Curtis Bernhardt
| Curtis Bernhardt | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Kurt Bernhardt April 15, 1899 Worms, Germany |
| Died |
February 22, 1981 (aged 81) Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | film director |
Curtis Bernhardt (15 April 1899 – 22 February 1981) was a German film director born in Worms, Germany, under the name Kurt Bernhardt.[1] He 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) and Sirocco (1951).
Bernhardt made films in Germany from 1925 until 1933,[1] when he was forced to flee the Nazi regime — who briefly had him arrested[2] — because he was Jewish. Bernhardt directed films in France and England before moving on to Hollywood to work for Warner Brothers in 1940. He 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.
He is interred at Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, near his wife, Pearl Wellman Bernhardt.[3][4]
Filmography
- Namenlose Helden (short) (as Kurt Bernhardt) (1925)
- Torments of the Night (as Kurt Bernhardt) (1926)
- Orphan of Lowood (as Kurt Bernhardt) (1926)
- Kinderseelen klagen euch an (as Kurt Bernhardt) (1927)
- Das Mädchen mit den fünf Nullen (as Kurt Bernhardt) (1927)
- The Prince of Rogues (as Kurt Bernhardt) (1928)
- The Last Fort (as Kurt Bernhardt) (1929)
- The Woman One Longs For aka The Woman Men Yearn For (as Kurt Bernhardt) (1929)
- L'homme qui assassina (as Kurt Bernhardt) (1930)
- The Last Company (as Kurt Bernhardt) (1930)
- The Man Who Murdered (as Kurt Bernhardt) (1931)
- The Rebel (as Kurt Bernhardt) (1932)
- The Tunnel (1933) (as Kurt Bernhardt) (1933)
- Le tunnel (as Kurt Bernhardt) (1933)
- L'Or dans la rue (1934)
- The Beloved Vagabond (as Kurt Bernhardt) (1936)
- Le vagabond bien-aimé (as Kurt Bernhardt) (1937)
- Carrefour (as Kurt Bernhardt) (1938)
- Night in December (as Kurt Bernhardt) (1941)
- Million Dollar Baby (1941)
- My Love Came Back (as Kurt Bernhardt) (1940)
- Lady with Red Hair (as Kurt Bernhardt) (1940)
- Juke Girl (1942)
- Happy Go Lucky (1943)
- Conflict (1945)
- My Reputation (1946)
- Devotion (1946)
- A Stolen Life (1946)
- High Wall (1947)
- Possessed (1947)
- Sirocco (1951)
- Payment on Demand (1951)
- The Blue Veil (1951)
- The Merry Widow (1952)
- Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
- Beau Brummell (1954)
- Interrupted Melody (1955)
- Gaby (1956)
- Damon and Pythias (1962)
- Kisses for My President (1964)
References
- 1 2 Profile, imdb.com; accessed 17 June 2015.
- ↑ Profile, noirbabes.com; accessed 17 June 2015.
- ↑ "Curtis Bernhardt (1899 - 1981) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- ↑ "Pearl Wellman Bernhardt (1910 - 1947) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-08-18.