George Cukor - the Data Lounge
2022年7月7日 · DL posters weigh in why George Cukor who everyone in Hollywood circles and elsewhere knew was gay largely was left alone. MGM certainly didn't push the issue as they did with other gay actors and directors such as Vincente Minnelli. Invitations to George Cukor's house parties (of all sorts) were highly coveted.
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2021年4月15日 · A man who claimed to have had a six-month affair with Rock Hudson in 1958 agreed that Bowers got it right. And noted writer and historian David Ehrenstein, who said he had researched director George Cukor's archives for his own book, reported that Bowers was mentioned frequently by Cukor — who introduced him to Tracy and Hepburn.
The Chapman Report (1962) - the Data Lounge
2021年7月8日 · George Cukor was the fall guy for what eventually hit the screen. Although the film was pretty much a disaster narratively, there were a few sly Cukor touches. I recall that right before going into Ty Hardin’s beach shack, Glynis Johns stops …
Who did these male actors blow to reach stardom? - the Data …
2020年6月15日 · In older settings and in pre-out times, gay men in power often largely appeared to be of the type (still around, of course) to want to blow or be fucked by the young, masculine newcomers or middle-tier actors wanting a particular job. Cukor didn't want to fuck Aldo Ray. He wanted to blow Aldo Ray. The same for actors like Guy Madison.
Rock Hudson used to have pool parties for young, attractive men
2014年8月21日 · When I asked him about Cukor's pool parties, he pointed out that no one who had any ambitions could afford to be seen at them, because word about them would be all over town by the next day, and their career would be over. That was in the late 40's.
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2016年5月15日 · Olivia de Havilland was the reason George Cukor walked off the set of Gone With The Wind - she insulted him with homophobic slurs and also made racist jokes about black extras, made ageist jokes about Leslie Howard and poured chloroform into the Aunt Pittypat's smelling salt bottle prop. Poor Laura Hope Crews even had to be rushed to the hospital.
George Cukor Pool Parties - the Data Lounge
2020年8月26日 · I had an older friend in Sedona, AZ years ago who’d been a contract player at Universal in the late 40’s. When I asked him if he’d ever been to Cukor’s Sunday pool parties, he quickly responded, “Neve
The Philadelphia Story (1940) - the Data Lounge
2024年12月12日 · I have searched and searched, but could not find one thread dedicated to the George Cukor classic screwball comedy. How does it hold up in a 2024 lens? Kate Hepburn, as always, was beautifully regal. Cary Grant charming, James Stewart was the boy next door, and Ruth Hussey was well, Ruth Hussey.
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2021年12月11日 · Nancy's mother, Edith Luckett Davis, was an actress with many Hollywood connections. She enlisted Spencer and Louise Tracy to assist Nancy in her burgeoning career. Spencer introduced her to MGM casting director, Benny Thau, and got George Cukor and cinematographer George Folsey to shoot her audition.
Tell me about Peter Lawford - the Data Lounge
2021年4月12日 · "Peter and Liz were lifelong friends. Dominick Dunne told me that in 1973, he, Liz, Peter, Roddy McDowall, the director George Cukor and others flew by helicopter from Los Angeles to Disneyland. Inside the park, they were able to escape crowds of people gawking at them by going inside rides like Pirates of the Caribbean.