Michael Curtiz

Michael Curtiz

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Director, Author - USA
Born December 24, 1886 in Budapest
Died April 10, 1962 in Hollywood, California, USA
Other names or known as : Michael Kertesz, Mihály Kertész,

Mini-Biography:
Michael Curtiz was born on December 24, 1886 in Budapest. He was an American Director, Author, known for Casablanca (1942), Der junge Medardus (1923), The Hangman (1959), Michael Curtiz's first movie on record is from 1912. Michael Curtiz died on April 10, 1962 in Hollywood, California, USA. His last motion picture on file dates from 1961.

Biographical Notes
Regisseur des ungarischen und österreichischen Films (unter seinem Namen Michael Kertesz) und später vor allem des amerikanischen Films (als Michael Curtiz). Zu seinen Filmen gehören die Klassiker wie die Western Legende "Dodge City" und vor allem "Casablanca".

FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1961: The Comancheros (Director), with John Wayne, Stuart Whiteman, Ina Balin,
1960: Francis of Assisi (Director), with Dolores Hart, Stuart Whitman, Bradford Dillman,
1959: The Hangman (Director), with Fess Parker, Robert Taylor,
1959: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Director), with Neville Brand, Judy Canova, Royal Dano,
1959: A Breath of Scandal (Director), with John Gavin, Sophia Loren, Angela Lansbury,
1959: The Man in the Net (Director), with John Alexander, Diane Brewster, Tom Helmore,
1958: King Creole (Director), with Dean Jagger, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau,
1958: The proud rebel (Director),
1957: Both ends of the candle (The Helen Morgan Story) (Director), with Ann Blyth, Richard Carlson, Gene Evans,
1956: The Vagabond King (Director), with Rita Moreno,
1955: We're no Angels (Angels' Cooking (Working title)) (Director), with Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, Peter Ustinov,
1955: The scarlet hour (Director), with Jody Lawrence, Carol Ohmart, ,
1954: The Egyptian (Director), with Edmund Purdom, Michael Wilding, Gene Tierney,
1954: White Christmas (Bianco Natale) (Director), with Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Dean Jagger,
1953: Trouble along the way (Director), with Donna Reed, John Wayne, Richard Garrick,
1953: The Jazz Singer (Director), with Danny Thomas, Peggy Lee, Eduard Franz,
1952: Story of Will Rogers (Director), with Will Rogers jr., Jane Wyman, Carl Benton Reid,
1951: Jim Thorpe - All American (Pelle di rame) (Director), with Charles Bickford, Burt Lancaster, Phyllis Thaxter,
1951: I'll see you in my dreams (Director), with Doris Day, Danny Thomas, Frank Lovejoy,
1950: Bright Leaf (Director), with Lauren Bacall, Jack Carson, Gary Cooper,
1950: Breaking Point (To Have and to Have Not) (Director), with Wallace Ford, John Garfield, Juano Hernandez,
1950: Young Man with a Horn (Director), with Lauren Bacall, Dan Seymour, Kirk Douglas,
1949: It's a great Feeling (Cast: Michael Curtiz), Directed by David Butler, with Doris Day, Bill Goodwin, Wilfred Lucas,
1949: The Lady takes a sailor (Director), with Jane Wyman, Dennis Morgan, Eve Arden,
1949: Flamingo Road (Director), with Joan Crawford, David Brian, Fred Clark,
1948: My Dream is yours (Director), with Eve Arden, Lee Bowman, Jack Carson,
1948: Romance on the high seas (It's Magic) (Director), with Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Dan Defore,
1947: Life with Father (Director), with William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor,
1947: The Unsuspected (Director), with Claude Rains, Joan Caulfield, Audrey Totter,
1946: Night and Day (Director), with Jane Wyman, , Monty Woolley,
1945: Mildred Pierce (Director), with Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Zachary Scott,
