George Cukor
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"George Dewey Cukor" was an United States/American film director. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO when David O. Selznick, the studio's Head of Production, assigned Cukor to direct several of RKO's major films, including What Price Hollywood? (1932), A Bill of Divorcement (1932 film)/A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Our Betters (1933), and Little Women (1933 film)/Little Women (1933). When Selznick moved to MGM in 1933 Cukor followed and directed Dinner at Eight (film)/Dinner at Eight (1933) and David Copperfield (1935 film)/David Copperfield (1935) for Selznick and Romeo and Juliet (1936 film)/Romeo and Juliet (1936) and Camille (1936 film)/Camille (1936) for Irving Thalberg.

He was replaced as the director of Gone with the Wind (film)/Gone with the Wind (1939), but he went on to direct The Philadelphia Story (film)/The Philadelphia Story (1940), Gaslight (1944 film)/Gaslight (1944), Adam's Rib (1949), Born Yesterday (1950 film)/Born Yesterday (1950), A Star Is Born (1954 film)/A Star Is Born (1954) and My Fair Lady (film)/My Fair Lady (1964). He continued to work into the 1980s.

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A Star Is Born.