His parents selected his middle name in honor of Spanish–American War hero George Dewey. He continued to work into the 1980s.Ĭukor was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the younger child and only son of Hungarian-Jewish immigrants Viktor, an assistant district attorney, and Helén Ilona Gross. He was replaced as one of the directors of Gone with the Wind (1939), but he went on to direct The Philadelphia Story (1940), Gaslight (1944), Adam's Rib (1949), Born Yesterday (1950), A Star Is Born (1954), Bhowani Junction (1956), and won the Academy Award for Best Director for My Fair Lady (1964), which was his fifth time nominated. When Selznick moved to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1933, Cukor followed and directed Dinner at Eight (1933) and David Copperfield (1935) for Selznick, and Romeo and Juliet (1936) and Camille (1936) for Irving Thalberg. 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), Our Betters (1933), and Little Women (1933). His career flourished at RKO when David O. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. Hopefully my library will acquire it soon and save me the expense of buying it.George Dewey Cukor ( / ˈ k juː k ɔːr/ July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director and producer. The first I heard of Flame Over India was your comment on your blog! With a name like that, I'm bound to watch it - and your recommendation just makes it doubly sure. I should read the book and see how much political correctness the film has brought in!Īnd yes, there is a Hindi film by the same name too - its a bad remake of a an average Western ( Last Train from Gun Hill) starring Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn.ĭustedoff, if you like romance and masala with Granger-Gardner thrown in (I'm sure you do!), there is no reason why you shouldn't like this as much as I do! :D

This film does have racist dialogues, but they're presented as the utterings of bigots whom the liberal-minded characters in the film do not agree with. Nasir, I've been looking for Harry Black and the Tiger, too - for Stewart Granger and I. Just looked up Monica Bellucci on google - she reminds me of Ava Gardner too!

Luckily, its come out on DVD now, so I can watch and watch. Sunheriyaadein, I caught it on TCM long ago - and its been a favorite ever since.

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