When Selznick moved to MGM in 1933 Cukor followed and directed Dinner at Eight ( 1933 ) and David Copperfield ( 1935 ) for Selznick and Romeo and Juliet ( 1936 ) and Camille ( 1936 ) for Irving Thalberg.

" Cukor directed six more Broadway productions before departing for Hollywood in 1929.

Over the next ten years, Cukor directed a handful of films with varying success.

The PBS series American Masters produced a comprehensive documentary about his life and work titled On Cukor directed by Robert Trachtenberg in 2000.

Both films were directed by George Cukor.

Gordon and Kanin received Academy Awards nominations for both of those screenplays, as well as for that of a prior film, A Double Life ( 1947 ), which was also directed by Cukor.

* Gaslight ( 1944 film ), directed by George Cukor, starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer and Angela Lansbury, based on the play

It was produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch (" with the assistance of " George Cukor ) and written by Samson Raphaelson, from the Lothar Schmidt play Only a Dream.

Category: Films directed by George Cukor

Coffee from the Dickens novel, and directed by George Cukor.

Category: Films directed by George Cukor

* A Star Is Born ( 1954 film ), starring Judy Garland and James Mason, directed by George Cukor

* What Price Hollywood ?, a 1932 film with similarities to the 1937 & later films, also directed by George Cukor

* 1935, directed by George Cukor

Adam's Rib is a 1949 American film written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin and directed by George Cukor.

Category: Films directed by George Cukor

Madame Curie was originally to star Greta Garbo and be directed by George Cukor.

The Royal Family of Broadway ( 1930 ) is a comedy film, directed by George Cukor and Cyril Gardner, and released by Paramount Pictures.

Category: Films directed by George Cukor

It was directed by George Cukor and written for the screen by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin.

Category: Films directed by George Cukor

What a Lovely War ( 1969 ), co-starring Sir John Gielgud and Sir Laurence Olivier and directed by Richard Attenborough ; Justine ( 1969 ), directed by George Cukor ; Le Serpent ( 1973 ), co-starring Henry Fonda and Yul Brynner ; A Bridge Too Far ( 1977 ), in a controversial performance as Lieutenant General Frederick " Boy " Browning, also starring Sean Connery and an all-star cast and again directed by Richard Attenborough.

" For the next several decades, Davis claimed she was fired, and although Cukor never understood why she placed so much importance on an incident he considered so minor, he never worked with her again.

Cukor favored Hepburn for the role, but Selznick, concerned about her reputation as ' box office poison ', would not consider her without a screen test, and the actress refused to film one.

Of those who did, Cukor preferred Paulette Goddard, but her supposedly illicit relationship with Charlie Chaplin ( they were, in fact, secretly married ) concerned Selznick.

Additionally, Cukor softened the Scarecrow's makeup and gave Margaret Hamilton's Wicked Witch of the West a different hairstyle, as well as altering her makeup and other facial features.

Cukor liked leading lady Marilyn Monroe but found it difficult to deal with her erratic work habits, frequent absences from the set, and the constant presence of her acting coach, Paula Strasberg.

Throughout filming there were mounting tensions between the director and designer Cecil Beaton, but Cukor was thrilled with leading lady Audrey Hepburn, although the crew was less enchanted with her diva-like demands.

The director, George Cukor, concurred and praised Leigh's " incredible wildness "; she secured her role as Scarlett soon after.

The ceremony was conducted as a memorial service, with selections from her films shown and tributes provided by such associates as George Cukor.

George Cukor commented that Leigh was a " consummate actress, hampered by beauty ", and Laurence Olivier said that critics should " give her credit for being an actress and not go on forever letting their judgments be distorted by her great beauty.

Kanin, together with George Cukor, Spencer Tracy, and Katharine Hepburn, conspired to promote Holliday by offering her a key part in the 1949 film Adam's Rib.

George Cukor directed her in Young Love, and the light comedy found success with New York audiences as well as those on the road.

In 1932, Burke made her Hollywood comeback, starring as Margaret Fairfield in A Bill of Divorcement, directed by George Cukor.

Shortly after her marriage, Kulp moved to Hollywood, California to work in a studio publicity department, but director George Cukor convinced her that she should work in front of the camera.

Directors-Dorothy Arzner ( in her last interview ), Clarence Brown, Frank Capra, George Cukor, Allan Dwan, Byron Haskin, Henry Hathaway, Henry King, Lewis Milestone, Hal Roach, Albert S. Rogell, King Vidor and William Wyler.

During a performance of The Recruiting Officer in 1936, Rhett was spotted by Hollywood director George Cukor, who was impressed by her charm and beauty.

" A remake called Something's Got to Give starring Marilyn Monroe and Dean Martin, and directed by George Cukor, was partly filmed in 1962 before being stopped due to Monroe's studio management problems and her subsequent death, but was shot and released the following year as Move Over, Darling, with Doris Day and James Garner.

A Bill of Divorcement is a 1932 American drama film, directed by George Cukor and starring John Barrymore and Katharine Hepburn in her movie debut.

Cukor cast her anyway ( beginning what would be a lifelong professional and personal relationship between the two ), and Hepburn was declared " a new star on the cinema horizon " by The Hollywood Reporter.

The cast attempted to celebrate when Marilyn arrived ; however Cukor insisted they wait until 6 pm, the end of the working day because he wanted to get a " full day's work out of her ".

At a studio meeting, Cukor strongly endorsed her dismissal, and she was released from the project on June 8 1962.