Michael Curtiz – Versatile Director

Michael Curtiz was born in Hungarian in 1886 as Mihaly Kertesz. He graduated from the School for Dramatic Arts in Hungary in 1906. His first acting and directing began in 1912. Curtiz worked in Europe and was a Hungarian soldier in World War I. In all, he made 38 films in Hungary.

Curtiz moved to America in 1926 where he became one of the most successful directors in Hollywood. He died in 1962.

Reviewed Michael Curtiz Films

Other Michael Curtiz Films

Francis of Assisi (1961)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
A Breath of Scandal (1960)
The Man in the Net (1959)
The Hangman (1959)
King Creole (1958)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)
The Vagabond King (1956)
The Scarlet Hour (1956)
We’re No Angels (1955)
The Egyptian (1954)
The Boy from Oklahoma (1954)
Trouble Along the Way (1953)
The Jazz Singer (1952)
The Story of Will Rogers (1952)
I’ll See You in My Dreams (1951)
Jim Thorpe — All-American (1951)
Force of Arms (1951)
The Breaking Point (1950)
Bright Leaf (1950)
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949)
Flamingo Road (1949)
My Dream Is Yours (1949)
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
The Unsuspected (1947)
Life with Father (1947)
Night and Day (1946)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Roughly Speaking (1945)
Janie (1944)
Passage to Marseille (1944)
This Is the Army (1943)
Mission to Moscow (1943)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Captains of the Clouds (1942)
Dive Bomber (1941)
The Sea Wolf (1941)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Virginia City (1940)
Four Wives (1939)
Daughters Courageous (1939)
Dodge City (1939)
Blackwell’s Island (1939), (uncredited)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Four Daughters (1938)
Four’s a Crowd (1938)
Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
The Perfect Specimen (1937)
Kid Galahad (1937)
Mountain Justice (1937)
Marked Woman (1937) (uncredited)
Stolen Holiday (1937)
Black Legion (1937) (uncredited)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Anthony Adverse (1936) (uncredited)
The Walking Dead (1936)
Little Big Shot (1935)
Front Page Woman (1935)
Go Into Your Dance (1935) (uncredited)
The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)
Black Fury (1935)
British Agent (1934)
The Key (1934)
Jimmy the Gent (1934)
Mandalay (1934)
Female (1933)
The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
Goodbye Again (1933)
The Mayor of Hell (1933) (uncredited)
Private Detective 62 (1933)
The Keyhole (1933)
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932)
Alias the Doctor (1932)
The Woman from Monte Carlo (1932)
The Mad Genius (1931)
God’s Gift to Women (1931)
Dämon des Meeres (1931)
A Soldier’s Plaything (1930)
River’s End (1930)
Bright Lights (1930)
The Office Wife (1930) (uncredited)
The Matrimonial Bed (1930)
Under a Texas Moon (1930)
Mammy (1930)
Hearts in Exile (1929)
The Gamblers (1929)
Madonna of Avenue A (1929)
Glad Rag Doll (1929)
Noah’s Ark (1928)
Tenderloin (1928)
Good Time Charley (1927)
The Desired Woman (1927)
A Million Bid (1927)
The Third Degree (1926)
The Golden Butterfly (1926) (as Michael Kertesz)
Fiaker Nr. 13 (1926) (as Michael Kertész)
Red Heels (1925), (as Michael Kertesz)
Ein Spiel ums Leben (1924)
General Babka (1924)
The Moon of Israel (1924) (as Michael Courtice)
Harun al Raschid (1924) (as Michael Kertész)
Nameless (1923) (as Michael Kertész)
Die Lawine (1923) (as Michael Kertesz)
Der junge Medardus (1923) (as Michael Kertész)
Sodom und Gomorrha (1922) (as Mihály Kertész)
Labyrinth of Horror (1921) (as Mihaly Kertesz)
Mrs. Dane’s Confession (1921) (as Michael Kertesz)
Good and Evil (1921), (as Michael Kertesz)
Mrs. Tutti Frutti (1921), (as Michael Kertész)
Die Gottesgeisel (1920), (as Michael Kertesz)
Der Stern von Damaskus (1920), (as Michael Kertesz)
The Merry Widow (1920), (as Kertész Mihály)
Boccaccio (1920), (as Michael Kertesz)
Liliom (1919), (as Kertész Mihály)
Die Dame mit dem schwarzen Handschuh (1919), (as Michael Kertesz)
Lu, the Coquette (1919), (as Mihály Kertész)
Alraune (1919), (as Mihály Kertész)
Lulu (1918),
Lulu szerelmei (1918), (as Kertész Mihály)
The Colonel (1918), (as Kertész Mihály)
The Sunflower Woman (1918), (as Kertész Mihály)
Magic Waltz (1918), (as Kertész Mihály)
A skorpió I. (1918), (as Kertész Mihály)
Júdás (1918), (as Kertész Mihály)
The Devil (1918), (as Kertész Mihály)
99 (1918), (as Mihály Kertész)
Jean the Tenant (1918), (as Kertész Mihály)
A Penny’s History (1918), (as Kertész Mihály)
The Ugly Boy (1918), (as Kertész Mihály)
Tavasz a télben (1918), (as Kertész Mihály)
Peace’s Road (1917), (as Kertész Mihály)
The Red Samson (1917), (as Kertész Mihály)
Earth’s Man (1917), (as Kertész Mihály)
Secret of St. Job Forest (1917), (as Mihály Kertész)
Nobody’s Son (1917), (as Kertész Mihály)
The Last Dawn (1917), (as Mihály Kertész)
The Charlatan (1917), (as Kertész Mihály)
The Death-Bell (1917), (as Mihály Kertész)
Master Zoard (1917), (as Mihály Kertész)
The Strength of the Fatherland (1917), (as Kertész Mihály)
The Black Rainbow (1917), (as Kertész Mihály)
The Wolf (1917), (as Kertész Mihály)
Mr. Doctor (1916), (as Kertész Mihály)
A bánat asszonya (1916), (as Kertész Mihály)
The Medic (1916), (as Kertész Mihály)
The Karthauzer (1916), (as Kertész Mihály)
Seven of Spades (1916), (as Mihály Kertész)
One Who Is Loved by Two (1915), (as Kertész Mihály)
Bánk bán (1915), (as Kertész Mihály)
The Borrowed Babies (1915), (as Kertész Mihály)
The Undesirable (1915), (as Kertész Mihály)
A paradicsom (1915), (as Kertész Mihály)
Prisoner of the Night (1914), (as Kertész Mihály)
The Princess in a Nightrobe (1914), (as Kertész Mihály)
Golddigger (1914), (as Mihály Kertész)
Captive Souls (1914), (as Kertész Mihály)
The Last Bohemian (1913), (as Kertész Mihály)
My Husband’s Getting Married (1913), (as Kertész Mihály)
Today and Tomorrow (1912), (as Kertész Mihály)