{"product_id":"george-cukors-people-acting-for-a-master-director","title":"George Cukor's People: Acting for a Master Director","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe director of classic films such as \u003ci\u003eSylvia Scarlett\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGaslight\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAdam's Rib\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Star Is Born\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMy Fair Lady\u003c\/i\u003e, George Cukor is widely admired but often misunderstood. Reductively stereotyped in his time as a \"woman's director\"--a thinly veiled, disparaging code for \"gay\"--he brilliantly directed a wide range of iconic actors and actresses, including Cary Grant, Greta Garbo, Spencer Tracy, Joan Crawford, Marilyn Monroe, and Maggie Smith. As Katharine Hepburn, the star of ten Cukor films, told the director, \"All the people in your pictures are as goddamned good as they can possibly be, and that's your stamp.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this groundbreaking, lavishly illustrated critical study, Joseph McBride provides insightful and revealing essayistic portraits of Cukor's actors in their most memorable roles. The queer filmmaker gravitated to socially adventurous, subversively rule-breaking, audacious dreamers who are often sexually transgressive and gender fluid in ways that seem strikingly modern today. McBride shows that Cukor's seemingly self-effacing body of work is characterized by a discreet way of channeling his feelings through his actors. He expertly cajoled actors, usually gently but sometimes with bracing harshness, to delve deeply into emotional areas they tended to keep safely hidden. Cukor's wry wit, his keen sense of psychological and social observation, his charm and irony, and his toughness and resilience kept him active for more than five decades in Hollywood. \u003ci\u003eGeorge Cukor's People\u003c\/i\u003e gives him the in-depth, multifaceted examination his rich achievement deserves.","brand":"Joseph McBride","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46348210405612,"sku":"9780231210829","price":66.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780231210829.jpg?v=1744115836","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/george-cukors-people-acting-for-a-master-director","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}