Michael Curtiz

Michael Curtiz was born Manó Kaminer Kertész in Budapest in 1888, into a relatively wealthy Jewish family. After theatrical studies, he started out on the stage as an actor and director, before becoming from 1912 one of the pioneers of the Hungarian film industry - he is sometimes attributed up to fifty films for this alone. Hungarian period, but his filmography of the time remains poorly known, to the point that it is often difficult to determine, depending on the film, whether he was acting as a director or an actor. After a passage through Denmark and Scandinavia during which he completed his training alongside Victor Sjöstrom, August Blom, and Mauritz Stiller, Mihály Kertész (he will thus be credited during his European career) realizes Bánk bán (1914),La Peau de chagrin ), Ferenc Molnár ( Liliom , unfinished) and the operetta La Veuve joyeuse .

During World War I, the young filmmaker served in the army, and worked as a news operator. In 1919, the serious troubles crossed by a Hungary which had become autonomous - the "white terror" succeeding the "red terror" and the nationalization of the studios - led him to emigrate to Austria. Based in Vienna, he produced spectacular historical frescoes (The Sixth Commandment, 1922; The Young Medard, 1923). The success of The Slave Queen (1924) opened the doors of Hollywood to him, and the Warneroffers him to come and work across the Atlantic, with the idea of ​​bombing him at the head of another biblical production, which would allow the major to come and tickle Cecil B. DeMille and Paramount . Kertész set foot on American soil in 1926 and became Curtiz.

In 1928, he directed L'Arche de Noé, a vast blockbuster (conducted by Darryl F. Zanuck) from a studio for which he worked exclusively until 1953, switching to talking with Mammy in 1930. A talented performer if not '' to be a true author, figure of the golden age of the studios (and of the WarnerHowever, it was in the adventure film that he imposed his films with the most impressive regularity as classics, offering Errol Flynn roles that would forge his legend: Captain Blood (1935), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 ), L'Aigle des mers (1940), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) or La Piste de Santa Fé (1940). Classic also, and even classic of the classics, Casablanca (1942) remains the peak of Curtiz's career, and will earn him his only Oscar for best director.

Renowned for his authoritarianism and his quarrels with the English language (he thus asked, for example, an assistant to foresee for a scene of convent " 20 monkeys [monkeys] ", instead of " 20 monks [monks] "), the beloved Warner director saw his star fade at the end of the 1940s. After the epilogue of the Warner era , he shot in quick succession for Fox (the Egyptian peplum, 1954) and Paramount(White Christmas, with Bing Crosby), before directing Elvis Presley in King Creole (1958). For what will be his last film, The Comancheros (1961), he finds John Wayne, appearing in Noah's Ark some thirty years earlier, and whom he had directed in A Man unlike the others (1953) . The director died on April 10, 1962, at the age of 75, died of cancer.

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Michael Curtiz Net Worth 2022

Michael Curtiz 's revenue is $ 1.1M in 2022. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Michael Curtiz and could vary in the range between $ 562.6K - $ 1.8M.

Michael Curtiz Net Worth 2021

Michael Curtiz 's revenue is $1.3M in 2021. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Michael Curtiz and could vary in the range between $609.5K - $1.5M.

Michael Curtiz Net Worth 2020

Michael Curtiz 's revenue is $1.9M in 2020. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Michael Curtiz and could vary in the range between $658.2K - $2M.

Michael Curtiz Net Worth 2019

Michael Curtiz 's revenue is $1.8M in 2019. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Michael Curtiz and could vary in the range between $929.6K - $1.4M.

Michael Curtiz Net Worth 2018

Michael Curtiz 's revenue is $1.5M in 2018. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Michael Curtiz and could vary in the range between $943.7K - $1.8M.

Michael Curtiz Net Worth 2017

Michael Curtiz 's revenue is $1.3M in 2017. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Michael Curtiz and could vary in the range between $844.4K - $1.4M.

Michael Curtiz Net Worth 2016

Michael Curtiz 's revenue is $1.4M in 2016. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Michael Curtiz and could vary in the range between $767.7K - $1.5M.

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