George Cukor's People: Acting for a Master Director

by Joseph McBride

The director of classic films such as Sylvia Scarlett, The Philadelphia Story, Gaslight, Adam's Rib, A Star Is Born, and My Fair Lady, George Cukor is widely admired but often misunderstood. Reductively stereotyped in his time as a "woman's director"--a thinly veiled, disparaging code for "gay"--he brilliantly directed a wide range of iconic actors and actresses, including Cary Grant, Greta Garbo, Spencer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231210825
• ISBN13: 9780231210829
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"