Michael Curtiz (1886 - 1962)

Hungarian-American film director, winner of an Academy Award for Best Director for Casblanca.

* December 24, 1886 Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)
 as Manó Kaminer Kertész
 April 10, 1962 Hollywood, California, USA


Vintage magazines

Photoplay, September 1928
Photoplay, April 1930
Photoplay, March 1932

Photoplay, December 1932
Visages et contes du cinéma, nr. 35 1939
Visages et contes du cinéma, nr. 35 1939


Books on Michael Curtiz

R. Barton Palmer and Murray Pomerance (eds.) The many cinemas of Michael Curtiz R. Barton Palmer and Murray Pomerance (eds.)
The many cinemas of Michael Curtiz
Austin, 2018

Alan K. Rode Michael Curtiz Alan K. Rode
Michael Curtiz, A life in film
Lexington, 2017

James C. Robertson The Casablanca Man James C. Robertson
The Casablanca Man, The cinema of Michael Curtiz
London and New York, 1993

Roy Kinnard, R.J. Vitone
The American Films of Michael Curtiz
Metuchen, N.J., 1986

Sidney Rosenzweig Casablanca and Other Major Films of Michael Curtiz Sidney Rosenzweig
Casablanca and Other Major Films of Michael Curtiz
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1982

Books with substantial mentioning of Michael Curtiz

John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh
The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers, Volume I
New York, NY, 2002

Adrian Stahlecker
Film en kunst in ballingschap 1933-1945, Duitse artiesten en kunstenaars op de vlucht voor het naziregime
Den Haag, 2000

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 2. Directors
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Andrew Sarris (editor) The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia Andrew Sarris (editor)
The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia
Detroit - New York - Toronto - London, 1998

Harry Waldman Scenes Unseen Harry Waldman
Scenes Unseen, Unreleased and Uncompleted Films from the World's Master Filmmakers, 1912-1990
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991

Ann Lloyd (ed.) Movies of the Thirties Ann Lloyd (ed.)
Movies of the Thirties
London, 1983

Stanley Hochman (ed.)
A Library of Film Criticism, American Film Directors
New York, 1974

Books with an entry on Michael Curtiz

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Kay Weniger Das große Personenlexikon des Films Kay Weniger
Das große Personenlexikon des Films, Zweiter Band, C-F
Berlin, 2001

Larry Langman Destination Hollywood Larry Langman
Destination Hollywood, The Influence of Europeans on American Filmmaking
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2000

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Martin J. Quigley (ed.) The Motion Picture Almanac Martin J. Quigley (ed.)
The Motion Picture Almanac, Big Stars in Big Pictures
Chicago, Ill., 1929

Articles on Michael Curtiz

Gyöngyi Balogh, Die Anfänge zweier internationaler Filmkarrieren: Mihály Kertész und Sàndor Korda, in: Francesco Bono - Paolo Caneppele - Günter Krenn (Hg.), Elektrische Schatten, Wien, 1999

Elisabeth Büttner und Christian Dewald, Michael Kertész. Filmarbeit in Österreich bzw. bei der Sascha-Filmindustrie A.-G., Wien, 1919-1926, in: Francesco Bono - Paolo Caneppele - Günter Krenn (Hg.), Elektrische Schatten, Wien, 1999

Films

1913
Atlantis

1919
Die Dame mit dem schwarzen Handschuh

1920
Der Stern von Damaskus
Boccaccio

1921
Labyrinth des Grauens
Frau Dorothys Bekenntnis
Herzogin Satanella
Mrs. Tutti Frutti

1922
Sodom und Gomorrha
Samson und Delila

1923
Namenlos
Die Lawine
Der junge Medardus

1924
Die Sklavenkönigin
Harun al Raschid

1925
Das Spielzeug von Paris

1926
The Third Degree
Fiaker Nr. 13
Der goldene Schmetterling

1927
Good Time Charley

1928
Noah's Ark
Tenderloin

1929
The Gamblers
Hearts in Exile

1930
Under a Texas Moon
Mammy
Bright Lights
The Office Wife
The Matrimonial Bed
River's End
A Soldier's Plaything

1931
The Mad Genius
Dämon des Meeres
God's Gift to Women

1932
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Alias the Doctor
Doctor X
The Cabin in the Cotton
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
The Woman from Monte Carlo

1933
Female
The Mayor of Hell
Mystery of the Wax Museum
From Headquarters
The Kennel Murder Case
The Keyhole
Private Detective 62
Goodbye Again

1934
Jimmy the Gent
British Agent
The Key
Mandalay

1935
Captain Blood
Front Page Woman
The Case of the Curious Bride
Little Big Shot
Black Fury
Go Into Your Dance

1936
The Walking Dead
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Anthony Adverse

1937
Kid Galahad
Marked Woman
The Perfect Specimen
Black Legion
Stolen Holiday

1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Angels with Dirty Faces
Four Daughters
Gold Is Where You Find It
Four's a Crowd

1939
Dodge City
Four Wives
Blackwell's Island
Daughters Courageous
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Sons of Liberty

1940
Santa Fe Trail
The Sea Hawk
Virginia City

1941
The Sea Wolf
Dive Bomber

1942
Captains of the Clouds
Casablanca
Yankee Doodle Dandy

1943
This Is the Army
Mission to Moscow
Show-Business at War

1944
Passage to Marseille

1945
Mildred Pierce
Roughly Speaking

1946
Night and Day

1947
Life with Father
The Unsuspected

1948
Romance on the High Seas

1949
It's a Great Feeling
Flamingo Road
The Lady Takes a Sailor
My Dream Is Yours

1950
The Breaking Point
Bright Leaf
Young man with a Horn

1951
Jim Thorpe - All-American
Force of Arms
I'll See You in My Dreams

1952
The Story of Will Rogers
The Jazz Singer

1953
Trouble Along the Way

1954
The Egyptian
The Boy from Oklahoma
White Christmas

1955
We're No Angels

1956
The Best Things in Life Are Free
The Vagabond King

1957
The Helen Morgan Story

1958
The Proud Rebel
King Creole

1959
The Man in the Net
The Hangman

1960
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
A Breath of Scandal

1961
The Comancheros
Francis of Assisi

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