^Lot 999 Michael Curtiz

Distinguished Hungarian-born American film director (1886–1962) who helmed such all-time classics as Casablanca, Angels with Dirty Faces, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and White Christmas. Nominated four times for an Academy Award as Best Director, he won the Oscar for Casablanca. Vintage ballpoint signature, “Michael Curtiz,” on an off-white 5 x 3.5 slip with a typed notation in the upper right. In fine condition, with a few creases to top, light soiling to left side, and some show-through from mounting remnants on reverse.