Michael Curtiz | Biography (1888-1962)

*michael curtiz* (1888-1962) biography casablanca books dvds posters videos advertise lauren bacall humphrey bogart howard hawks audrey hepburn conrad veidt hemingway frank capra charlie chaplin alfred hitchcock fritz lang f.w. murnau erich von stroheim wim wenders robert wiene richard attenborough richard burton john gielgud stewart granger cary grant jack hawkins stanley holloway trevor howard james mason john mills david niven laurence olivier eric portman dennis price richard todd peter ustinov isabelle adjani ursula andress f. barber bardot emmanuelle beart j. bisset madeleine carroll julie christie dalle josette day dietrich britt ekland garbo ava gardner rita hayworth valerie hobson grace kelly margaret lockwood monroe m. sologne	michael curtiz [ m i c h a e l c u r t i z : b i o g ] "I have only one goal: to make the film to the best of my ability so that it will be worth its ticket...." - Michael Curtiz on *Casablanca* biography \| casablanca \| books \| dvds \| posters \| videos michael curtiz lauren bacall \| humphrey bogart \| howard hawks audrey hepburn \| conrad veidt \| frank capra advertise biography 1888 Born as Mihali Kertesz on December 24 in Budapest. 1913 After a six-month internship at the Nordisk Studios in Copenhagen, returned to Budapest and made nearly 40 films (almost all of which have been lost). 1919 When a soviet republic was declared in Hungary, he fled the country and began directing films in Austria and Germany, such as: 1924 the monumental opus, *Moon of Israel. America began to take notice. 1926* Brought to Hollywood by Warner Brothers. Over the next decades, Curtiz would make more than 100 movies for this studio, including the world-renowned Errol Flynn adventures. 1935 *Captain Blood. 1938* *The Adventures of Robin Hood. 1940* *The Sea Hawk. 1942* His masterpiece, *Casablanca. 1945* *Mildred Pierce. 1949* *Flamingo Road. 1954* Curtiz left Warner Brothers and began to work for other studios, directing such films as: 1955 *We're No Angels. 1961* *The Conancheros* (his final film). 1962 Michael Curtiz died on April 11 in Hollywood. Advertise Here [ m i c h a e l c u r t i z d v d s ] <MAP NAME="boxmap-p12"><AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="4, 237, 94, 244" HREF="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm/privacy-policy.html?o=1" ><AREA COORDS="0,0,10000,10000" HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/leninimports" ></MAP><img src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/300x250.gif" width="300" height="250" border="0" usemap="#boxmap-p12" alt="Shop at Amazon.com"> [ m i c h a e l c u r t i z v i d e o s ] <MAP NAME="boxmap-p12"><AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="4, 237, 94, 244" HREF="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm/privacy-policy.html?o=1" ><AREA COORDS="0,0,10000,10000" HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/leninimports" ></MAP><img src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/300x250.gif" width="300" height="250" border="0" usemap="#boxmap-p12" alt="Shop at Amazon.com"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- biography \| books \| casablanca \| dvds \| posters \| videos michael curtiz lauren bacall \| humphrey bogart \| howard hawks audrey hepburn \| conrad veidt \| frank capra	<MAP NAME="boxmap-p10"><AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="14, 440, 106, 450" HREF="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm/privacy-policy.html?o=1" ><AREA COORDS="0,0,10000,10000" HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/leninimports" ></MAP><img src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/120x450.gif" width="120" height="450" border="0" usemap="#boxmap-p10" alt="Shop at Amazon.com">

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