Pat Pemberton (Hepburn), an athletic prodigy who's a natural in…
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The Marrying Kind (1952)
Cast: Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray, Madge Kennedy …
Directed by: George Cukor
Florence and Chet Keefer are a working-class couple on the verge of marital breakdown in writer-director George Cukor's classic dramedy, which provides a then-unprecedented, realistic…
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Born Yesterday (1950)
Cast: Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden …
Directed by: George Cukor
Boorish business tycoon Harry Brock (Broderick Crawford) fears that ditsy fiancée Billie Dawn (Judy Holliday) will prove an embarrassment in the presence of politicos he wants to…
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Adam's Rib (1949)
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday …
Directed by: George Cukor
Successful attorney Amanda Bonner (Katharine Hepburn) decides to defend Doris (Judy Holliday), who stands accused of the attempted murder of her husband (Tom Ewell) and his mistress (Jean…
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A Double Life (1947)
Cast: Ronald Colman, Signe Hasso, Edmond O'Brien …
Directed by: George Cukor
Ronald Colman portrays a veteran stage actor who, while playing Othello, falls victim to the actor's malady of mixing roles with reality -- a dangerous affliction in this case, as he…
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I'll Be Seeing You (1945)
Cast: William Dieterle, Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten …
Directed by: George Cukor
It's Christmas time, and convict Mary Marshall (Ginger Rogers) is on furlough from the state prison she calls home. Although she's not optimistic, she hopes the holiday will be…
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Gaslight (1944)
Cast: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten …
Directed by: George Cukor
In this atmospheric murder mystery, beautiful, naive socialite Paula (Ingrid Bergman) disintegrates into a raving lunatic in the home in which her aunt was murdered. The suspect? Her devoted…
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Keeper of the Flame (1942)
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Whorf …
Directed by: George Cukor
While investigating the accidental death of revered war hero Robert Forrest, intrepid reporter Stevie O'Malley (Spencer Tracy) meets the man's wife (Katharine Hepburn) and learns a…
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A Woman's Face (1941)
Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt, Osa Massen …
Directed by: George Cukor
After a plastic surgeon (Melvyn Douglas) removes her disfiguring facial scar, bitter blackmailer Anna Holm (Joan Crawford) has the chance for a fresh start. But she feels a strong pull to…
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The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart …
Directed by: George Cukor
Socialite Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn) prepares to remarry, but her ex (Cary Grant) and a tabloid reporter (Best Supporting Actor Oscar-winner James Stewart) have other ideas as they…
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The Women (1939)
Cast: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell …
Directed by: George Cukor
George Cukor directs an all-female cast in this catty tale about battling and bonding between friends and enemies that was edgy for its time -- and is considered the ultimate women's…
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Gone with the Wind (1939)
Cast: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard …
Directed by: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood …
Director Victor Fleming's 1939 epic adaption of Margaret Mitchell's novel of the same name stars Vivien Leigh as self-absorbed, headstrong Scarlett O'Hara, a Southern Belle who…
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Holiday (1938)
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Nolan …
Directed by: George Cukor
Engaged to wealthy Julia Seton (Doris Nolan), freethinker Johnny Case (Cary Grant) discovers that her family wants to remake him into their idea of the perfect son-in-law -- and he's…
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Camille (1936)
Cast: Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore …
Directed by: George Cukor
In this late-1930s adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas novel, Greta Garbo shines in the titular role of Camille, a dying courtesan who falls in love with a young nobleman (Robert Taylor) and…
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Romeo and Juliet (1936)
Cast: Reginald Denny, Andy Devine, Leslie Howard …
Directed by: George Cukor
Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer star in this classic production of Shakespeare's famous romantic tragedy. Although Romeo and Juliet fall deeply in love, the long-standing feud between…
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David Copperfield (1935)
Cast: Edna May Oliver, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph …
Directed by: George Cukor
In the first of producer David O. Selznik's classic literary adaptations, Freddie Bartholomew plays David Copperfield, a young man who finds himself buffeted from household to household…
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Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Brian Aherne …
Directed by: George Cukor
Disguising herself as a man, Sylvia Scarlett (Katharine Hepburn) boards a ferry with her improvident father (Edmund Gwenn) to smuggle some expensive stolen lace and sell it for a handsome…
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Little Women (1933)
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas …
Directed by: George Cukor
George Cukor directed this sterling screen adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's immortal novel. As the Civil War rages, the March sisters -- headstrong Jo (Katharine Hepburn), preening Amy…
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Dinner at Eight (1933)
Cast: Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery …
Directed by: George Cukor
Director George Cukor takes Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman's 1932 stage play and makes it his own in this witty film depicting a wily Park Avenue woman's (Billie Burke) attempts…
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One Hour with You (1931)
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Genevieve Tobin …
Directed by: George Cukor, Ernst Lubitsch
The dashing Andre (Maurice Chevalier) must overcome temptation when his wife Colette's (Jeanette MacDonald) beautiful best friend, Mitzi (Genevieve Tobin), tries to seduce him.…