Books/Videos

Bernardoni, James.

George Cukor : a critical study and filmography Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c1985.

MAIN: PN1998.A3 C796 1985; UNDE: PN1998.A3 C796 1985

Bogdanovich, Peter

Who the devil made it / Peter Bogdanovich. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1997.

"Conversations with Robert Aldrich, George Cukor, Allan Dwan, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Chuck Jones, Fritz Lang, Joseph H. Lewis, Sidney Lumet, Leo McCarey, Otto Preminger, Don Siegel, Josef von Sternberg, Frank Tashlin, Edgar G. Ulmer, Raoul Walsh.

Main Stack, Moffitt PN1995.9.P7 B58 1997

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Carey, Gary.

Cukor & co.; the films of George Cukor and his collaborators. New York, Museum of Modern Art; distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn. [1971]

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Clarens, Carlos.

George Cukor London : Secker and Warburg in association with the British Film Institute, 1976.

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Cukor, George Dewey

Recollections of George Cukor : oral history transcript [Los Angeles] : Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, c1969.

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Cukor, George

"The Director." In: Behind the screen; how films are made / edited by Stephen Watts. New York, Dodge Pub. Co., [1938?]

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Contents: Preface, by Hugh Walpole.--Editorial, by Stephen Watts.--The producer, by Hunt Strombert.--The director, by George Cukor.--Scenario writing, by Frances Marion.--The art director, by Cedric Gibbons.--Clothes, by Adrian.--Casting, by Billy Grady.--Makeup, by Jack Dawn.--The actor-I, by Leslie Howard.--The actor-II, by Lionel Barrymore.--Photography, by Lee Garmes.--Colour, by Natalie M. Kalmus.--Sound, by Douglas Shearer.--Film music, by Herbert Stethart.--The cutter, by Margaret Booth.--Public relations, by Howard Dietz.--Distribution, by S. Eckman, jr.

Domarchi, Jean.

George Cukor [Paris] Seghers, 1965.

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George Cukor: interviews

Jackson, MI : University Press of Mississippi, c2001.

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Higham, Charles

"George Cukor." In: The celluloid muse: Hollywood directors speak [by] Charles Higham and Joel Greenberg. London, Angus & Robertson, 1969.

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Moffitt

Lambert, Gavin.

On Cukor New York : Rizzoli, c2000.

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McGilligan, Patrick.

George Cukor : a double life : a biography of the gentleman director / <1997> New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 1997.

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Men who made the movies: George Cukor [VIDEO]

New York, NY : WNET Television Station, 1973.

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On Cukor [VIDEO]

New York, NY : WinStar TV & Video, [2000]

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A personal journey with Martin Scorsese through American movies [VIDEO]

Santa Monica, CA : Voyager Company : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2000?]

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Phillips, Gene D.

"George Cukor: a touch of class." In: Major film directors of the American and British cinema / <1999> Bethlehem [Pa.] : Lehigh University Press ; London : Associated University Presses, c1999.

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Sarris, Andrew.

"George Cukor." In: "You ain't heard nothin' yet" : the American talking film, history & memory, 1927-1949 / Andrew Sarris. New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

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Tynan, Kenneth

"George Cukor." In: Profiles / Kenneth Tynan ; selected and edited by Kathleen Tynan and Ernie Eban. London : Hern, 1989.

Main Stack PN2597.T961 1989

Journal Articles

Bodeen, DeWitt

"George Cukor." Films in Review; Vol.XXXII nr.9 (Nov 1981); p.513-526

Career article on American director G.C.

Buscombe, Edward

"On Cukor." Screen; Vol.XIV nr.3 (Autumn 1973); p.101-106

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Discussion of various critical approaches to Cukor's films.

Canby, Vincent

"How art triumphs over social repression." The New York Times Nov 15, 1981 v131 s2 pD23(N) pD23(LC) col 1 (31 col in)

Dargis, Manohla

"All he did was create a parade of classics." (Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents retrospective of films by George Cukor) The New York Times July 25, 1999 s2 pAR27(N) pAR27(L) col 1 (35 col in)

Doherty, Thomas.

"In Hollywood, George Cukor Made Movies, Not Waves." Chronicle of Higher Education. 47(13):B18-19. 2000 Nov 24.

Doty, Alexander

"Whose text is it anyway?: queer cultures, queer auteurs, and queer authorship. (homosexual expression in the films of George Cukor and Dorothy Arzner) Quarterly Review of Film and Video Nov 1993 v15 n1 p41(14)

"The collective films of directors George Cukor and Dorothy Arzner discretely express homosexuality and lesbianism in works that were designed for the straight, mass market. However, the homosexual following of their films is linked more to the performers who stared inthem, particularly Greta Garbo and Katherine Hepburn. Lesbian identity toward the stars and the characters they played is thought to be the main source for the popularity of such films despite the fact that Cukor was a homosexual and Arzner a lesbian. The influence of the directors may have played a larger part than previously thought." [Expanded Academic Index]

Gillett, J., et. al.

