Talk:George Cukor/Archive 1

Gay?
"It has been said that he was replaced as director on Gone with the Wind, because Clark Gable did not like him. He was well known for being homosexual."

Did whoever wrote this mean to state that He was replaced because he was gay? If so, then say so. If not, these sentences should be separated, because they look like an example of 'weasel by association'. DJ Clayworth 19:06, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * Read the footnotes to the article for some documented reasons why Cukor was replaced. Nothing in David Selznick's private memos say Gable had anything to do with it, and Cukor never blamed Gable in interviews he gave. — Walloon 04:28, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Innacuracies in the Cukor biography
The Cukor biography implies that he directed the films "Dinner at Eight", "David Copperfield" and "Camille" at RKO when in fact (and so stated in the Wikipedia articles on these films) these films were made by MGM'. Since I am new to Wikipedia and have no experience in editing articles I do not want to personally make a correction but believe that in the interest of accuracy the article should be changed, perhaps by the original author. Jpordway 03:45, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Romeo and Juliet was also made for MGM. Cukor may have established his reputation at RKO but I associate him at least as much with MGM. Will someone make these changes to the bio? IdaTuerk 13:40, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

WP:WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers priority assessment
Per debate and discussion re: assessment of the approximate 100 top priority articles of the project, this article has been included as a top priority article. Wildhartlivie (talk) 10:44, 29 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm not so sure it should be.. -- &oelig; &trade; 07:24, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 15:59, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Pronunciation
His last name 'Cukor' is indicated with an incorrect pronunciation and unfortunately I have also heard this incorrect pronunciation on TV as well. Cukor was a Hungarian jew with a Hungarian last name. The word 'Cukor' translates 'Sugar' in English and the correct pronunciation is 'tsu:kər', not 'kjuːkər' - as it is indicated on his Wiki page. Blade0817 (talk) 03:28, 27 July 2017 (UTC)]
 * We report how his name was pronounced in the anglosphere, where not one person in a thousand would know the proper Hungarian way. --  Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  10:57, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

George Kuchar?
Why is the link to George Kuchar under the heading "See Also"? Does Wikipedia put any similar names of the main article on "See Also"? I don't see the point. --Nazroon (talk) 21:46, 16 September 2020 (UTC)