Michael Curtiz is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Co-Director and Costume Design Hongrois born on 24 december 1886 at Budapest (Hongrie)
Michael Curtiz
Michael Curtiz participated to
178 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
9 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Director
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Directed by Michael CurtizOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Historical,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors James Cagney,
Joan Leslie,
Walter Huston,
Richard Whorf,
George Tobias,
Rosemary DeCampRating75%
In the early days of World War II, Cohan comes out of retirement to star as President Roosevelt in the Rodgers and Hart musical I'd Rather Be Right. On the first night, he is summoned to meet the President at the White House, who presents him with a Congressional Gold Medal (in fact, this happened several years previously). Cohan is overcome and chats with Roosevelt, recalling his early days on the stage. The film flashes back to his supposed birth on July 4, whilst his father is performing on the vaudeville stage., 1h42
Directed by Michael CurtizOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Crime,
Melodrama,
RomanceThemes Films set in Africa,
Political films,
Films based on playsActors Humphrey Bogart,
Ingrid Bergman,
Paul Henreid,
Claude Rains,
Conrad Veidt,
Sydney GreenstreetRating84%
Set in December, 1941, American expatriate Rick Blaine is the proprietor of an upscale nightclub and gambling den in Casablanca. "Rick's Café Américain" attracts a varied clientele: Vichy French, Italian, and German officials; refugees desperate to reach the still neutral United States; and those who prey on them. Although Rick professes to be neutral in all matters, it is later revealed he ran guns to Ethiopia during its war with Italy and fought on the Loyalist side against the fascist Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War., 2h1
Directed by Michael CurtizOrigin USAGenres War,
Comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Seafaring films,
Films about music and musicians,
Transport films,
Musical films,
Political films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on musicals,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors George Murphy,
Joan Leslie,
George Tobias,
Charles Butterworth,
Alan Hale,
Dolores CostelloRating58%
In World War I song-and-dance man Jerry Jones (George Murphy) is drafted into the US Army, where he stages a revue called Yip Yip Yaphank. It is a rousing success, but one night during the show orders are received to leave immediately for France: instead of the finale, the troops march up the aisles through the audience, out the theater's main entrance and into a convoy of waiting trucks. Among the teary, last minute goodbyes Jones kisses his newlywed bride Ethel (Rosemary DeCamp) farewell., 1h51
Directed by Michael CurtizOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Noir,
Crime,
RomanceActors Joan Crawford,
Jack Carson,
Ann Blyth,
Zachary Scott,
Eve Arden,
Moroni OlsenRating78%
While the novel is told by a third-person narrator in strict chronological order, the film uses voice-over narration (the voice of Mildred). The story is framed by Mildred's interrogation by police after they discover the body of her second husband, Monte Beragon. The film, in noir fashion, opens with Beragon (Zachary Scott) having been shot. He murmurs the name "Mildred" before he dies. The police tell Mildred (Joan Crawford) that they believe the murderer is her first husband, Bert Pierce (Bruce Bennett). Bert has already been interrogated, and confessed to the crime. Mildred protests that he is too kind and gentle to commit murder, and goes on to relate her life story in flashback., 1h42
Directed by Michael Curtiz,
William KeighleyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Swashbuckler,
Action,
Adventure,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Political films,
Films about royaltyActors Errol Flynn,
Olivia de Havilland,
Basil Rathbone,
Claude Rains,
Patric Knowles,
Eugene PalletteRating78%
In 1191, Richard the Lionheart (Ian Hunter), the King of England, is taken captive by Leopold V, Duke of Austria while returning from the Third Crusade. Richard’s treacherous brother Prince John (Claude Rains) usurps the throne and proceeds to oppress the Saxons, raising taxes supposedly to pay Richard's ransom, but in reality to secure his own position., 1h47
Directed by John Wayne,
Michael CurtizOrigin USAGenres Action,
Adventure,
Romance,
WesternThemes Children's filmsActors John Wayne,
Stuart Whitman,
Ina Balin,
Lee Marvin,
Nehemiah Persoff,
Bruce CabotRating67%
In 1843 roguish gambler Paul Regret (Stuart Whitman) escapes a death penalty after killing in a duel Emil Bouvier (Gregg Palmer), the son of a Louisiana judge. Regret claimed that he would have only wounded Bouvier if he hadn't sidestepped. He is captured by Texas Ranger Jake Cutter (John Wayne) after a tryst with a mysterious lady, Pilar Graile (Ina Balin). Regret manages to escape, but is subsequently recaptured after a chance encounter with Cutter in a saloon., 1h39
Directed by Michael Curtiz,
Busby BerkeleyOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Musical theatre,
Romantic comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Jack Carson,
Janis Paige,
Don DeFore,
Doris Day,
Oscar Levant,
S.Z. SakallRating69%
Elvira Kent (Janis Paige) and her husband Michael (Don DeFore) suspect each other of cheating. For their wedding anniversary, Elvira books an ocean cruise to Rio de Janeiro but her husband claims that unexpected business will prevent him from going. Seeing an opportunity, Elvira pretends to take the trip alone, but in fact sends singer Georgia Garrett (Doris Day), a woman she'd met at the travel agency, in her place and under her name. By secretly staying behind, Elvira hopes to find out if Michael is indeed sneaking around behind her back. Michael, however, is suspicious over Elvira's supposed willingness to go on the trip alone, and so hires private detective Peter Virgil (Jack Carson) to see if she is sneaking around behind his back., 2h21
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy,
Michael CurtizOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Adventure,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Films set in Africa,
Seafaring films,
Transport filmsActors Fredric March,
Olivia de Havilland,
Donald Woods,
Anita Louise,
Edmund Gwenn,
Claude RainsRating62%
In 1773, Maria Bonnyfeather (Anita Louise) is the new bride of the cruel and devious middle-aged nobleman Marquis Don Luis (Claude Rains). However, she is pregnant by Denis Moore (Louis Hayward), the man she loved before being forced to marry Don Luis. After the marquis learns of his wife's affair, Don Luis takes her away but Denis tracks them down at an inn, where Don Luis treacherously kills him in a sword fight., 1h30
Directed by Michael CurtizOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Musical theatre,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about families,
Musical filmsActors Priscilla Lane,
Rosemary Lane,
Gale Page,
John Garfield,
Jeffrey Lynn,
Claude RainsRating68%
The Lemp sisters, Emma (Gale Page), Thea (Lola Lane), Kay (Rosemary Lane), and Ann (Priscilla Lane) are prodigies in a musical family headed by their father, Adam (Claude Rains). The Lemps also run a boarding house, and among the tenants is Felix Deitz (Jeffrey Lynn), a young composer whom the four daughters want to attract.