1945: Roughly speaking (Director), with Jack Carson, Robert Hutton, Andrea King,
1944: Janie (Director), with Joyce Reynolds, Robert Hutton, Edward Arnold,
1944: Passage to Marseille (Director), with Corinna Mura, Monte Blue, Humphrey Bogart,
1943: This is the Army (Director), with Charles Butterworth, Dolores Costello, Rosemary DeCamp,
1943: Mission to Moscow (Director), with Walter Huston, Ann Harding, Oskar Homolka,
1942: Casablanca (Director), with Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid,
1942: Captains of the clouds (Director), with Russell Arms, Clem Bevans, W.A. Bishop,
1942: Yankee Doodle Dandy (Director), with Leah Baird, Dolores Moran, James Cagney,
1941: The sea wolf (Director), with David Bruce, Howard Da Silva, Barry Fitzgerald,
1940: The Sea Hawk (Director), with Errol Flynn, Alan Hale, Brenda Marshall,
1940: Santa Fé Trail (Director), with Olivia de Havilland, Alan Hale, William Lundigan,
1940: Virginia City (Director), with Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott,
1939: Blackwell's Island (Director: /xx/), Directed by William C. McGann, with Stanley Fields, John Garfield, Victor Jory,
1939: Dodge City (Director), with Henry O'Neill, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland,
1939: The Private Lives of Elisabeth and Essex (Director), with Leo G. Carroll, Donald Crisp, Henry Daniell,
1939: Sons of Liberty (Director), with Claude Rains, Gale Sondergaard, Donald Crisp,
1939: Daughters Courageous (Director), with John Garfield, Claude Rains, Jeffrey Lynn,
1939: Four Wives (Director), with Priscilla Lane, Eddie Albert, John Garfield,
1938: Angels with dirty faces (Director), with George Bancroft, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney,
1938: Four Daughters (Director), with John Garfield, Lola Lane, Priscilla Lane,
1938: Four's a crowd (Director), with Walter Connolly, Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn,
1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood (Director), Directed by William Keighley, with Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone,
1938: Gold is where you find it (Director), with George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains,
1937: Mountain justice (Director), with Robert Barrat, George Brent, Margaret Hailton,
1937: Kid Galahad (Director), with Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Edward G. Robinson,
1937: The perfect specimen (Director), with Joan Blondell, May Robson, Edward Everett Horton,
1936: The walking dead (Director), with Boris Karloff, Edmund Gwenn, Warren Hull,
1936: The charge of the light brigade (Director), with Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Patric Knowles,
1936: Anthony Adverse (Director: /xx/), Directed by Mervyn Le Roy, with Olivia de Havilland, Gale Sondergaard, Fredric March,
1936: Stolen Holiday (Director), with Kay Francis, Claude Rains, Ian Hunter,
1935: Captain Blood (Director), with Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Henry Stephenson,
1935: Black Fury (Director), with Vince Barnett, Ward Bond, Wade Boteler,
1935: Bright Lights (Producer), Directed by Busby Berkeley, with Joe E. Brown, Ann Dvorak, Patricia Ellis,
1935: Front Page Woman (Director), with Bette Davis, George Brent, Roscoe Karns,
1935: Little big shot (Director), with Sybil Jason, Glenda Farrell, Robert Armstrong,
1934: Jimmy the Gent (Director), with James Cagney, Bette Davis, Alan Dinehart,
1934: British Agent (Director), with Leslie Howard, Kay Francis, William Gargan,
1934: The Case of the Curious Bride (Director), with Errol Flynn, , Margaret Lindsay,
1934: Mandalay (Director), with Kay Francis,
1933: The Kennel Murder Case (Director),
