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Michael Curtiz : a life in film / Alan K. Rode.

by Rode, Alan K., 1954- author.

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Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2017]

Curtiz, Michael, 1886-1962.

Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.

9780813173917 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)

0813173914 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)

Screen classics (Lexington, Ky.)

xix, 681 pages ; 24 cm.

In the first biography of Michael Curtiz, Alan K. Rode illuminates the life and work of one of the film industry's most complex figures. He begins by exploring the director's early life and career in his native Hungary, revealing how Curtiz shaped the earliest days of silent cinema in Europe as he acted in, produced, and directed scores of films before immigrating to the United States in 1926. In Hollywood, Curtiz earned a reputation for his explosive tantrums, his difficulty communicating in English, and his disregard for the well-being of others. However, few directors elicited more memorable portrayals from their casts, and ten different actors delivered Oscar-nominated performances under his direction.

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