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Michael Curtiz
Michael Curtiz.
After arriving in Hollywood in 1926 and completing a brief tenure directing silent films, Michael Curtiz directed the part-sound films Tenderloin and Noahâs Ark in 1928. These early works were among the transitional films that combined silent scenes with sound as the industry moved toward the sound era.1