Curtiz, Michael

Curtiz, Michael
orig. Mihály Kertész

born Dec. 24, 1888, Budapest, Hung.
died April 10, 1962, Hollywood, Calif., U.S.

Hungarian-U.S. film director.

He directed films in Hungary and elsewhere in Europe before he was invited to Hollywood by Warner Brothers in 1926. He directed more than 100 Warner Brothers films, including adventure movies with Errol Flynn such as Captain Blood (1935), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), and The Sea Hawk (1940). His many other notable films include Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), the hugely successful Casablanca (1942, Academy Award), Mildred Pierce (1945), and White Christmas (1954).

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▪ Hungarian-American director, actor, and writer
original name  Mihály Kertész 
born December 24, 1888, Budapest, Hung.
died April 10, 1962, Hollywood, Calif., U.S.
 Hungarian-born American motion-picture director, credited with discovering such stars as Errol Flynn (Flynn, Errol), Danny Thomas, and Doris Day (Day, Doris).

      At age 17, Curtiz joined a traveling circus and later trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Theatre and Art in Budapest. He acted and directed motion pictures in several European countries before moving to the United States in 1926.

      Curtiz directed nearly 50 films at Warner Brothers during the 1930s. The popular adventures starring Flynn include Captain Blood (1935), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), and The Sea Hawk (1940). Curtiz won an Academy Award for Casablanca (1942), starring Ingrid Bergman (Bergman, Ingrid) and Humphrey Bogart (Bogart, Humphrey). His later films include Mildred Pierce (1945), White Christmas (1954), and Francis of Assisi (1961).

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