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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; George Cukor</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/george-cukor/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards: Odd Men Out George Cukor, John Huston, Vincente Minnelli</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-a-letter-to-three-wives-mankiewicz/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-a-letter-to-three-wives-mankiewicz/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:14:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25968</guid> <description><![CDATA[Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Jeanne Crain, A Letter to Three Wives DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards Pt.2: Foreign, Small, Controversial Movies Have Better Luck at the Oscars Since pre-1970 Directors Guild Award finalists often consisted of more than five directors, it was impossible to get an exact match for the DGA's and the Academy's lists of nominees. In the list below, the years before 1970 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-a-letter-to-three-wives-mankiewicz/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>George Cukor&#039;s Oscar-Nominated Actors: Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland, Ronald Colman</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/george-cukor-oscar-nominated-actors/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/george-cukor-oscar-nominated-actors/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:11:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16760</guid> <description><![CDATA[George Cukor 21 Acting Nominations (s) supporting category (*) Academy Award winner George Cukor: Top Oscar Directors for Actors &#160; James Stewart, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, The Philadelphia Story 1930-31 Fredric March, The Royal Family of Broadway (co-directed with Cyril Gardner) &#160; 1936 Norma Shearer, Romeo and Juliet Basil Rathbone (s), Romeo and Juliet &#160; 1937 Greta Garbo, Camille &#160; 1940 * James Stewart, The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/george-cukor-oscar-nominated-actors/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>George Cukor: Top Oscar Directors for Actors &#8211; 21 Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/george-cukor-top-oscar-directors-for-actors-iii/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/george-cukor-top-oscar-directors-for-actors-iii/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:49:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/01/28/top-oscar-directors-for-actors-iii-george-cukor/</guid> <description><![CDATA[William Holden, Oscar winner Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday Known as a refined "woman's director," George Cukor has had his considerable output either relegated to the sidelines or simply dismissed by those who like their directors macho and their films male-centered. Not helping matters is the general perception that Cukor was merely a hired hand for the likes of David O. Selznick at RKO and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/george-cukor-top-oscar-directors-for-actors-iii/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Katharine Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Errol Flynn, Thelma Todd: Packard Campus Sept. &#039;10</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/katharine-hepburn-marilyn-monroe-errol-flynn-thelma-todd/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/katharine-hepburn-marilyn-monroe-errol-flynn-thelma-todd/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:27:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24978</guid> <description><![CDATA[Margaret O'Brien, Judy Garland in Vincente Minnelli's Meet Me in St. Louis For Turner Classic Movies' Margaret O'Brien Day on Sunday, Aug. 15, TCM will present the television premiere of Meet Me in St. Louis (1944). Joke. But then again, I don't think they've shown Meet Me in St. Louis in at least two weeks, which almost makes the Sunday showing of the classic Vincente [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/margaret-obrien-tcm-heller-in-pink-tights-big-city/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Raquel Welch on TCM Tonight</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/raquel-welch-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/raquel-welch-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:30:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23855</guid> <description><![CDATA[Spencer Tracy, Judy Holliday, Katharine Hepburn in George Cukor's Adam's Rib Raquel Welch is the guest programmer tonight on Turner Classic Movies. Welch and Robert Osborne will be introducing and discussing four Hollywood classics: Adam's Rib (1949), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and To Have and Have Not (1945). One thing those movies have in common is strong roles for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/raquel-welch-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kathryn Bigelow, Lee Daniels: DGA Awards &amp; Women, Blacks, Gays</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/dga-awards-kathryn-bigelow-lee-daniels-768/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/dga-awards-kathryn-bigelow-lee-daniels-768/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:46:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20467</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kathryn Bigelow directing The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment) Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) is a first-time Directors Guild of America nominee, but her former husband James Cameron (Avatar) won the DGA Award for his megablockbuster Titanic back in early 1998. Lee Daniels (Precious) and Jason Reitman (Up in the Air) are two other first-timers, while this is Quentin Tarantino's second nod (Inglourious [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/dga-awards-kathryn-bigelow-lee-daniels-768/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Great Directors Series on Turner Classic Movies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/great-directors-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/great-directors-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:00:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10503</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeanne Moreau, Henri Serre, Oskar Werner in François Truffaut's Jules et Jim In June, Turner Classic