George Cukor [electronic resource].
Pomerance, Murray.
Palmer, R. Barton.
The various essays in this volume, all written by prominent experts in the field, offer critical discussions of every feature film Cukor directed and include a rich trove of valuable information about their production histories.
Specialized.
Description based upon print version of record.
Contents; Figures; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction - R. Barton Palmer and Murray Pomerance; The Career; Working Methods; Atmospheric Touches; Chapter 1 - Cukor's Tragicomedies of Marriage: Dinner at Eight, No More Ladies, The Women, and The Marrying Kind - Maureen Turim; Dinner at Eight; The Women; No More Ladies; The Marrying Kind; Chapter 2 - George Cukor's Late Style: Justine, Travels With My Aunt, and Rich and Famous - James Morrison; Justine and New Hollywood Modernism; Abstraction and Rhythm in Travels With My Aunt; Queer Cukor: Rich and Famous
Chapter 3 - Libel, Scandal, and Bad Big Names: It Should Happen to You, Les Girls, Camille, and Romeo and Juliet - Dominic LennardBringing her Back to Earth: It Should Happen to You; Calling the Tune: Les Girls; Swooning Out of Step: Camille and Romeo and Juliet; Conclusion; Chapter 4 - The Cukor "Problem": David Copperfield, Holiday, and The Philadelphia Story - Robert B. Ray; David Copperfield; Holiday; The Philadelphia Story; Notes
Chapter 5 - Modulations of the Shot: The Quiet Film Style of George Cukor in What Price Hollywood?, Born Yesterday, Sylvia Scarlett, and My Fair Lady - Lee CarruthersReading Realistic Textures: What Price Hollywood? and Born Yesterday; The Facilitating Frame: Sylvia Scarlett and My Fair Lady; Conclusion; Note; Chapter 6 - Doubling in the Cinema of George Cukor: The Royal Family of Broadway, A Bill of Divorcement, A Double Life, and Bhowani Junction - Michael DeAngelis; The Royal Family of Broadway; A Bill of Divorcement; A Double Life; Bhowani Junction
Chapter 7 - George Cukor and the Case of an Actor's Director: Hepburn and/or Tracy in Little Women, The Actress, Keeper of the Flame, Adam's Rib, and Pat and Mike - Charlie KeilSolo Turns: Little Women and The Actress; Performing as a Couple: Keeper of the Flame, Adam's Rib, and Pat and Mike; Chapter 8 - Cukor Maudit: Tarnished Lady, Girls About Town, Our Betters, Susan and God, Desire Me, Edward, My Son, The Model and the Marriage Broker, Let's Make Love, and The Chapman Report - Bill Krohn; The Dangerous Thirties; The Darkling Forties; From the Fifties to the Sixties; Note
Chapter 9 - George Cukor's Theatrical Feminism: Gaslight, Heller in Pink Tights, A Life of Her Own, and A Star is Born - Linda Ruth WilliamsGaslight: Home/Theater; All the World's a Stage: Heller in Pink Tights; "I don't wanna see": A Life of Her Own; Onstage and Backstage in A Star is Born; Notes; Chapter 10 - The Furthest Side of Paradise: Two-Faced Woman, A Woman's Face, Hot Spell, Wild is the Wind, and Winged Victory - R. Barton Palmer; An Unexpected Failure: Two-Faced Woman; More Script Trouble: A Woman's Face; Rescuing Hal Wallis Two Times: Wild is the Wind and Hot Spell
A Worthy Contribution to the War Effort: Winged Victory
The various essays in this volume, all written by prominent experts in the field, offer critical discussions of every feature film Cukor directed and include a rich trove of valuable information about their production histories.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Specialized.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 15, 2017).
Cukor, George, 1899-1983
Motion pictures
Film
Music, Dance, Drama & Film