Reminiscences of George Dewey Cukor, 1971.

Biographical Note

Film director

Scope and Contents

Early days of talking pictures, transition from silent films; various Hollywood figures, especially Greta Garbo; differences between stage and screen; approach to material, direction, actors; Vivian Leigh and "Gone with the Wind"; Judy Garland and "A Star is Born"

Subjects

• Cukor, George, 1899-1983--Interviews.
• Higham, Charles, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Motion picture industry.
• Motion picture producers and directors--Interviews.
• Motion pictures.
• Oral histories (literary works)

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1985