BookRags.com Literature Guides Literature Guides Criticism/Essays Criticism/Essays Biographies Biographies My Bibliography Periodic Table U.S. Presidents Shakespeare Sonnet Shake-Up
Research Anything:        
History | Encyclopedias | Films | News | Create a Bibliography | More... Login | Register | Help

Search "George Cukor"

 

George Cukor Summary

George Cukor

Print-Friendly
About 14 pages (4,314 words) in 5 products

"George Cukor" Search Results
Contents:
Biography

Name: George Cukor
Birth Date: July 7, 1899
Death Date: January 24, 1983
Place of Birth: New York, New York, United States of America
Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: director

summary from source:
Biography of George Cukor
1,839 words, approx. 6 pages
Known for his ability to elicit great performances, American film director George Cukor (1899-1983) was a stylistic craftsman who made elegant comedies and dramas from the 1930s through the 1960s. He won an Academy Award in 1964 for directing the...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
summary from source:
Cukor, George
334 words, approx. 1 pages
(born July 7, 1899, New York, New York, U.S.—died January 24, 1983, Los Angeles, California) American motion-picture director who produced films of high quality for 50 years, combining his skill in working with actors and, especially, actresses...
summary from source:
Cukor, George (1899-1983) Summary
135 words, approx. 1 pages
An American film director whose career spanned over fifty years, Cukor was particularly adept at female-centered melodrama (Little Women, 1933; The Women, 1939), romantic comedy (The Philadelphia Story, 1940; Adam's Rib, 1949), and musicals (A...
summary from source:
Cukor, George (Dewey)
108 words, approx. 1 pages
(born July 7, 1899, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Jan. 24, 1983, Los Angeles, Calif.) U.S. film director. He directed plays on Broadway before going to Hollywood in 1929. His first film, Tarnished Lady (1931), was followed by the acclaimed Little...
summary from source:
George Cukor Information
1,898 words, approx. 6 pages
George Dewey Cukor (July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director. Cukor's career flourished at RKO Studios where he directed a string of impressive films including What Price Hollywood? (1932), A Bill of Divorcement (1932),...


News and Journals
summary from source:

The Boston Globe
George Cukor: showman with a subtle touch
06/03/1994: 867 words, approx. 3 pages
GEORGE CUKOR Master of Elegance By Emanuel Levy Morrow, 447 pp., $25 Hollywood likes its icons uncomplicated. Thus, John Ford is known as the men's director. And George Cukor shall forever be labeled the women's director. Certainly, he had few...
summary from source:

Variety
George Cukor: Interviews. (book review)
03/25/2002: 605 words, approx. 2 pages
ROBERT EMMET LONG, ED. (U. PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI; 229 PGS.; $46, $18) Practically everything ever written about the venerable George Cukor has focused on his facility with style, his ability to elicit elegant turns from his actors, his enthusiasm for the...
summary from source:

AP News
Film set director Ruiz del Rio dies
9/16/2007: 261 words, approx. 1 pages
Emilio Ruiz del Rio, the award-winning Spanish set decorator and visual and special effects wizard who worked on such films as "Dr. Zhivago," "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Pan's Labyrinth," has died, a hospital official said Sunday. He was 84.Ruiz del Rio died of respiratory failure...
summary from source:

AP News
Ingrid Bergman bio recounts 'Casablanca'
3/23/2007: 718 words, approx. 2 pages
A new biography of Ingrid Bergman casts fresh light on the making of the 1942 classic "Casablanca," in which none of its three stars wanted to appear. They never suspected that their roles would become the best-remembered of their careers.In the newly published "Ingrid," Charlotte...
 


George Cukor Study Pack

Get the complete George Cukor Study Pack, which includes everything on this page. Approximately 14 pages (at 300 words per page) in 4 products.

 Please Note: Study Pack does not include any HighBeam content.

This Study Pack Contains:
1 Biography
2 Encyclopedia Articles
Multiple Formats Available:

· online web format
· "print-friendly" format
· downloadable PDF format
· downloadable Word/RTF format
Available Immediately Online
 

George Cukor

Print-Friendly
About 14 pages (4,314 words) in 5 products


Works by Author


Join BookRagslearn moreJoin BookRags


About BookRags | Customer Service | Report an Error | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy