The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on October 11, 2019

Adam’s Rib has a great script (by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin), but outside director Cukor not being as energetic as he could be—he might’ve been able to compensate—the script is the biggest problem with the film. There are the really obvious problems, like when Spencer Tracy gets reduced to...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on October 11, 2019

Adam’s Rib has a great script (by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin), but outside director Cukor not being as energetic as he could be—he might’ve been able to compensate—the script is the biggest problem with the film. There are the really obvious problems, like when Spencer Tracy gets reduced to...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on October 11, 2019

Adam’s Rib has a great script (by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin), but outside director Cukor not being as energetic as he could be—he might’ve been able to compensate—the script is the biggest problem with the film. There are the really obvious problems, like when Spencer Tracy gets reduced to...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on October 11, 2019

Adam’s Rib has a great script (by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin), but outside director Cukor not being as energetic as he could be—he might’ve been able to compensate—the script is the biggest problem with the film. There are the really obvious problems, like when Spencer Tracy gets reduced to...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on September 5, 2018

At the end of Gaslight, when all has seemingly been revealed, there’s only one question left. If Scotland Yard inspector Joseph Cotten isn’t an American in London, why doesn’t anyone notice his lack of accent. It’s a wise choice not to give Cotten an accent–presumably he couldn’t do one–but it...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on November 20, 2017

Two-Faced Woman is the story of a successful New York magazine editor, played by Melvyn Douglas, who marries his ski instructor (Greta Garbo) while on vacation. It’s a whirlwind courtship, with one condition of the marriage (for Garbo) being Douglas is giving up New York. Turns out he’s not and...   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on July 7, 2016

Happy Birthday George Cukor! On July 7, 2016 By CarolIn Uncategorized The ultimate ‘actor’s director’, a label he acquired for his exceptional rapport with his actors and actresses, George Cukor was perhaps never given the full credit he   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 17, 2016

Garbo in 1931 She had a talent that few actresses or actors possess. In close-ups she gave the impression, the illusion of great movement. She would move her head just a little bit and the whole screen would come alive, like a strong breeze that made itself felt. -Director George...   read more

Movie Classics Posted by Judy on August 14, 2015

This is my contribution to the Barrymore Trilogy Blogathon. Please do look at the great range of postings. “The most glamorous production of all time,” proclaims the original trailer to Dinner at Eight. Well, Jean Harlow’s astonishing dresses, made by Adrian, are certainly glamorou   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on February 23, 2014

George Cukor was nominated for five Academy Awards for Best Director, ultimately winning in 1965 for MY FAIR LADY (1964). His first nominations were for two of the 10 films he made with Katharine Hepburn, LITTLE WOMEN (1933) and THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940). Producer Jack Warner, Audrey Hepburn, Re   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on February 23, 2014

Oscar-Winning Director George Cukor (as in "cucumber") Labels: Audrey Hepburn, Boze Hadleigh, George Cukor, Jimmy Stewart, Judy Garland, Little Women (1934), My Fair Lady (1964), Rex Harrison, The Philadelphia Story (1940), The Women (1939) George Cukor was nominated for five Academy   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on February 23, 2014

Oscar-Winning Director George Cukor (as in "cucumber") Labels: Audrey Hepburn, Boze Hadleigh, George Cukor, Jimmy Stewart, Judy Garland, Little Women (1934), My Fair Lady (1964), Rex Harrison, The Philadelphia Story (1940), The Women (1939) George Cukor was nominated for five Academy   read more

Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on December 28, 2013

“He was so much smarter than anyone else,” Candice Bergen said of director George Cukor, the subject of a 50-film retrospective at the Film Society of Lincoln Center continuing through January 7. The 67-year-old actress, a five-time Emmy winner for the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown, took the stage at the   read more

Movie Classics Posted by Judy on October 7, 2013

This great comedy really is a film that has its wedding cake and eats it. James Stewart sums it all up beautifully in two caustic lines – on the one hand: “The prettiest sight in this fine, pretty world is the privileged class enjoying its privileges.” That’s certainly a big   read more

Movie Classics Posted by Judy on September 1, 2013

Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn made a total of nine films together, but, for my money, Adam’s Rib is the best. It’s a film with just about everything, from a sharp script to a great performances by the central couple as rival lawyers. It was also ahead of  its time...   read more

Movie Classics Posted by Judy on October 18, 2012

Audrey Hepburn My Fair Lady has one of the greatest scores of any musical, by Lerner and Loewe, with many songs which have become standards, such as With a Little Bit of Luck, Wouldn’t It Be Loverly and On the Street Where You Live. It is also one of the...   read more

Movie Classics Posted by Judy on August 17, 2012

This is a continuation of my mini-Dickens series and also a rather rushed contribution to the TCM Summer Under the Stars blogathon - Saturday, August 18 is Freddie Bartholomew’s day on TCM in the US (though not, sadly, in the UK, where I live), and David Copperfield is being shown...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on July 31, 2012

I wonder how Something’s Got to Give plays if you haven’t seen My Favorite Wife (Give was a remake). This thirty-seven minute edit of footage of Marilyn Monroe’s last–unfinished–film is a disjointed suggestion of what might have been. Monroe’s good in her part, t   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on July 10, 2012

George Dewey Cukor was born on July 7, 1899. Had he been born superhuman (which, in terms of talent, he was), last Saturday would have been his 113th birthday. Though he was replaced as the director of the legendary 1939 film Gone with the Wind, Cukor would go on to...   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by minooallen on July 7, 2012

Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, George Cukor, born today, July 7 in 1899! Woman’s Director. That is the title Hollywood bequeathed upon George Cukor, a title he of course resented. And, to be perfectly honest, I almost resent it, too. To call Cukor a “woman’s director” is to insult...   read more