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    Michael Curtiz - Wikipedia

    BornManó Kaminer · December 24, 1886 · Budapest, Austria-Hungary
    DiedApril 10, 1962 (aged 75) · Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    CitizenshipHungary (1886–1933) · United States (after 1933)
    SpousesLucy Doraine · (m. 1918; div. 1923) · Bess Meredyth (m. 1929)
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    Early life

    Curtiz was born Manó Kaminer to a Jewish family in Budapest in 1886, where his father was a carpenter and his mother an opera singer. In 1905, he Magyarised his name to Mihály Kertész. Curtiz had a lower middle class upbringing. … See more

    Career in Europe

    Curtiz became attracted to the theater when he was a child in Hungary. He built a little theatre in the cellar of his family home when he was 8 years old, where he and five of his friends re-enacted plays. They set up the s… See more

    Career in the US

    Curtiz arrived in the United States in the summer of 1926, and began directing at Warner Bros. under the anglicised name Michael Curtiz. During what became a 28-year period at Warner Bros., he directed 86 films, includ… See more

    Directing style

    Curtiz always invested the time necessary to prepare all aspects of a film before shooting. "As far as I am concerned," he said, "the chief work in directing a film is in preparing a story for the screen ... Nothing is as import… See more

    Personal life

    When he left for the United States, Curtiz left behind an illegitimate son and an illegitimate daughter. Around 1918, he married actress Lucy Doraine, and they divorced in 1923. He had a lengthy affair with … See more

    Death

    Curtiz died from cancer on April 10, 1962, aged 75. At the time of his death, he was living alone in a small apartment in Sherman Oaks, California. He is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California… See more

    Legacy

    Curtiz directed some of the best known films of the 20th century, achieving numerous award-winning performances from actors. Before moving to Hollywood from his native Hungary when he was 38 years of ag… See more

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