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I'll skip this one, I haven't seen a single movie by him.
 
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Emelee said:
I'll skip this one, I haven't seen a single movie by him.
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I'm pretty crap at all this, I've only seen MY FAIR LADY and I turned off GONE WITH THE WIND, but that's at least one more movie that I have watched from Hitchcock...
 
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Assuming we can include Gone With The Wind and The Wizard of Oz as he worked on both films but wasn't credited as director on either (if not please exclude them from my list):

1. Gone With The Wind
2. The Wizard of Oz
3. My Fair Lady
4. A Star Is Born
5. The Philadelphia Story
6. Gaslight
7. Lust For Life
8. Little Women
9. Adam's Rib
10. Romeo & Juliet (coincidentally, I saw this for the first time today on the TV channel London Live)
 
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My list (Mr. Cukor is one of my favorite directors, so I prefer choosing among the films known as his own work, so no GWTW here...):


1- A Star Is Born (1954) / My Fair Lady (If a tie is no option, then I´d leave out LML, though MM´s numbers are unforgettable...See video below)
2- Adam´s Rib
3- Born Yesterday (1950)
4- The Philadelphia Story
5- Rich and Famous
6- Sylvia Scarlett
7- Gaslight (1944)
8- A Woman´s Face (1941)
9- The Women (1939)
10- Let´s Make Love


The image quality is crappy, it´s probably one of the most protected scenes by the copyright owners, but this fan-made montage may give you who don´t know the movie an idea of what expect, music(and sex!)-wise. And no, Marilyn isn´t imitating Madonna... :danc:
 
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My list

1. The Philadelphia Story
2. A Star Is Born
3. Gaslight
4. Little Women
5. Adam's Rib
6. Holiday
7. The Blue Bird
8. Born Yesterday
9. Pat and Mike
10. Rich and Famous
 
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Toni said:
My list (Mr. Cukor is one of my favorite directors, so I prefer choosing among the films known as his own work, so no GWTW here...):

The image quality is crappy, it´s probably one of the most protected scenes by the copyright owners, but this fan-made montage may give you who don´t know the movie an idea of what expect, music(and sex!)-wise. And no, Marilyn isn´t imitating Madonna... :danc:
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Of course not, if anything Madonna was channeling Marilyn in her "Material girl" video. :)

I'm glad he's one of your favorite directors Toni. :)
I think I will accept your tie for this one.
 
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My George Cukor list:

1. Adam's Rib (1949)
2. The Blue Bird (1976)
3. My Fair Lady (1964)
4. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
5. Pat & Mike (1952)
6. Keeper of the Flame (1942)
7. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
8. Gone With the Wind (1939)

That's all I've seen of him so far. But I'm sure I'll watch more some day... :)
 
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Karin Schill said:
My George Cukor list:

1. Adam's Rib (1949)
2. The Blue Bird (1976)
3. My Fair Lady (1964)
4. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
5. Pat & Mike (1952)
6. Keeper of the Flame (1942)
6. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
7. Gone With the Wind (1939)

That's all I've seen of him so far. But I'm sure I'll watch more some day... :)
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I´m sure you´d love most of them Karin. Cukor always was very creative when he directed and all his actresses gave some of her better performances in his movies. As you probably know, Leigh and de Havilland demanded to be directed by Cukor when he was replaced, and he did so "unofficially" so they could give their best (and they did!).

Also, his works seem very contemporary in its subject and dialogues, and there usually is a lot of subtext in them (eg, "My Fair Lady" attacks sexism, though probably author Bernard Shaw also had it in mind when he wrote its original source "Pygmalion", and "Sylvia Scarlett" subtly talks about attraction between same-sex people and cross-dressing, and look at their release date!).

He had a quite "traditionally feminine" sensitivity that was a counterpoint to all the male-oriented films of the classic, in genres like western, gangsters, adventures, etc. He took these genres and turned them into "something else" since he gave women the same relevance in the stories, hence his movies are still very modern. I´d highly recommend you (and don´t mean Karin only) "Born Yesterday", "The Women" and his very classic take on "Little Women" with Hepburn (Kate).

And then, of course, there is the fact that Cukor was gay and proud of it at the time, and there are a lot of "gay" divas in his movies, from Crawford to Marilyn to Garland to K. Hepburn, who made trendy dressing like a man back in the 40´s, along with Marlene Dietrich. Last but not least, he was capable to make fine movies even in his early 80´s: "The Corn Is Green" and "Rich and Famous" (both of them remakes of Bette Davis movies) are very fresh, enjoyable films that I consider two little gems in his filmography. Oh and the latter features David Selby in a pre-Falcon Crest role and also Meg Ryan in one of her early (minor) parts.

 
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Thank you for the movie tips Toni. :)
"The Corn is green" and "Little Women" are already on my wishlist for movies I wanna see as I adore Katharine Hepburn. :)
 
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Okay here are the results of round eleven. After another close round your favorite movie directed by George Cukor is:

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The Philadelphia Story (1940)
This is the story of Tracy Lord, a Philadelphia socialite who is about to embark on her second wedding. However the wedding doesn't goes off without a hitch as her ex-husband and an attractive journalist somehow ends up on the guest list. The movie was written as a career vehicle for Katharine Hepburn and became her big comeback movie after being labelled box-office poison two years previously. The movie also stars Cary Grant and James Stewart. The movie was of course directed by George Cukor who was handpicked by Katharine Hepburn, who owned the film rights to the story. The movie was based on a comedy broadway play by Philip Barry. It has been adapted and re-made several times in the 1950s when stars like Grace Kelly and Barbara Bel Geddes have portrayed Hepburn's role.

You gave it a total of 38 points.

Here's a trailer for the winning movie:

The runner up was:

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My Fair Lady (1964)
This is a musical that follows professor Henry Higgins in his attempt to teach a simple Cockney girl named Eliza to speak like a lady. It stars Rex Harrisson and Audrey Hepburn. George Cukor, won a best director Oscar for this movie.

You gave it a total of 36 points.

Here's a trailer for that movie as well:


Then here's the rest of the list:

A Star Is Born (1954) 34 p.
Gaslight (1944) 33 p.
Adam's Rib (1949) 32 p.
Gone With the Wind (1939) 21 p.
The Wizard of Oz (1939) 13 p.
The Blue Bird (1976) 13 p.
The Women (1939) 11 p.
Born Yesterday (1950) 11 p.
A Woman’s Face (1941) 10 p.
Little Women (1933) 10 p.
Dinner at eight (1933) 10 p.

Pat & Mike (1952) 8 p.
Rich and Famous (1981) 7 p.
A Double Life (1947) 7 p.
Holiday (1938) 5 p.
Keeper of the Flame (1942) 5 p.
Sylvia Scarlett (1936) 5 p.
Lust For Life (1956) 4 p.
Romeo & Juliet (1936) 1 p.
Let´s Make Love (1960) 1 p.

That's all for this round.

@Mike which year is "The Woman" from?
I couldn't find it on Cukor's resumé. I wish IMDB would stop translating the movie titles into Swedish for me as it makes it difficult to find things! ;)
 
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