Widely thought of as "a woman's director," legendary film director George Cukor is profiled in this "American Masters" 2000 documentary narrated by Jean Simmons and featuring clips from such beloved classics as "Dinner at Eight," "David Copperfield," "The Women," "The Philadelphia Story," "Little Women," "Camille," "Born Yesterday," "Gaslight," "Adam's Rib," "A Double Life," "A Star is Born," and his Oscar-winning "My Fair Lady." The documentary uses film clips and interviews with Cukor's friends and colleagues including director Peter Bogdanovich, critic Richard Schickel, writer Fay Kanin, and Cukor's biographer Gavin Lambert himself as well as actors Mia Farrow, Shelley Winters, Angela Lansbury, Jack Lemmon and Claire Bloom to provide a picture of the director's unique accomplishments and to trace the arc of his career. As for his private life, the discreet director remains silent, and despite the film's references to his gay poolside parties at his Hollywood home, intimate friends ...
Jean Simmons | Narrator |
Mia Farrow | Herself |
Jack Lemmon | Himself |
George Cukor | Himself |
Angela Lansbury | Herself |
Jeanine Basinger | Herself |
Claire Bloom | Herself |
Tucker Fleming | Himself |
Fay Kanin | Herself |
Patrick McGilligan | Himself |
Robert Wheaton | Himself |
Peter Bogdanovich | Himself |
Gene Allen | Himself |
Walter Bernstein | Himself |
David Denby | Himself |
Signe Hasso | Herself |
Gavin Lambert | Himself |
Richard Schickel | Himself |
Shelley Winters | Herself |
Arnold Glassman | Editor |