George Cukor

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George Cukor: The Philadelphia Story

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George Cukor: References & Edit History

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Assorted References

“Adam’s Rib”
- In Adam’s Rib
“Born Yesterday”
- In Born Yesterday: Production notes and credits
“Dinner at Eight”
- In Dinner at Eight
“Double Life, A”
- In A Double Life
“Gaslight”
- In Gaslight: Production notes and credits
“Gone with the Wind”
- In Victor Fleming: The 1930s
“Philadelphia Story, The”
- In The Philadelphia Story
place in motion picture history
- In history of film: The Hollywood studio system
“Star Is Born, A”
- In A Star Is Born

association with

Gardner
- In Ava Gardner
Hayward
- In Susan Hayward
Lubitsch
- In Ernst Lubitsch: Transition to sound

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

Michael Barson

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: PBS - American Masters - On Cukor.	Gloria Lotha	Dec 24, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Jul 03, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Feb 26, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Jan 20, 2024
	Add new Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - George Cukor.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 19, 2021
	Added cross-references.	Patricia Bauer	Jan 06, 2020
	Changed "Marie Dressier" to "Marie Dressler."	Amy Tikkanen	Jul 22, 2015
	Added photograph.	Amy Tikkanen	Jun 04, 2014
	Article thoroughly revised.	Jeff Wallenfeldt Michael Barson	Oct 22, 2013
	Add new Web site: PBS - American Masters - On Cukor.	Swati Chopra	Dec 07, 2011
	Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - George Cukor.	Swati Chopra	Dec 07, 2011
	Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of George Cukor.	Swati Chopra	Dec 06, 2011
	Article revised.	Amy Tikkanen	Jan 08, 2007
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Jan 08, 2007
	Added new Web site: Senses of Cinema - George Cukor.	John Higgins	Sep 01, 2006
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Nov 10, 2005
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998