Tag: George Cukor

Justine Script

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Year:1969
Director:George Cukor, Joseph Strick
Written by:Lawrence B. Marcus (Screenplay), Lawrence Durrell (Novel), Andrew Sarris (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, the beautiful and mysterious wife of a Coptic banker. He observes the affairs of her heart and incidentally discovers that she is involved in a plot against the British, meant to arm the Jewish underground in Palestine. The plot finally fails, Justine is sent to jail and Darley decides to return to England.
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The Blue Bird (1976) Script

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Year:1976
Director:George Cukor
Written by:Hugh Whitemore (Screenplay), Maurice Maeterlinck (Theatre Play), Alfred Hayes (Screenplay), Aleksei Kapler (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A pair of peasant children, Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the Fairy Berylune. On their journey, they are accompanied by the humanized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, Bread, and other entities.
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The Philadelphia Story Script

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Year:1940
Director:George Cukor
Written by:Philip Barry (Theatre Play), Donald Ogden Stewart (Screenplay), Waldo Salt (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
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  • The Philadelphia Story ( 981 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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The Animal Kingdom Script

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Year:1932
Director:George Cukor, Edward H. Griffith
Written by:Philip Barry (Theatre Play), Adela Rogers St. Johns (Writer), Edward H. Griffith (Writer), Horace Jackson (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Tom Collier has had a great relationship with Daisy, but when he decides to marry, it is not Daisy whom he asks, it is Cecelia. After the marriage, Tom is bored with the social scene and the obligations of his life. He publishes books that will sell, not books that he wants to write. Even worse, he has his old friend working as a butler and Cecelia wants him fired. When Tom tries to get back together with Daisy to renew the feelings that he once felt, Daisy turns the tables on him and leaves to protect both of them.
The Animal Kingdom Script Resources:

  • The Animal Kingdom Script PDF - [HORACE JACKSON] at Script Fly ($)

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Little Women (1933) Script

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Year:1933
Director:George Cukor
Written by:Louisa May Alcott (Novel), Victor Heerman (Screenplay), Sarah Y. Mason (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Little Women is a coming-of-age drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. During the American Civil War, the girls father is away serving as a minister to the troops. The family, headed by their beloved Marmee, must struggle to make ends meet, with the help of their kind and wealthy neighbor, Mr. Laurence, and his high spirited grandson Laurie.
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Two-Faced Woman Script

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Year:1941
Director:George Cukor
Written by:Ludwig Fulda (Theatre Play), S. N. Behrman (Screenplay), Salka Viertel (Screenplay), George Oppenheimer (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.
Two-Faced Woman Script Resources:

  • Two-Faced Woman Script PDF - 8/11/41 REVISED at Script City ($)

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Pat and Mike Script

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Year:1952
Director:George Cukor
Written by:Ruth Gordon (Screenplay), Garson Kanin (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Pat Pemberton (Hepburn) is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf championship is in her reach until she gets flustered by his presence at the final holes. He wants them to get married and forget the whole thing, but she cannot give up on herself that easily. She enlists the help of Mike Conovan (Tracy), a slightly shady sports promoter. Together they face mobsters, a jealous boxer (Aldo Ray), and a growing mutual attraction.
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David Copperfield Script

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Year:1935
Director:George Cukor
Written by:Charles Dickens (Novel), Hugh Walpole (Adaptation), Howard Estabrook (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Charles Dickens' classic tale of an orphaned boy's fight for happiness and the colorful characters who help and hinder him.
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Adam’s Rib Script

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Year:1949
Director:George Cukor
Written by:Ruth Gordon (Screenplay), Garson Kanin (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:When a woman attempts to kill her uncaring husband, prosecutor Adam Bonner gets the case. Unfortunately for him his wife Amanda (who happens to be a lawyer too) decides to defend the woman in court. Amanda uses everything she can to win the case and Adam gets mad about it. As a result, their perfect marriage is disturbed by everyday quarrels.
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Gone with the Wind Script

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Year:1939
Director:Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood
Written by:Margaret Mitchell (Novel), Sidney Howard (Screenplay), Oliver H.P. Garrett (Writer), Ben Hecht (Writer), Jo Swerling (Writer), John Van Druten (Writer)

Script Synopsis:The spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner is forced to use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of poverty, following Maj. Gen. William Sherman's destructive "March to the Sea,” during the American Civil War.
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