1933: Goodbye Again (Director), with , Joan Blondell, Genevieve Tobin,
1933: Female (Director), Directed by Wilhelm Dieterle, with Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, Johnny Mack Brown,
1933: Mystery of the Wax Museum (Wax Museum) (Director), with Lionel Atwill, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh,
1933: Private Detective 62 (Director), with William Powell, Margaret Lindsay, Gordon Westcott,
1932: 20 000 Years in Sing Sing (Director), with Spencer Tracy, Bette Davis, Arthur Byron,
1932: Cabin in the Cotton (Director), with Richard Barthelmess, Bette Davis, Dorothy Marshall,
1932: Doctor X (Director), with Fay Wray, Lionel Atwill,
1932: Strange Love of Molly Louvain (The Tinsel Lady, Tinsel Girl) (Director), with Hank Mann, Lee Tracy, Ann Dvorak,
1932: Alias the Doctor (Director), with Marian Marsh, Richard Barthelmess,
1931: The Mad Genius (Director), with John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Charles Butterworth,
1931: The Woman from Monte Carlo (Director), with Lil Dagover,
1931: God's Gift to Women (Director), with Frank Fay, Laura La Plante, Joan Blondell,
1930: Under a Texas Moon (Director), with Sam Appel, Armida, Jerry Barrett,
1930: Dämon des Meeres (Moby Dick) (Director: AKA Michael Kertesz), Directed by Wilhelm Dieterle, with Lissy Arna, Carla Bartheel, Wilhelm Dieterle,
1930: Mammy (Director), with Al Jolson, Lois Moran, Louise Dresser,
1929: Madonna of Avenue A (Director), with Dolores Costello, Louise Dresser, Douglas Gerrard,
1929: The glad rag Doll (Director), with Louise Beavers, George Beranger, Dolores Costello,
1929: Noah's Ark (Director), Directed by Darryl F. Zanuck, with George O'Brien, Noah Beery jr., Joe Bonomo,
1929: Hearts in Exile (Director), with Dolores Costello, Carrie Daumery, Rose Dione,
1928: Tenderloin (Director), with Dolores Costello, Pat Hartigan, Fred Kelsey,
1927: Good Time Charley (Director), with Warner Oland, Helene Costello, Clyde Cook,
1927: A Million Bid (Director), with Betty Blythe, Dolores Costello, William Demarest,
1926: The Third Degree (Director), with Dolores Costello, Louise Dresser, Rockcliffe Fellowes,
1926: Der goldene Schmetterling (Director: AKA Michael Kertesz), with Nils Asther, Curt Bois, Lili Damita,
1926: Fiaker Nr. 13 (Director: AKA Michael Kertesz), with Paul Biensfeldt, Lili Damita, Wilhelm Dieterle,
1924: Das Spielzeug von Paris (Director: AKA Michael Kertesz), with , Lili Damita, ,
1924: Die Sklavenkönigin (The Moon of Israel) (Director: AKA Michael Kertesz oder Michael Courtise), with Maria Corda, Adelqui Migliar, Arlette Marshall,
1924: General Babka (Director: AKA Michael Kertesz),
1924: Harun al Raschid (Director: AKA Michael Kertesz), with Mary Kid, Adolf Weisse,
1923: Der junge Medardus (Director: AKA Michael Kertesz), with Franz Glawatsch, Maria Hegyesi, Anny Hornik,
1923: Die Lawine (Director: AKA Michael Kertesz), with Mary Kid, Lilly Marischka, Victor Varconi,
1923: Namenlos (Director: AKA Michael Kertesz), with Karl Farkas, Mary Kid, Victor Varconi,
1923: Drakula halála (Scenario: AKA Mihály Kertész (--??--)), Directed by Károly Laithay, with Paul Askonas, Margit Lux, Dezsö Kertész,
1922: Sodom und Gomorrha (Director: AKA Michael Kertesz), with Lucy Doraine, Georg Reimers, Walter Slezak,
1921: Dorothys Bekenntnis (Mrs. Dane's Confession, Frau Dorothy's Confession) (Director: (AKA Mihály Kertész)), with Lucy Doraine, Alphons Fryland, Otto Tressler,
1921: Wege des Schreckens (Labyrinth of Horror) (Director: (AKA Michael Kertesz)), with Lucy Doraine, Alphons Fryland, Max Devrient,
1921: Cherchez la femme oder Herzogin Satanella (Director: AKA Michael Kertesz), with Lucy Doraine, Alphons Fryland, ,
