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George Cukor

Jul 07, 1899 - Jan 24, 1983 (83 years old) in Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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George Dewey Cukor was an American film director. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO and later MGM, where he directed What Price Hollywood? (1932), A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), Little Women (1933), David Copperfield (1935), Romeo and Juliet (1936) and Camille (1936).

He was replaced as the director of Gone with the Wind (1939), but went on to direct The Philadelphia Story (1940), Adam's Rib (1949), Born Yesterday (1950), A Star Is Born (1954) and My Fair Lady (1964). He continued to work into the 1980s.

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The Oscars
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The Men Who Made the Movies
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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
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Sid & Judy
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
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Judy Garland: By Myself
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Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
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More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
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