Michael Curtiz — Director (71)

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Mission to Moscow (1943)
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other title: 莫斯科使团 / Botschafter in Moskau …
Mission to Moscow was made at the behest of F.D.R. in order to garner more support for the Soviet Union during WWII. It was from the book by Joseph E. Davies, former U.S. Ambassador To Russia. The movie covers the political machinations in Moscow just before the start of the war and presents Stalin's Russia in a very favorable light. So much so, that the movie was cited years later by the House Un-American Activities Commission and was largely responsible for the screenwriter, Howard Koch being Blacklisted.

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The Unsuspected (1947)
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迈克尔·柯蒂兹 actor: 琼·考尔菲尔德 / 克劳德·雷恩斯 …
other title: 无嫌疑者
A girl has been murdered. A woman cannot remember a man who claims to be her husband. Her uncle hosts a radio murder mystery show called "The Unsuspected". Who killed the girl? Why? And who is this mystery husband?

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脂粉拳王 (1937)
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other title: Kid Galahad / 艳窟啼痕 …
When a bellhop knocks out fighter Chuck McGraw, promoter Nick Donati realizes he's a potential champ. "Kid Galahad" justifies Nick's confidence, but Nick's mistress Fluff falls for him; in turn, the Kid falls for Nick's young sister. Now overprotective brother Nick turns against his new fighter, leading to a near- disastrous title fight and a murderous confrontation.

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硬汉歌王 (1958)
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other title: King Creole / 浪子歌王
本片由《卡萨布兰卡》导演迈克尔·柯蒂斯执导,改编自小说A Stone for Danny Fisher,影片讲述了由猫王饰演的男主角Danny违背父亲意愿,执意当歌手,又意外得罪了黑帮而发生的一系列故事,被视为猫王最出色的电影作品,也是猫王本人最钟意的一次表演。

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Four Daughters (1938)
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迈克尔·柯蒂兹 actor: 克劳德·雷恩斯 / 杰弗瑞·林恩 …
other title: 春闺四凤 / 续四千金 …
Musician Adam Lemp and his four equally musical daughters, Emma, Ann, Kay, and Thea, live happily together. Each daughter has an upstanding young man for whom she cares. However, the arrival of a cynical, slovenly young composer named Mickey Borden turns the household upside-down, and romantic and tragic complications ensue.

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Romance on the High Seas (1948)
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迈克尔·柯蒂兹 / 巴斯比·伯克利 actor: 杰克·卡森 / 简妮丝·佩吉 …
other title: 公海上的罗曼史 / It's magic
社交名士Elvira Kent怀疑她的丈夫正在背对着她与其她女人鬼混。当他提出他不能按照原定计划与她一起出海旅行,她雇用了一个夜总会歌手,Georgia Garrett安排她在巡游之中。Elvira住在一个靠近家的旅馆,这样她就能监视她的丈夫。她没有觉查到的是,她的丈夫已经雇用了一个私人侦探Peter Virgil监视她在海上的一举一动。当然,Peter并没有意识到Georgia不是Kent夫人……

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The Lady Takes a Sailor (1950)
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迈克尔·柯蒂兹 actor: 简·怀曼 / 丹尼斯·摩根 …
other title: 鱼龙戏凤 / Glück in Seenot …
Jennifer Smith heads a "Consumer Reports"-type company and her reputation for honesty is her greatest asset. While out boating one day she encounters a secret prototype submarine piloted by Bill Craig. Trying to explain her absence after her boat sinks becomes very difficult as Bill and his cohorts attempt to discredit her story.

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Santa Fe Trail (1940)
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other title: 圣非小路 / 산타페 트레일 …
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.

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Front Page Woman (1935)
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other title: 新闻女人
Reporter Curt Devlin loves sob sister Ellen Garfield but believes women are "bum newspapermen". When she learns the identity of a murdered arsonist, he calls it luck. When she goes after the murderer he gets enough evidence to have Maitland Coulter arrested. She finds a bunch of "not guilty" ballots and publishes the wrong story; he eavesdrops on the jury and gets the correct verdict. After being fired she gets a confession from the real killer and gets Coulter released.

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The Breaking Point (1950)
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迈克尔·柯蒂兹 actor: 约翰·加菲尔德 / 菲莉丝·德丝达 …
other title: 孤帆灭枭 / 枭雄荡娃 …
Fishing boat captain Harry Morgan charters his boat. Due to strained finances, he is none too careful as to whom he does business with. Real trouble erupts when Harry hires out his boat to transport four men who turn out to be criminals on the lam from a racetrack heist.

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Doctor X (1932)
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other title: X博士 / 割肉魔王(港) …
Doctor X (1932) is a First National/Warner Bros. horror and mystery film. Based on the play originally titled The Terror (New York, February 9, 1931) by Howard W. Comstock and Allen C. Miller,[1] it was directed by Michael Curtiz and stars Lee Tracy, Fay Wray, and Lionel Atwill. The film was produced before the Motion Picture Production Code was enforced. Themes such as murder, rape, cannibalism and prostitution are interwoven into the story. The film was one of the last films made, along with Warners' Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), in the two-color Technicolor process. Black and white prints were shipped to small towns and to foreign markets, while color prints were reserved for major cities. PS. The Return of Doctor X (1939) link:

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Queen of Sin and the Spectacle of Sodom and Gomorrah (1922)
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other title: 所多玛与蛾摩拉 / Sodom und Gomorrha …
I saw this at the London Film Festival in 1995 or 1996. The print had been lovingly restored from sections scattered around the world, including some from archives in Moscow. Somebody near me said "I'm really looking forward to this", which was understandable, since the director, as Michael Curtiz, later made some jolly swashbucklers and Casablanca, and the LFF had previously come up with several almost unknown silent masterpieces, including Jacques Feyder's Visage d'enfants. Well, the pianist was superb and the voice-over translator (no time to translate the German titles) produced some splendid characterization. But about ten minutes in, people realised that the film was incredibly bad, and they didn't even know when it would be over as it hadn't been projected complete before. Watching it felt like existentialist hell. Which was fair enough as it's meant to be a study of sin and remorse. A young man is tempted by sex, drugs and stuff, but he falls asleep and dreams of the biblical story of the destruction of the cities of the plain, which are a bit like Vienna and populated by his low-life pals. When he wakes up, he repents. I think the sin stuff is meant to be alluring and you're meant to think that the director has been clever framing it in a moral tale. Instead, you get the idea that sin is a lot less interesting than, maybe, a novel by Jane Austen. This epic Austrian production was credited to Michael Kertesz, who became better known as Michael Curtiz. It was also the screen debut of Walter Slezak. Mary Conway (Lucy Doraine) agrees to marry the wealthy Jackson Harber (George Reimers) to save her mother (Erika Wagner) from a forgery charge. She's really in love with Harry Lighton, a poor sculptor (Kurt Ehrle). At the engagement party, Lighton shoots himself, and Mary turns vindictive and cynical. She decides to make Harber's son, Edward (Slezak), fall in love with her and she succeeds. In an attempt to save Edward, his tutor (Michael Varkonyl) tells him the story of the queen of sin, who he compares to Mary. When this doesn't work, he goes to Mary and relates the story of Lot's wife. When Mary falls asleep, she dreams, in vivid cinematic detail, about the days of Sodom and Gomorrah, in which Lighton is Lot and she is his wife. When she wakes up, she calls off the wedding and goes to Lighton, who is recovering from his wound. Haber and his son reconcile. In its European release, this picture was 18 reels long; it was cut down to eight for release in the States, but the severe editing made the story disjointed and confusing.