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Curtis Bernhardt was a German-born film director, writer, and producer who worked in Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1960s. He was best known for directing melodramas and film noirs, such as A Stolen Life (1946), Possessed (1947), and Sudden Fear (1952). Bernhardt was born in Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on April 15, 1899. He began his career as an actor in Germany, appearing in several silent films. In the early 1930s, he moved to Hollywood and began working as an assistant director. He made his directorial debut in 1936 with the film The Garden of Allah. Throughout his career, Bernhardt directed over 40 films, including the musicals The Great Caruso (1951) and The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1954). He also wrote and produced several films, including the noir classic Sudden Fear (1952). Bernhardt died in Los Angeles, California, on April 4, 1977, at the age of 77.

Popular As Kurt Bernhardt
Occupation director,writer,producer
Age 82 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 15 April, 1899
Birthday 15 April
Birthplace Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Date of death 22 February, 1981
Died Place Pacific Palisades, California, USA
Nationality Germany

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Who Is Curtis Bernhardt's Wife?

His wife is Pearl Argyle (1936 - 29 January 1947) ( her death) ( 2 children), Anna-Maria Wickert (? - 22 February 1981) ( his death), Trude von Molo (? - ?) ( divorced)

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Wife Pearl Argyle (1936 - 29 January 1947) ( her death) ( 2 children), Anna-Maria Wickert (? - 22 February 1981) ( his death), Trude von Molo (? - ?) ( divorced)
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1951

Bernhard soon moved to RKO, which was entering its final chaotic decade, directing The Blue Veil (1951), a remake of a French film.

He did a one-shot gig at Columbia, directing Bogie once again in the hopelessly set-bound Sirocco (1951), and rounded out the remainder of the 1950s back at MGM, ending his Hollywood career with the middling comedy Kisses for My President (1964) at Warners.

1947

Berhardt managed to make two above-average films during his short stay at Metro, however--the suspenseful High Wall (1947) starring 'Robert Taylor (I)_ in one of his best mid-career roles, and The Doctor and the Girl (1949), starring the likable Glenn Ford.

1946

He had another misfire, however, with the critically panned Devotion (1946) and would end his contract with the studio after three more films in 1947, after which he moved briefly to MGM. Ironically, he would later look back fondly upon Warners' assembly-line production methods compared to his days at MGM, where he felt compelled to bend to the whims of its stars and serve at the behest of studio chief Louis B. Mayer.

1945

He directed one of Humphrey Bogart's least popular films, Conflict (1945), which was burdened by ludicrous plot contrivances, but he snapped back the next year with a winner: My Reputation (1946), a melodrama starring Barbara Stanwyck.

1940

If Curtis Bernhardt is a relative unknown, it's because he didn't direct his first Hollywood feature until 1940 at the age of 41.

His career in Hollywood began with a false start; after working on his first assignment he fell ill and was reassigned an Olivia de Havilland vehicle, My Love Came Back (1940), that gained him good notices. Bernhardt rapidly achieved a reputation as a woman's director with occasional forays into suspense with varied results.

1939

With Europe plunging into war, he left for America in 1939. Despite his limited grasp of the English language, he was offered seven-year contracts at both Warner Bros.

1938

and MGM, largely on the strength of Carrefour (1938)-- which proved so enduring that it was remade as Dead Man's Shoes (1940) in the UK and as Crossroads (1942) by MGM. Most émigrés would have jumped an offer to work at MGM-- considered the "Tiffany" of film studios-- but Berhardt went with Warners, favoring that studio's reputation for hard-boiled realism.

1933

Bernhardt worked for years in Germany until his Jewish heritage made living there impossible by 1933-- he was arrested by the Gestapo and made a harrowing underground escape to France.