"Conversation with George Cukor." Sight & Sound v. 33 no. 4 (Autumn 1964) p. 188-93

"Hitchcock and Cukor."

CineAction; nr.50 (1999); p.1-88

Special issue celebrating fiftieth publication and the centenaries of Alfred Hitchcock and George Cukor, two directors noted for their treatment of women.

McBride, Joseph

"George Cukor: The Valor of Discretion." Bright Lights issue 32

McBride, Joseph; McCarthy, Todd

"Carry on, Cukor." Film Comment; Vol.XVII nr.5 (Sept-Oct 1981); p.41-47

Director George Cukor discusses the making of "Rich and famous" and the later years of his career; plus comments from Jacqueline Bisset.

Phillips, Gene D.

"Fifty years of filmmaking." Films & Filming; nr.328 (Jan 1982); p.4-9

G.C. discusses his career and films, during the shooting of "Rich and famous"

Phillips, Gene D.

"George Cukor." Film Comment;Vol.VIII nr.1 (Spring 1972); p.52-55

G.C. comments on some of his films and the people he worked with.

Phillips, Gene D.

"More than an entertainer." America v. 134 (May 29 1976) p. 476-8

Sarris, Andrew

"Cukor." Film Comment; Vol.XIV nr.2 (Mar-Apr 1978); p.42-45

Tribute to George Cukor.

Stoddart, Scott F..

"George Cukor's 'take' on the literacy narrative: Hollywood style." CineAction;nr.50 (1999); p.24-31

Characterizes one thematic thread in the films of Cukor, discussing "Little women", "Born yesterday", and (briefly) "My fair lady" as literacy narratives.

Taylor, John Russell

"Surviving. George Cukor." Sight & Sound; Vol.XLVI nr.3 (Summer 1977); p.175-176

Cukor reflects on his career.

Taylor, John Russell

"Remembering George Cukor." Films & Filming; nr.342 (Mar 1983); p.24-26

Personal memories of G.C.

Worth, F.; others

"Queer theory: desire, authorship and visibility." Quarterly Review of Film and Video; Vol.XV nr.1 (Nov 1993); p.1-126

"Incl. notes on the portrayal of lesbians in the videos of Julie Zando; male prostitutes in 1960's US cinema, notably in "My hustler" and "Midnight cowboy"; 'queer' re-readings of films by George Cukor and Dorothy Arzner; a lesbian festival set up to counter lack of representation at Créteil; the syllabus for a seminar on gay and lesbian media/gay and lesbian studies." [FIAF]

Obituaries

Clarens, Carlos

"The Cukor touch." Film Comment; Vol.XIX nr.2 (Mar-Apr 1983); p.58-60

Reflects on the career of director G.C., on the occasion of his death.

Farber, Stephen

"Directing at 81, George Cukor spans the history of the talkies. The New York Times Oct 4, 1981 v131 s2 pD14 col 2 (48 col in)

Gowler, Glenn

"George Cukor, 83, film director, dies." (obituary) The New York Times Jan 26, 1983 v132 p16(N) pA18(L) col 1 (35 col in)

Kanin, Garson

"George Cukor's loving marriage to the movies." (obituary) The New York Times Feb 6, 1983 v132 s2 pH15(N) pH15(L) col 1 (25 col in)

Articles and Books on Individual films

Adam's Rib

Cavell, Stanley

"The Courting of Marriage: Adam's Rib." In: Pursuits of happiness : the Hollywood comedy of remarriage / Stanley Cavell. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1981.

Main Stack PN1995.9.C55.C38

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PFA PN1995.9.C55.C38 1981

Kamir, Orit

"Adam's Rib: Hollywood's Female Lawyer and Family Values." In: Framed : women in law and film Durham : Duke University Press, 2006.

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Shumway, David R..

"Screwball comedies: constructing romance, mystifying marriage." Cinema Journal; Vol.XXX nr.4 (Summer 1991); p.7-23

The attitude towards romantic love and marriage expressed by US 'screwball comedies'; compares "Adam's rib" and "Desperately seeking Susan".

La Cruz, Anita.

"Is 'Who Wears the Pants' an Empty Question? Comedy and Marriage in Adam's Rib." Bells: Barcelona English Language & Literature Studies. 9:133-42. 1998

Becky Sharp

Sight & Sound; Vol.LIX nr.1 (Winter 1989-90); p.28-32

Stanbrook, Alan

"As it was in the beginning." Sight & Sound; Vol.LIX nr.1 (Winter 1989-90); p.28-32

Queries whether the recent trend for restoration of classic films has resulted in products of debatable value. Looks at the cases of "Lost horizon", "A star is born" and "Becky Sharp".

