Claim: George Cukor directed A Bill of Divorcement.

George Dewey Cukor -LRB- -LSB- ˈkjuːkər -RSB- July 7 , 1899 -- January 24 , 1983 -RRB- was an American film director . He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations . His career flourished at RKO when David O. Selznick , the studio 's Head of Production , assigned Cukor to direct several of RKO 's major films , including What Price Hollywood ? -LRB- 1932 -RRB- , A Bill of Divorcement -LRB- 1932 -RRB- , Our Betters -LRB- 1933 -RRB- , and Little Women -LRB- 1933 -RRB- . When Selznick moved to MGM in 1933 , Cukor followed and directed Dinner at Eight -LRB- 1933 -RRB- and David Copperfield -LRB- 1935 -RRB- for Selznick and Romeo and Juliet -LRB- 1936 -RRB- and Camille -LRB- 1936 -RRB- for Irving Thalberg .   He was replaced as the director of Gone with the Wind -LRB- 1939 -RRB- , but he went on to direct The Philadelphia Story -LRB- 1940 -RRB- , Gaslight -LRB- 1944 -RRB- , Adam 's Rib -LRB- 1949 -RRB- , Born Yesterday -LRB- 1950 -RRB- , A Star Is Born -LRB- 1954 -RRB- , Bhowani Junction -LRB- 1956 -RRB- , and My Fair Lady -LRB- 1964 -RRB- . He continued to work into the 1980s .