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Michael Curtiz
Michael Curtiz (December 24, 1886 — April 10, 1962), born Manó Kaminer, was a Hungarian-American film director. He had early credits as Mihály Kertész and Michael Kertész. He directed more than fifty films in Europe and more than one hundred in the United States. The best-known were The Adventures of Robin Hood, Angels with Dirty Faces, Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and White Christmas. He thrived in the heyday of the Warner Bros. studio in the 1930s and '40s.
Curtiz was less successful from the late 1940s onwards, when he attempted to move from studio direction into production and freelance work, but he continued working until shortly before his death.
As director
The Comancheros
Francis of Assisi
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
A Breath of Scandal
The Man in the Net
The Hangman
King Creole
The Proud Rebel
The Helen Morgan Story
The Scarlet Hour
The Best Things in Life Are Free
The Vagabond King
We're No Angels
The Egyptian
White Christmas
The Boy from Oklahoma
Trouble Along the Way
The Jazz Singer
The Story of Will Rogers
Jim Thorpe – All-American
I'll See You in My Dreams
Force of Arms
Young Man with a Horn
The Breaking Point
Bright Leaf
My Dream Is Yours
Flamingo Road
The Lady Takes a Sailor
Romance on the High Seas
The Unsuspected