David Copperfield

Balcerzak, Scot

"Dickensian Orphan as Child Star: Freddie Bartholomew and the Commodity of Cute in MGM's David Copperfield (1935)" Literature/Film Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 51-61, 2005.

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DeBona, Guerric.

"Dickens, the Depression, and MGM's David Copperfield." In:

Film adaptation / edited and with an introduction by James Naremore. pp: 106-128. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, c2000. Series title: Rutgers depth of field series.

UCB Main PN1997.85 .F55 2000

Pointer, Michael.

Charles Dickens on the screen: the film, television, and video adaptations / Michael Pointer; consulting editor, Anthony Slide. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, c1996.

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Zambrano, Ana Laur.

"David Copperfield: Novel and Films." University of Hartford Studies in Literature: a Journal of Interdisciplinary Criticism. 9:1-16. 1977.

Gas Light

Bell, Roger V.

"Cavell voices his differences with Derrida's deconstruction : across viewings of Cukor's Gaslight." In: Sounding the abyss : readings between Cavell and Derrida

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0411/2003026049.html

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Fletcher, John

"Primal scenes and the female gothic: Rebecca and Gaslight." Screen; Vol.XXXVI nr.4 (Winter 1995); p.341-370

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"The writer discusses women and psychoanalysis in the cinema, focusing on two melodramas of the 1940s--Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca and George Cukor's Gaslight. His analysis centers on the concept of the primal scene, which he describes as the father's assault on or violent possession of the mother, and which he suggests is at the heart of both psychoanalysis and narrative cinema. Both of these films, he suggests, turn on what might be called primal scenes in an extended sense: They depict an intrusion into a space that has been the scene of an act of desire or murder in the past. He describes the films as examples of the female Gothic, a tradition concerned with the disempowerment of women within patriarchal dynastic structures." [Art Index]

Gallafent, Edward

"Black satin: fantasy, murder and the couple in 'Gaslight' and 'Rebecca'." Screen; Vol.XXIX nr.3 (Summer 1988); p.84-103

Studies the similar fears of the newly-wed brides in "Gaslight" and "Rebecca".

Sarris, Andrew

"Two or three things I know about Gaslight." Film Comment; Vol.XII nr.3 (May-June 1976); p.23-25

Comparison of the British and US versions of 'Gaslight'.

Turner, George

"Gaslight twice told." American Cinematographer; Vol.LXXVII nr.1 (Jan 1996); p.79-82

The second of two articles on film versions of Patrick Hamilton's stage play focuses on the Hollywood remake; notes the order given to destroy the original version and the outrage this caused in the British press.

Wood, R.

"The two "Gaslights". In: Sexual politics and narrative film : Hollywood and beyond / Robin Wood. New York : Columbia University Press, 1998.

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Young, Kay

"A Woman's Space Is in the Home: Architecture, Privacy, and Melodrama in Pamela and Gaslight." Partial Answers: Journal of Literature and the History of Ideas, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 51-74, June 2004.

Holiday

Mirza, C..

"The collective spirit of revolt: an historical reading of Holiday." Wide Angle; Vol.XII nr.3 (July 1990); p.98-116

Reassessment of "Holiday", showing the resistance to the Hollywood studio system of its director George Cukor, scriptwriter Donald Ogden Stewart, and stars Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant.

Les Girls

McLaughlin, J..

"Obscure objects of suspicion in George Cukor's 'Les girls'." Wide Angle; Vol.VI nr.3 (1984); p.40-48

On "Les girls" as a punitive investigation of femininity.

Little Women

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My Fair Lady

Martin, Sara.

"Resistance and Persistence: Pygmalion and My Fair Lady, Two Film Versions of G. B. Shaw's Pygmalion." Entertext: an Interactive Interdisciplinary E-Journal for Cultural & Historical Studies & Creative Work. 1(2):37-60. 2001 Spring

Starks, Lisa S..

"Educating Eliza: fashioning the model woman in the 'Pygmalion' film." Post Script; Vol.XVI nr.2 (Winter-Spring 1997); p.44-55

On the depiction of 'the perfect woman' in various films originating from the Pygmalion myth: adaptations of Shaw's play (both as "Pygmalion" and "My fair lady") to more recent releases such as "Pretty woman" and "Sabrina".

Stuart, Andrea

"My fair lady." Films & Filming; Vol.XX nr.2 (Nov 1973); p.51-52

Philadelphia Story

Cavell, Stanley

"The Importance of Importance: Philadelphia Story." In: Pursuits of happiness : the Hollywood comedy of remarriage / Stanley Cavell. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1981.

