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Cukor (George) papers
2001  
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Description
This collection contains the papers of American director George Cukor (1899-1983), covering the years 1932-1963. Materials include telegrams, correspondence, photographs, stills and a television script for "This is Your Life" honoring Bessie Love (1965). The majority of the correspondence is from Laurette Taylor (1933-1935) and between Cukor and Moss Hart (1945-1959).
Background
George Cukor (1899-1983) was an American film director. He directed films including A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Our Betters (1933), and Little Women (1933) Dinner at Eight (1933), David Copperfield (1935), Romeo and Juliet (1936), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Gaslight (1944), A Star Is Born (1954). Cukor won an Academy Award for Best Director for My Fair Lady (1964).
Extent
0.434 Linear Feet 1 box
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Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
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