1921: Mrs. Tutti Frutti (Director: AKA Michael Kertesz), with Lucy Doraine, Alphons Fryland, Josef König,
1920: Die Gottesgeissel (Director: AKA Michael Kertesz), with Lucy Doraine, Svetozar Petrov, ,
1919: Die Dame mit dem schwarzen Handschuh (Director: AKA Michael Kertesz), with Lucy Doraine, Harry Walden,
1919: Liliom (Director), with , , Nusi Somogyi,
1919: Jön az öcsém (My Brother is coming) (Director: AKA Mihály Kertész), with Oscar Beregi sr., Lucy Doraine, Jószef Kürthy,
1918: Lulu (Director: AKA Michael Kertesz), with , Cläry Lotto, Hermin Haraszthy,
1918: A Víg özvegy (The Merry Widow) (Director: (AKA Kertész Mihály)), with Victor Varconi, , ,
1918: Az Ezredes (The Colonel) (Director: AKA Mihály Kertész), with Cläry Lotto, Bela Lugosi, ,
1918: A Napraforgós hölgy (The Lady With Sunflower) (Director: (AKA Mihály Kertész)), with Erzsi B. Marton, Jenő Törzs, ,
1918: Alraune (Director: AKA Mihály Kertész), with Gyula Gal, , Kálmán Körmendy,
1918: A Skorpió (The Scorpion) (Director: (AKA Kertész Mihály)), with Victor Varconi, , ,
1918: Az Ördög (The Devil) (Director), with Leopold Kramer, Victor Varconi, Erzsi B. Marton,
1918: 99 (Director: AKA Mihaly Kertész), with Victor Varconi, Lajos Réthey, ,
1918: Az Árendás Zsidó (The Lease-Holder Jew) (Director: (AKA Kertész Mihály)), with Gyula Gal, Giza Báthory, ,
1917: Egy krajcár története (The Story of a Penny, A Penny's History) (Director: (AKA Kertész Mihály)), with , , ,
1917: Tavasz a télben (Director: (AKA Mihály Kertész) ), with Sándor Góth, , ,
1917: A béke útja (Peace's Road) (Director: (AKA Mihály Kertész) ),
1917: A föld embere (The Man of the Earth) (Director: (AKA Kertész Mihály)), with Oscar Beregi sr., , ,
1917: A Vörös Sámson (The Red Samson) (Director: (AKA Kertész Mihály) ), with , , Tivadar Uray,
1917: Tatárjárás (Autumn maneuver, The Gay Hussars) (Director: (AKA Kertész Mihály) ), with , , ,
1917: A kuruzsló (The Charlatan) (Director: (AKA Kertész Mihály)), with , Tivadar Uray, ,
1917: A szentjóbi erdő titka (The Secret of Szentjób Forest) (Director: (AKA Kertész Mihály)), with Jenő Törzs, Dezső Kertész, ,
1917: A Senki fia (No Man’s Son, Mr. Nobody) (Director: (AKA Kertész Mihály)), with , , ,
1917: Az utolsó hajnal (The Last Dawn) (Director: (AKA Mihály Kertész)), with Leopold Kramer, Erzsi B. Marton, ,
1917: Rablélek (Director: (AKA Kertész Mihály)), with Márton Rátkai, Alfréd Deésy, ,
1917: Zoárd mester (Master Zoard) (Director: (AKA Mihály Kertész) ), with , , ,
1917: Halálcsengő (The Polish Jew, The Death-bell) (Director: (AKA Mihály Kertész) ), with Lajos Gellért, Gyula Fehér, ,
1917: A csúnya fiú (Director: (AKA Kertész Mihály)), with Erzsi B. Marton, , Leopold Kramer,
1916: Makkhetes (Director: (AKA Mihály Kertész) ), with , ,
1915: A Tolonc (The Undesirable, The Exile) (Director: AKA Mihály Kertész), with Lili Berky, Victor Varconi, ,
1914: Bánk Bán (Director: AKA Mihály Kertész), with , Mihály Fekete, Jenő Janovics,
1914: A hercegnő pongyolája (The Princess in a Nightrobe) (Director: (AKA Kertész Mihály)), with , Lajos Ujváry, Károly Árnyay,
1913: Atlantis (Cast: Hans Füllenberg (AKA Mihály Kertész)), Directed by August Blom, with Olaf Fønss, Ida Orlov, Frederik Jacobsen,
1913: Az Utolsó bohém (The last bohemien) (Director: AKA Mihály Kertész), with , Elemér Thury, Béla Bodonyi,
1913: Házasodik az uram (My Husband's Getting Married) (Director: (AKA Kertész Mihály)), with Gerő Mály, , ,
1912: Ma és holnap (Today and Tomorrow) (Cast: Arisztid (AKA Mihály Kertész)), with , , ,
1912: Az ezüst kecske (Director: (AKA Kertész Mihály) ), with Leontine Kühnberg, Victor Varconi,

Bibliography
Katalog, Il Cinema Ritrovato, Bologna 2007, pg 94ff

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