George Cukor: A Double Life: A Biography of the Gentleman Director - Couverture souple

McGilligan, Patrick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0816680388 ISBN 13 : 9780816680382

Editeur : University of Minnesota Press, 2013

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

Patrick McGilligan’s biographies include the Edgar-nominated Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light and Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast, a New York Times Notable Book. He coauthored (with Paul Buhle) the classic oral history Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist (Minnesota, 2012).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Minnesota Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0816680388
• ISBN 13: 9780816680382
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416
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