Happy Birthday: Michael Curtiz (1886–1962)

Michael Curtiz (1886–1962)

Born: December 24, 1886 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Died: April 10, 1962 (age 75) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

berating David Niven during an on-set argument] You think you know fuck everything and I know fuck nothing. Well, let me tell you, I know fuck all!!

[on Randolph Scott] Randy Scott is a complete anachronism. He’s a gentleman. And so far he’s the only one I’ve met in this business full of self-promoting sons-of-bitches.

[on learning that Joan Crawford had been offered the title role in Mildred Pierce (1945)] She comes over here with her high-hat airs and her goddamn shoulder pads. Why should I waste time directing a has-been?

[on Cary Grant] Some actors squeeze a line to death. Cary tickles it into life.

The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 dir. Curtiz William Keighley Starring Errol Flynn Olivia de Havillandy Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942 dir. Curtiz Cast James Cagney Joan Leslie

White Christmas 1954 dir. Curtiz Starring Bing Crosby Danny Kaye Casablanca 1942 dir. Curtiz starring Humphrey Bogart Ingrid Bergman

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