“You are only appreciated so far as you carry the dough into the box office. They throw you into gutter next day”
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Michael Curtiz
Michael Curtiz was a Hungarian and American film director, recognized as one of the most prolific directors in history. He directed classic films from the silent era and numerous others during Hollywood's Golden Age, when the studio system was prevalent.
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entertainment · Hungarian and American director (1886–1962) · film director · film producer · director · film screenwriter · film actor · also Michael Curtiz, Curtiz
Born 25 December 1886 · Died 10 April 1962 · Q51491
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2026· 2 entries
“learned the basic laws of film art, which, in those days, had progressed further in Vienna than anywhere else.”
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2025· 1 entry
Los Angeles Daily News: Encino home linked to ‘Casablanca’ director Michael Curtiz seeks $5.7 million
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2017· 2 entries
Moviefone: Fluid Style: Michael Curtiz and The Breaking Point (2017) - Where to Watch
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Rode states in his 2017 biography of Curtiz that this is a modern legend, and there is no contemporary evidence to support it.
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2012· 1 entry
Described Casablanca as "the best movie ever made"
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1996· 1 entry
As one of the most popular films ever made
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1962· 1 entry
Died 1962-04-10.
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1961· 1 entry
Curtiz had numerous affairs; Meredyth once left him for a short time but they remained married until 1961, when they separated.
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1957· 1 entry
Cut an hour off the original time of 2 hours and 15 minutes
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1944· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Director for Casablanca (1944).
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1938· 1 entry
To contact his family and help them get exit visas
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1933· 2 entries
In 1933, Curtiz became a naturalized U.S. citizen.
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Curtiz became a naturalized U
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1932· 1 entry
Made five more films with him, although they argued consistently when filming The Cabin in the Cotton (1932), one of her earliest roles
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1930· 1 entry
Curtiz directed Mammy (1930), Al Jolson's fourth film after being in Hollywood's first true talking picture, The Jazz Singer (1927)
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1927· 1 entry
Ilya Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy's son, who had been a friend of Curtiz in Europe, wanted him to direct several films based on his father's novels
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1926· 1 entry
Just to meet Curtiz and watch him work as director
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1925· 1 entry
And is sometimes reported to have married her, but film scholar Alan K
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1917· 1 entry
Was made director of production at Phoenix Films, the leading studio in Budapest, where he remained until he left Hungary
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1914· 1 entry
Returned to Hungary, where he served in the army for a year, before he was wounded fighting on the Russian front
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1905· 1 entry
Magyarised his name to Mihály Kertész
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1886· 2 entries
Born 1886-12-25.
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Where his father was a carpenter and his mother an opera singer
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