George Cukor : a double life : a biography of the gentleman director / / Patrick McGilligan

• Autore: McGilligan Patrick
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2013; ©1997
• Edizione: First University of Minnesota Press edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (404 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (black and white)
• Disciplina: 791.43/0233/092; B
• Soggetto topico: Motion picture producers and directors - United States; Gay men
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: "Originally published by St. Martin's Griffin Press, New York, 1997"--title page verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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."--
• Titolo autorizzato: George Cukor
• ISBN: 1-4529-4884-4; 0-8166-8487-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452421703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II