US Films by MICHAEL CURTIZ
This is a list of the films Michael Curtiz made after his arrival in Hollywood in 1926. Curtiz was a rarity - a temperamental, artistic director who thrived under the studio system. Sounds almost impossible, right? Step forward, Michael...x
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- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsDolores CostelloLouise DresserRockliffe FellowesCircus artist Alicia deserts her husband and child to elope with Underwood, her handsome lover. Fifteen years later, Alicia's deserted daughter Annie Martin is a trapeze performer in a Coney Island sideshow operated by Mr. and Mrs. Chubb, and has married Howard Jeffries in spite of opposition by his wealthy parents. Jeffries, Sr., hires a man--Underwood--to separate the young couple. Underwood convinces the newlyweds that each is being unfaithful to the other, and consequently he is threatened by Howard. Driven to fury by Underwood's uncontrollable demands, Alicia shoots him in a quarrel and makes her escape just as Howard enters; despite his innocence, Howard confesses to the crime when subjected to the third degree. Annie, realizing her mother's guilt, claims to be guilty, but Alicia then confesses. Annie is saved from suicide by Howard, and they are united by love.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsDolores CostelloWarner OlandMalcolm McGregorAn experimental brain surgeon must decide if he will restore the memory of his wife's abusive first husband.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsIrene RichWilliam RussellWilliam Collier Jr.Diana Maxwell, a British army officer's-wife cause havoc, desire and jealousy among the men stationed in an isolated outpost in the Sahara desert and other locations.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsWarner OlandHelene CostelloClyde CookCharley Keane is a well-known vaudeville performer who seems to have everything going for him--fame, money, and a beautiful daughter on whom he dotes. Unfortunately, things start to slide downhill for Charley, both career-wise and in his personal life. His manager is crooked, he is spending too much money and doesn't have enough coming in, and his daughter becomes an actress--and her fame starts to eclipse his.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsDolores CostelloConrad NagelMitchell LewisRose Shannon, a dancing girl at "Kelly's" in New York City's "Tenderloin" district, worships at a distance Chuck White, a younger member of the gang that uses the place as their hangout. Chuck's interest in her is only just as another plaything. Rose is unknowingly placed in a position in which she is implicated in a crime about which she knows nothing. The police pick her up, and the gang sends Chuck to take care of her in the event that she might know or disclose something that will implicate the gang.
- DirectorMichael CurtizDarryl F. ZanuckStarsDolores CostelloGeorge O'BrienNoah BeeryThe Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First World War.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsDolores CostelloRalph GravesAudrey FerrisGlad Rag Doll is a 1929 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Dolores Costello. This is one of many lost films of the 1920s, no prints or Vitaphone discs survive, but the song with the same title and the trailer survives.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsDolores CostelloGrant WithersDouglas GerrardMadonna of Avenue A is a 1929 talking drama film directed by Michael Curtiz. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros.. It starred Dolores Costello in one of her last silent films. This is reportedly a lost film.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsH.B. WarnerLois WilsonJason Robards Sr.A father-and-son team of cons gamble their firm's assets. The son is caught investing money that doesn't belong to him and is indicted on a swindling charge. The plot gets spicy when the District Attorney handling the case is his former sweetheart's husband. This situation gives the District Attorney an opportunity to prosecute his romantic rival.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsDolores CostelloGrant WithersJames KirkwoodHearts in Exile (1929) is an American Pre-Code romance film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Michael Curtiz.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsAl JolsonLois MoranLowell ShermanA love triangle develops in a traveling minstrel troupe.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsFrank FayRaquel TorresMyrna LoyA cowboy arrives in a small town and winds up trying to help a local rancher stop a gang of cattle thieves while romancing a pretty young girl.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsFrank FayJames GleasonLilyan TashmanLovely Juliet Corton (Florence Eldridge) is sure the dashing coiffeur who just arrived to style her hair is her husband, presumed dead in a railway crash five years earlier.
- DirectorLloyd BaconMichael CurtizStarsDorothy MackaillLewis StoneNatalie MoorheadLarry Fellowes of Fellowes Publishing wants Kate to write her next book about the 'Office Wife'. The personal secretary/stenographer spends more time with the busy executive and makes more decisions than his wife ever will. This creates a bond between the secretary and boss that the wife cannot hope to equal. What Larry doesn't know is that sometimes literature mirrors life.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsDorothy MackaillFrank FayNoah BeeryA successful Broadway star ready to retire from her wild career announces her engagement. But her tumultuous past isn't done with her yet.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsCharles BickfordEvalyn KnappJ. Farrell MacDonaldSgt. Conniston and his alcoholic guide O'Toole are on the trail of an escaped murderer named Keith. When they catch up with him in the farthest reaches of Northern Canada, Keith turns out to be a dead ringer for Conniston. On the way back, the sled overturns, Keith grabs the gun and leaves them to die in the snow. After second thoughts he comes back and brings them to safety at an RCMP emergency cabin. Conniston dies of a frozen lung. O'Toole becomes convinced of Keith's innocence and refuses to take him in. Instead he helps Keith disguise himself as Conniston to escape. Before he can do so, he is spotted by Mounties looking for Conniston and brought back to Conniston's fort. During the time Conniston was gone, it was discovered that Keith was innocent of the charges. Still Keith can't reveal his true identity for fear the Mounties will think he killed Conniston. Keith plans to keep up the charade only long enough to escape but Miriam, who Conniston had unsuccessfully pursued, is intrigued by the 'changed' Conniston and falls for him and he for her.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsBen LyonHarry LangdonLotti LoderGeorgie thinks he has killed Hank. He flees with his pal Tim and ships off to the war in Europe, eventually serving in Germany after armistice. There Georgie falls for Gretchen and promises to marry only if he can right his past mistake.
- DirectorMichael CurtizWilliam DieterleStarsWilliam DieterleLissy ArnaAnton PointnerAhab pursues a whale that chewed off a leg when his brother, vying with him for the hand of a minister's daughter, pushed him overboard.When he has caught the monstrous whale he will then deal with his brother.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsFrank FayLaura La PlanteJoan BlondellA Parisian descendant of Don Juan vows to stop philandering in order to win the hand of a virtous young lady with a disapproving father.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJohn BarrymoreMarian MarshCharles ButterworthA crippled man finds a boy and vows to make him a great dancer.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsLil DagoverWalter HustonWarren WilliamThe wife Lil Dagover of a French battleship captain Walter Huston falls for a young officer Warren William.
- DirectorMichael CurtizLloyd BaconStarsRichard BarthelmessMarian MarshNorman FosterKarl is the workaholic adopted son while Stephan is the lazy one. They both go to Munich to study medicine and Karl is at the top of the class while Stephan is barely passing. When Stephan's actions causes the death of Anna, Karl is the one who takes the rap and three years in prison. When he gets out, he finds Stephan is dead and a sick child needs an operation and he does a brilliant surgery. This gets him noticed and his mother tells them that he is Stephan Brenner, not Karl Brenner. She tells Karl that he must cure sickness in the world. But, being that he is Stephan, he can no longer marry Lottie, as she is now his sister.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsAnn DvorakLee TracyRichard CromwellMolly Louvain's plans for a respectable marriage with her sweetheart Ralph fall through so she takes to the road with a two-bit crook and becomes wanted by the police in connection with a high-profile crime.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsLionel AtwillFay WrayLee TracyA wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsRichard BarthelmessBette DavisDorothy JordanA tenant farmer's son is caught in the middle of owner-tenant disputes when he falls for the plantation owner's seductive daughter.