Movies' month-long series &#34;Great Directors&#34; will be celebrating the efforts of 52 films directors, from past and present, from Hollywood and overseas (though, as to be expected, mostly Hollywood). Among TCM's &#34;greats&#34; are, inevitably, Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, Steven Spielberg, and John Ford, but also Jacques Tourneur, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/great-directors-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1937</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1937/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1937/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:07:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11618</guid> <description><![CDATA[Robert Taylor, Greta Garbo in Camille FILM The Awful Truth d, scr: Leo McCarey Camille d: George Cukor; scr: Frances Marion, James Hilton, Zoe Akins The Hurricane d: John Ford; scr: Dudley Nichols, Oliver H. P. Garrett The Last of Mrs. Cheyney d: Richard Boleslawski; scr: Leon Gordon, Samson Raphaelson, Monckton Hoffe Lost Horizon d: Frank Capra; scr: Robert Riskin Night Must Fall d: Richard [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1937/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1936</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1936/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1936/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:57:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11617</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sacha Guitry in The Story of a Cheat FILM Follow the Fleet d: Mark Sandrich; scr: Dwight Taylor Fury d: Fritz Lang; scr: Bartlett Cormack, Fritz Lang Libeled Lady d: Jack Conway; scr: Maurine Watkins, Howard Emmett Rogers, George Oppenheimer Mr. Deeds Goes to Town d: Frank Capra; scr: Robert Riskin My Man Godfrey d: Gregory La Cava; scr: Morrie Ryskind, Eric Hatch Le Roman [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1936/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1933</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1933/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1933/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:57:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4328</guid> <description><![CDATA[Greta Garbo in Queen Christina FILM Baby Face d: Alfred E. Green; scr: Gene Markey, Kathryn Scola The Barbarian d: Sam Wood; scr: Anita Loos, Elmer Harris Dinner at 8 d: George Cukor; scr: Frances Marion, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Donald Ogden Stewart Gold Diggers of 1933 d: Mervyn LeRoy; scr: Erwin Gelsey, James Seymour, David Boehm, Ben Markson I'm No Angel d: Wesley Ruggles; scr: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1933/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1930</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1930/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1930/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:38:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4323</guid> <description><![CDATA[Made at the dawn of the sound era, All Quiet on the Western Front remains the best war film ever made. Despite some brave (and not so brave) attempts by other filmmakers ever since, no other motion picture I've seen has captured the horrors of war with the honesty and the poignancy of Lewis Milestone's rendition of Erich Maria Remarque's pacifist novel. Lew Ayres plays [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1930/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MY FAIR LADY, THE GREAT RACE Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/my-fair-lady-the-great-race-audrey-hepburn/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/my-fair-lady-the-great-race-audrey-hepburn/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:13:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=9030</guid> <description><![CDATA[My Fair Lady (1964) and The Great Race (1965) will be screened at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood on Friday, March 27, and Saturday, March 28, respectively. Screenings will begin at 8 p.m. The programs are being presented by the Academy’s Science and Technology Council in conjunction with its &#34;Dressed in Color: The Costumes exhibition,&#34; which includes [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/my-fair-lady-the-great-race-audrey-hepburn/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Marie Dressler IV: DINNER AT 8, THE LATE CHRISTOPHER BEAN</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/marie-dressler-dinner-at-8-the-late-christopher-bean/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/marie-dressler-dinner-at-8-the-late-christopher-bean/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:40:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18678</guid> <description><![CDATA[Marie Dressler, Jean Harlow in Dinner at 8 Marie Dressler III: Wallace Beery, Polly Moran Comedies Some reviewers have complained that Marie Dressler didn't act. They say she overacted. What do you think? Writing about her as an actress was tough, because there is no one remotely like her anymore. If you watch her performances today, you can see that she was a true-blue ham. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/marie-dressler-dinner-at-8-the-late-christopher-bean/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>GASLIGHT To Be Lit Again</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/gaslight-to-be-lit-again/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/gaslight-to-be-lit-again/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2006 01:46:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=349</guid> <description><![CDATA[Warner Bros. has begun developing a remake of Gaslight, the 1944 thriller directed by George Cukor, and starring Charles Boyer as a suave murderer and Ingrid Bergman as his naive &#8212; and quite wealthy &#8212; wife, who almost goes bananas before the final fadeout. The film received a total of seven Academy Award nominations: best picture, best director, best actor, best supporting actress (Angela Lansbury, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/gaslight-to-be-lit-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Keith Andes</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/keith-andes/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/keith-andes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:57:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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