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Curtis Bernhardt
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Director Born: April 15, 1899 in Worms, Germany Death: February 22, 1981 in Pacific Palisades, CA Biography:Some praised the American films of German director Curtis Bernhardt as "women's pictures"; others derided them as "weepers." Trained for an acting career at Frankfurt-am-Main's State School for Dramatic Arts, Bernhardt was a theatrical performer and producer in Berlin before turning to directing films with 1926's Die Was von Lowood, a Gernan version of "Jane Eyre". In 1929, he helmed UFA studio's first talking picture, Die Letzte Kompagnie. Exiting Germany when Hitler came to power, Bernhardt directed films in France and England before being signed by Hollywood's Warner Bros. in 1940. Among the formidable female stars with which Bernhardt was associated during his Warners years were Miriam Hopkins ("The Lady With Red Hair", 1940), Olivia de Havilland and Ida Lupino ("Devotion", 1946), Barbara Stanwyck ("My Reputation", 1946), Bette Davis ("A Stolen Life", 1946) and Joan Crawford ("Possessed"). In the... Full Biography
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