This program reaffirms Cukor’s reputation as an actor’s director as the viewer is treated to memorable performances by W.C. Fields in “David Copperfield”, Greta Garbo in “Camille”, Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn in “Adam’s Rib” and “Pat and Mike”, Hepburn and Cary Grant in “Holiday” and “The Philadelphia Story”, John Barrymore in “Dinner at Eight”, Ronald Colman in “A Double Life” and Judy Garland in a remake of “A Star Is Born”.

• Richard Schickel

• Alfred Hitchcock
• Liza Minnelli
• Frank Capra