How did George Cukor enter the Hollywood film industry?

George Cukor entered the Hollywood film industry in 1929 after an established career in the theatre, where he had worked as a stage manager and a resident director for his own stock company in Rochester, as well as directing on Broadway.1

Upon moving to Los Angeles, he initially served as a dialogue director for Lewis Milestone’s film All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). He subsequently signed a contract with Paramount, where he co-directed three films before earning his first solo directorial credit for Tarnished Lady (1931).1