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Editions Seghers, Published 1965. Paperback, 188 pp.; 16 cm; text in French; First Edition (acheve d'imprimer 25 October 1965, depot legal 4e trimestre 1965, no later printings noted); number 33 in the Cinema d'Aujourd'hui series; illustrated with black-and-white photographic plates.
In Good condition. Black-and-white pictorial covers show mild shelf wear, with light bumping and creasing to the edges and corners and some color loss along the edges and spine. Spine creased but binding still solid. Pages toned with age but otherwise unmarked. First French-language critical study devoted to the American film director George Cukor, issued as number 33 in the celebrated Cinema d'Aujourd'hui series. Domarchi's text is followed by an interview with Cukor, extracts from his films, and a critical panorama gathering essays by leading French critics, plus a filmography and bibliography, illustrated throughout with black-and-white film stills. Contents: Preambule; Portrait; A quel prix Hollywood?; La direction d'acteurs; L'experimentateur; L'Amerique; Le spectacle; Cukor auteur; Choix de Textes (Le cinema selon George Cukor; Les Girls; La Diablesse en collant rose); Panorama critique with essays by Jean-George Auriol, Francois Truffaut, Charles Bitsch, Luc Moullet, Henri Agel, Claude-Jean Philippe, Henri Langlois, Jean Douchet and Henri Chapier; Filmographie; Bibliographie.