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Tag Archives: George Cukor
Wild Is the Wind (1957) George Cukor, Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnani, Anthony Franciosa, Drama
An immigrant Nevada rancher brings a woman from Italy to be his second wife but when he neglects her, she becomes involved with his trusted assistant. Read More »
Gone with the Wind (1939) Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Drama, History, Romance, War
Scarlett is a woman who can deal with a nation at war, Atlanta burning, the Union Army carrying off everything from her beloved Tara, the carpetbaggers who arrive after the war. Read More »
Heller in Pink Tights (1960) George Cukor, Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Margaret O’Brien, Western
Nineteenth century Wyoming: the wild West. Mild-mannered Tom Healy has a two-wagon theater troupe hounded by creditors because Angela Read More »
Camille (1936) George Cukor, Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Drama, Romance
An attractive woman going by the name Marguerite lives in Paris and is a courtesan, kept by the rich aristocrat Baron de Varville. Read More »
The Blue Bird (1976) George Cukor, Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, Cicely Tyson, Ava Gardner, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
A pair of peasant children, Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the Fairy Berylune. Read More »
One Hour with You (1932) George Cukor, Ernst Lubitsch, Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Genevieve Tobin, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Andre and Colette Bertier are happily married. When Colette introduces her husband to her flirtatious best friend, Mitzi, he does his best to resist her advances. Read More »
Zaza (1938) George Cukor, Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall, Bert Lahr, Drama, Romance
A sexy singer in a French music hall falls in love with a handsome, but married, aristocrat. Read More »
The Marrying Kind (1952) George Cukor, Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray, Madge Kennedy, Comedy, Drama
Florence and Chet Keefer have had a troublesome marriage. Whilst in the middle of a divorce hearing the judge encourages them to remember the good times they have had hoping that the marriage can be saved. Read More »
The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951) George Cukor, Jeanne Crain, Thelma Ritter, Scott Brady, Comedy, Romance
Marriage broker Mae Swasey, who somewhat cynically arranges her loser clients’ affairs, meets model Kitty Bennett and can’t resist meddling in her life Read More »
Manhattan Melodrama (1934) W.S. Van Dyke, George Cukor, Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Orphans Edward “Blackie” Gallagher and Jim Wade are lifelong friends who take different paths in life. Blackie thrives on gambling and grows up to be a hard-nosed racketeer. Read More »
Les Girls (1957) George Cukor, Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall, Comedy, Musical
After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe “Barry Nichols and Les Girls”, Sybil Wren is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele. Read More »
Song Without End (1960) Charles Vidor, George Cukor, Dirk Bogarde, Capucine, Geneviève Page, Biography, Drama, Music
The romantic story of Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt (Dirk Bogarde), whose scandalous love affair forced him to abandon his adoring audiences.
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Love Among the Ruins (1975) George Cukor, Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely, Drama, Comedy, Romance
An aging actress is being sued for breach of promise. She hires as her lawyer a man who was an ex-lover and is still in love with her, although she doesn’t know it. Read More »
Keeper of the Flame (1942) George Cukor, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Whorf, Drama, Mystery
Journalist Steve O’Malley wants to write a biography of a national hero who died when his car ran off a bridge. Read More »