George Cukor had a reputation as a "women's director," and appropriately, this 90-minute documentary opens with a montage of film clips featuring celebrated actresses. True, Cukor launched the careers of Katharine Hepburn, Angela Lansbury, and Shelley Winters. And the video is narrated by Jean Simmons, another actress he once directed. But the program goes on to explore the full range of Cukor's oeuvre, including clips not only from such blockbusters as My Fair Lady and A Star Is Born, but also from now-forgotten earlier works such as What Price Hollywood? Audio and video excerpts from interviews with Cukor are interspersed with the comments of actors, directors, and writers who worked with him or whom he influenced, including Lansbury, Claire Bloom, and Peter Bogdanovich. The documentary balances its examination of Cukor's directorial approach with glimpses at his private life, from his days of skipping school to go to the theater, to the "open secret" of his homosexuality. More than just a tribute, On Cukor reveals the man behind the camera of some of America's best-loved movies. --Larisa Lomacky Moore
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