George Cukor: A Double Life: A Biography of the Gentleman Director - Softcover

One of the highest-paid studio contract directors of his time, George Cukor was nominated five times for an Academy Award as Best Director. In publicity and mystique he was dubbed the &;women&;s director&; for guiding the most sensitive leading ladies to immortal performances, including Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, Judy Garland, and&;in ten films, among them The Philadelphia Story and Adam&;s Rib&;his lifelong friend and collaborator Katharine Hepburn. But behind the &;women&;s director&; label lurked the open secret that set Cukor apart from a generally macho fraternity of directors: he was a homosexual, a rarity among the top echelon. Patrick McGilligan&;s biography reveals how Cukor persevered within a system fraught with bigotry while becoming one of Hollywood&;s consummate filmmakers.