George Cukor Articles

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 [...]

Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn in George Cukor’s Adam’s Rib (top) Home movies of scary folk such as Alfred Hitchcock and Richard Nixon (and of some non-scary celebrities and non-celebrities as well), in addition to film classics and/or rarities starring Marilyn Monroe, Thelma Todd, Ken Maynard, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Dustin Farnum, Diane Lane, Judy Holliday, Michael Paré, Olivia de Havilland, and [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]