RECENT CREDITS
Dodge City (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1998
When Harry Met Sally... (FILM)  Jul. 12, 1989
Hearts and Minds (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1975
The Comancheros (FILM)  Nov. 1, 1961
Francis of Assisi (FILM)  Jul. 1, 1961


HIGHLIGHTS
1961 Directed last film, "The Comancheros", starring John Wayne
1960 Helmed "A Breath of Scandal", adapted from fellow Hungarian Ferenc Molnar's play "Olympia"
1958 Ninth and last film with de Havilland, "Proud Rebel"
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Dodge City  1998
Director
Film


When Harry Met Sally...  1989 -film extract
Other
Film


Hearts and Minds  1975 -film extract
Other
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


King Creole  1958
Director
Film


Proud Rebel  1958
Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Director, Producer
Film


Director
Film


The Egyptian  1954
Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Casablanca  1942
Director
Film


Director
Film


Virginia City  1940
Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Black Fury  1935
Director
Film


Captain Blood  1935
Director
Film


Female  1933
Director
Film


Doctor X  1932
Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film




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Highlights

1961 Directed last film, "The Comancheros", starring John Wayne
1960 Helmed "A Breath of Scandal", adapted from fellow Hungarian Ferenc Molnar's play "Olympia"
1958 Ninth and last film with de Havilland, "Proud Rebel"
1954 After almost 28 years, ended exclusive affiliation with Warner Bros.; asked to accept a 50 percent cut in pay, refused and quit studio; also embroiled at this time in a paternity suit with a young act
1954 Enjoyed biggest commercial success of career, "White Christmas", for Paramount
1952 Fourth and last film with Day, "I'll See You in My Dreams", the formulaic musical biopic of Gus Kahn (played by Danny Thomas)
1950 Fifth and final film with Garfield, "The Breaking Point", a remake of "To Have and Have Not" that was more faithful to the Hemingway novel
1949 Final film from Michael Curtiz Productions, "Flamingo Road"; sold company to Warners, tired of exercising a nominal independence that gave final say to the studio
1948 First of four films with Doris Day, "Romance on the High Seas"; marked Day's film debut
1947 Formed Michael Curtiz Productions, an in-house company headquartered at Warner Bros.
1947 Last film with Rains, "The Unsuspected"; initial movie made under the Michael Curtiz Productions banner
1945 Directed "Mildred Pierce", starring Joan Crawford who won a Best Actress Oscar
1944 "Passage to Marseilles" reunited him with four from the "Casablanca" cast (Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Rains)
1943 Last film with Costello, "This Is the Army"
1943 Earned Best Director Academy Award for the classic Oscar-winning Best Picture "Casablanca"; the Epstein twins and Howard Koch picked up Best Adapted Screenplay statue as well
1942 Fourth and last film with Cagney, "Yankee Doodle Dandy", superb biopic of George M Cohan which earned Cagney the Best Actor Oscar; scripted (with others) by the Epstein brothers
1941 12th and last film with Flynn, "Dive Bomber"; director and star were barely speaking, and Flynn refused to work with Curtiz afterwards
1941 Reteamed with Robinson for "The Sea Wolf", adapted from the Jack London novel
1939 Phillip G Epstein teamed with brother Julius on screenplay for "Daughters Courageous"
1939 Directed the Academy Award-winning two-reel short "Sons of Liberty", a Warner Historical Featurette
1939 Helmed "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex", with Bette Davis and Errol Flynn
1938 Reunited with Cagney for "Angels With Dirty Faces"
1938 Helmed perhaps the finest swashbuckler, "The Adventures of Robin Hood", starring Flynn and de Havilland; Korngold earned his second Oscar for the film's score
1938 First of five films with John Garfield, "Four Daughters"; Garfield's feature debut
1937 Directed "Kid Galahad", featuring a bravura performance by Edward G. Robinson as a ruthless (but ultimately soft-hearted) boxing manager
1936 Reteamed Flynn and de Havilland in "The Charge of the Light Brigade"; climactic charge was then one of the most dangerous scenes ever filmed with one man dying, several more badly injured, and so many
1936 First of 10 films with Claude Rains, "Stolen Holiday"
1935 Initial collaboration with screenwriter Julius Epstein, "Little Big Shot"
1935 Directed first film with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, "Captain Blood"
1934 First film with James Cagney, "Jimmy the Gent"
1933 Helmed the well-regarded, all-color horror flick "The Mystery of the Wax Museum"
1932 Directed Hollywood's first all-color horror film, "Doctor X"
1929 Scored substantial box-office success with "Noah's Ark"; Erich Wolfgang Kornholder provided the first of his six scores for the director
1926 Brought to Hollywood by Jack Warner who had been impressed by Curtiz's camera work for "Moon of Israel" (1924), produced by Alexander Korda; directed first US film, "The Third Degree"; first of eight
1923 Directed the acclaimed "Sodom and Gomorrah", featuring Walter Slezak
1919 Fled Hungary when Bela Kun's Communist regime nationalized film industry
1917 Worked as managing director of Hungarian Phoenix Studios; helmed several films which starred first wife Lucy Doraine
1914 Returned to Hungary
1914 - 1919 Directed at least 37 films, many of which--following the Scandinavian example--showed a preference for outdoor locations
1912 Film directing debut (although no director credited), "Today and Tomorrow"; also played a leading role; film announced as 'The First Hungarian Dramatic Art Film'
1906 Ran away to join a traveling circus at age 17, performing with them as strongman, acrobat, juggler and mime
1897 Made first stage appearance in an opera starring his mother
After completing studies, joined the Hungarian National Theatre, eventually working as actor and director
Reputedly was a member of the Hungarian fencing team at the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games
Worked at Nordisk Studios in Denmark learning filmmaking techniques; assisted both Victor Sjostrom and Mauritz Stiller
Drafted into Austo-Hungarian artillery, but through use of connections obtained transfer to the film unit and then was discharged
Helmed at least 21 films for Sascha Films of Vienna, credited as Michael Kertesz
Honored posthumously with a career retrospective at New York's Museum of Modern Art entitled "Michael Curtiz: From Hungary to Hollywood"


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