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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: George Cukor papers
Creator:
Cukor, George, 1899-1983
Identifier/Call Number: 2001
Physical Description:
0.434 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1932-1961
Abstract: 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).
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of George Cukor, June 28, 1961.
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).
[Box/folder no. or item name], George Cukor papers, Collection no. 2001, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
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).
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at cin@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items
and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion pictures -- Archival resources
Television -- Archival resources
Manuscripts
Photographs
Cukor, George, 1899-1983 -- Archives