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Green, Gary L.

"The Author behind the Author: George Cukor and the Adaptation of The Philadelphia Story." In: Film and literature : a comparative approach to adaptation / edited by Wendell Aycock and Michael Schoenecke. pp: 69-79. Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, 1988. Studies in comparative literature (Lubbock, Tex.); no. 19.

Main Stack PN1995.3.F5 1988

"Philadelphia story." (review) Life v. 10 (January 6 1941) p. 31-2

"Philadelphia story." The New Republic v. 103 (December 23 1940) p. 869

"Philadelphia story." (review) Newsweek v. 16 (December 16 1940) p. 64

Robinson, David Maurice.

"The Philadelphia Story: 1940." Sight and Sound 14.2 (Feb 2004): NA. Expanded

George Cukor's film "The Philadelphia Story" won two Oscars award for Best Actor and Best Writing Screenplay out of their six nominations in the Academy Awards ceremony of 1940.The highlight of the movie and its success in bagging the awards are discussed.

Roth, Marty.

"Something Wild: The Fruits of Filmic Intoxication." Dionysos: the Literature & Addiction Triquarterly. 7(1):23-33. 1997 Winter.

Vineberg, Steve.

"Philip Barry and the Yankee Aristocracy." Journal of Dramatic Theory & Criticism. 15(2):163-70. 2001 Spring

A Star Is Born

Bodeen, DeWitt

"George Cukor." Films in Review;Vol.XXXIII nr.4 (Apr 1982); p.193

Discusses content of original 181 minute uncut version of "A star is born".Bodeen, DeWitt

Currid, Brian.

"'Ain't I People?': Voicing National Fantasy." In: Music and the racial imagination / edited by Ronald Radano and Philip V. Bohlman; with a foreword by Houston A. Baker, Jr. pp: 113-44. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2000.

Music ML3795.M782 2000

Currid, Brian.

"Judy Garland's American Drag." Amerikastudien/American Studies. 46(1):123-33. 2001

"Judy Garland is as "obviously" American as much as she is "obviously" a gay icon. While, on the one hand, the queer use of Garland depends on her hegemonic function for the national imaginary, it also queers its operation for and in what Lauren Berlant has called the "National Symbolic." This article focuses on the 1954 George Cukor film A Star Is Born, crucial for Garland's gay fans, and considers the ways it reveals Americanness as a structure of impersonation. Garland's ordinariness resides within coordinates that determine American mass publicity as a whole - questions of "race," the specificity of American identity, and the historic claim of "Hollywood" to a central place in the production of an American national imaginary." [Art Index]

Harrell, A.

"Making of A Star is born {1954}." American Cinematographer v. 65 (February 1984) p. 34-7

Jennings, W..

"Nova: Garland in 'A star is born'." Quarterly Review of Film Studies; Vol.IV nr.3 (Summer 1979); p.321-337

Discussion of the film as a biographical portrayal of Judy Garland's own career.

Phillips, Gene D. Films in Review; Vol.XL nr.8-9 (Aug-Sept 1989); p.445

Identifies the real-life figures on whom the character of Norman Maine in "What price Hollywood?" and "A star is born" was based.

Sylvia Scarlet

Chow, Lesley

" The Double Standard: The Twins of Two-Faced Woman and Sylvia Scarlett." Bright Lights Films Journal, February 2008 | Issue 59

Kemp, Peter.

"Bi-Polar Gender-Blender: Sylvia Scarlett." Senses of Cinema: an Online Film Journal Devoted to the Serious & Eclectic Discussion of Cinema. 22:(no pagination). 2002 Sept-Oct

Travels with My Aunt

Farber, Stephen

"Travels with my aunt." Film Quarterly; Vol.XXVI nr.4 (Summer 1973); p.49-52

Fagin, S.

"Narrative design in ' Literature/Film Quarterly; Vol.II nr.4 (Fall 1974); p.379-383Travels with my aunt'."

Analyzes novel and film versions in terms of narrative structure.

French, Philip

"Travels with my aunt." Sight & Sound; Vol.XLII nr.2 (Spring 1973); p.115

Gow, Gordon

"Travels with my aunt." Films & Filming; Vol.XIX nr.6 (March 1973); p.54-55

Lippe, Richard

""Travels with my aunt": romanticism and aging." CineAction; nr.50 (1999); p.16-19

An appreciative discussion of Cukor's film which emphasizes its stylistic continuity with his other work.

Reilly, C.P.

"Travels with my aunt." Films in Review; SO: Vol.XXIV nr.2 (Feb 1973); p.118-119