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George Cukor: A Double Life Paperback – January 1, 1992

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Through 50 years and 50 films--from "Holiday" and "The Philadelphia Story" to "Camille" and "My Fair Lady"--George Cukor created some of Hollywood's greatest motion pictures. The first book to discuss Cukor's homosexuality openly, "George Cukor: A Double Life" is a sympathetic portrait of a man "whose long career is all the more impressive given the double life he was forced to lead"--"Los Angeles Book Review". b&w photos.

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404 pages
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Perennial
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January 1, 1992
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5.5 x 1.25 x 8 inches
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0060975202
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978-0060975203
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Perennial; First Edition (January 1, 1992)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 404 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0060975202
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060975203
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.25 x 8 inches

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- #14,759 in Actor & Entertainer Biographies

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Kindle Customer. randall barfield

Serious movie fans and those of Hollywood history will not be disappointed.

Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2018

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Well-written and very informative book. Plus the reader learns about many of Cukor's friends and acquaintances as well as the execution of his movies and scripts. Serious movie fans and those of Hollywood history will not be disappointed.

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lawrence gordon

An evenhanded biography of a very complicated Hollywood director

Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2020

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Those interested in in the golden age of Hollywood will appreciate this book. Cukor the director had a career strewn with equal parts critical and commercial failure and success. Cukor the man had like so many of the era keep his homosexual proclivities completely in the shadows.

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Lydia C. Bugner

George Cukor biography an interesting read about a talented and colorful director in the golden age of Hollywood

Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2017

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This was an interesting book about a very interesting man. Unfortunately, it makes lots of unsubstantiated innuendos about all of the male and female stars/acts in Hollywood during this time, i.e., if all of them were gay as this author says, then no one would have had any children during that time. Of course, all of these innuendos are made about people who are long dead and cannot correct or confirm these assumptions and definitely cannot defend themselves about any accusations made. One BIG problem I found was in the filmography at the end of the book. One of Cukor's best and well known films from 1939, The Women, does not give a credit to its number one star, Norma Shearer, without whom this film would never have been made. Since this is one of my all time favorite films (which I have seen over 20 times), I re-read the credits several times and there is absolutely no mention of Norma Shearer or credit given to her as an actress in the film. I suggest the author get this corrected in future printings and in the Kindle version. This is not the first book by Mr. McGilligan that I have read and I have found similar errors or omissions in some of his other books also. But George Cukor is an interesting, talented and colorful character who contributed a great deal to the golden age of Hollywood.

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Todd Anderson

Quality Book

Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2020

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Nice addition to my collection of biographies of the wonderful gay director and Hollywood legend.

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Ken Givich

A famous Gay movie director's life in Hollywood

Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2020

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Somewhat lacking in material about George Cukor's personal life with most emphasis on his videography. If this is what you wanted to read about then it is an excellent reference. I found in somewhat lacking in getting into the subject's love life.

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2014

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Learned many things of this "women's director" that I didn't know. Spent too many years trying to hide his personal life.

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Stacy Helton

McGilligan has written a comprehensive and entertaining biography of “the gentleman director"

Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2017

When I was twelve I discovered the biography section of my local library, specifically the biographies of screen stars from the past. I remember Lauren Bacall’s BY MYSELF and of course MOMMIE DEAREST, as well as Shelley Winters’ and her two scandalous tell-all’s. That genre has slowly disappeared now that so much time has passed since Hollywood’s “golden era,” with most interview subjects dead and buried. When I found the Cukor bio at The Strand this Spring I was excited even though it’s now 20 years old. McGilligan does a great job exploring the “double life,” Cukor’s artistic outpouring and his reputation as a homosexual in Hollywood, with his Sunday night parties full of fresh-face just-off-the-bus actors. McGilligan traces Cukor from his birth in 1899 to his last picture he directed, 1981’s RICH AND FAMOUS, a long-lasting legacy that connects Ethel Barrymore to Candace Bergan. All of Cukor’s films are explored, including THE PHILADEPHIA STORY, LITTLE WOMEN, THE ROYAL FAMILY, A STAR IS BORN and his ill-fated collaboration with David O. Selznick on GONE WITH THE WIND. Cukor’s time in Hollywood is presented with the backdrop of history, whether it was his unpleasant experiences during WWII to friends lost during the Blacklist, as well as the changing of norms in the 1960s and the dissolution of the studio system, culminating with his Best Director Oscar for MY FAIR LADY in 1964. McGilligan, who was even able to get Cukor’s best pal and sometimes muse Kate Hepburn on record, has written a comprehensive and entertaining biography of “the gentleman director.”

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goldenage50

Cukor's Life A Bit Weird

Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2020

The book was okay, but I didn't end up a huge fan of Mr. Cukor. I felt the author, rather than reporting about Cukor's life, put his stamp of approval on certain things that were somewhat sleazy, like Cukor having friends in "pornography" or the "Sunday Pool Parties" which were basically a time for him to have a bunch of young men around his pool, maybe leading them on to think they would have a career, but were mainly there for titilation purposes and Cukor's personal sexual thrills. I dunno. It sort of turned me off "old Hollywood" and made me feel cynical about what was really going on behind the scenes. UGH. I don't think I can watch any of his films through quite the same eyes as before. That's unfortunate.

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philosophy junky

Solid biography of an enigmatic studio director

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 22, 2018

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McGilligan’s biography brings out the complexity of Cukor the man - an east coast Jew transplanted from the New York theatre to Hollywood by the arrival of sound movies and the sudden emphasis on dialogue. Cukor’s appreciation and sensitivity to actors was the basis of his subsequent success, and a movie making career of almost 50 years. His varied output includes the wonderful David Copperfield, sophisticated comedies such as The Philadelphia Story, and the brilliant 1954 version of A Star is Born.

The other strand of this book covers Cukor’s life as a wealthy homosexual at a time when same sex relationships were ignored or discouraged. Cukor’s famously lavish house and garden became the setting for discrete meetings of Californian gays but also a place of loneliness for a man who never seemed to find a long term companion. If Cukor cannot be considered an auteur alongside Hitchcock or Wilder, he was one of the master craftsman of the Hollywood studio system and one of the most skilful handlers of actors of his time. An intriguing book that makes me want to rewatch his movies.

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Ron Whalen

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Reviewed in Canada on December 1, 2016

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Reviewed in Italy on November 8, 2013

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La consegna è stata velocissima e senza intoppi. Il libro è ottimo per tutti gli amanti di biografie e di libri sul cinema.

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DS Sloan

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 19, 2015

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Fascinating and engagingly written. Very worthwhile reading.

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