Curtis Bernhardt
Born: 1899-04-15 in Worms, Germany
Died: 1981-02-22
Known For: Directing
Biography
Curtis Bernhardt (Kurt Bernhardt) (15 April 1899 – 22 February 1981) was a German film director born in Worms, Germany. Some of his American films were called "woman's films" including the Joan Crawford film Possessed (1947). Bernhardt trained as an actor in Germany, and performed on the stage, before starting as a film director in 1926. Other films include A Stolen Life (1946) starring Bette Davis and Sirocco (1951) starringHumphrey Bogart. Bernhardt directed films in France and England before moving on to Hollywood to work for Warner Brothers in 1940. Bernhardt produced and directed his last Hollywood picture Kisses for My President (1964) about the nation's first female Chief Executive starring Polly Bergen and Fred MacMurray. Description above from the Wikipedia article Curtis Bernhardt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1964
- Kisses for My President ... (Director)
1962
- Damon and Pythias ... (Director)
1960
- Stefanie in Rio ... (Director)
1956
- Gaby ... (Director)
1955
- Interrupted Melody ... (Director)
1954
- Beau Brummell ... (Director)
1953
- Miss Sadie Thompson ... (Director)
1952
- The Merry Widow ... (Director)
1951
- German Film Award as Self
- Sirocco ... (Director)
- Payment on Demand ... (Director)
- The Blue Veil ... (Director)
1949
- The Doctor and the Girl ... (Director)
1946
- My Reputation ... (Director)
- A Stolen Life ... (Director)
- Devotion ... (Director)
1945
- Conflict ... (Director)
1943
- Happy Go Lucky ... (Director)
1942
- Juke Girl ... (Director)
1941
- Night in December ... (Director)
- Million Dollar Baby ... (Director)
1940
- Lady with Red Hair ... (Director)
- My Love Came Back ... (Director)
1938
- Crossroads ... (Director)
1937
- The Girl in the Taxi ... (Producer)
1936
- The Beloved Vagabond ... (Director)
- Le Vagabond bien-aimé ... (Director)
1935
- The Dictator ... (Producer)
1934
- L'Or dans la rue ... (Director)
1933
- Der Tunnel ... (Director)
- Le Tunnel ... (Director)
1932
- The Rebel ... (Director)
1931
- The Man Who Committed the Murder ... (Director)
- The Man Who Killed ... (Director)
1930
- The Last Company ... (Director)
1929
- The Woman One Longs For ... (Director)
- Das letzte Fort ... (Director)
1928
- Schinderhannes ... (Director)
1927
- Children's Souls Accuse You ... (Director)
- Das Mädchen mit den fünf Nullen ... (Director)
1926
- Qualen der Nacht ... (Director)
- Orphan of Lowood ... (Director)
1925
- Namenlose Helden ... (Writer)