Notwithstanding the outstanding expert opinions previously posted on the EFB, there appears to be some remaining conflict perhaps as to whether or not Lily (with a ‘y’ in ’25) ever actually married Michael Curtiz (also with a ‘y’ somewhere in one of his multiple hard-for-me to spell Hungarian handles – Mihaly Kertesz, perhaps?). I believe the current weight of authoritative conclusion is that there was no such marriage, and possibly not even a romantic or sexual entanglement, though a player like Curtiz must have certainly longed for one of some type. Still, the historical record on the blog contains and references dissenting opinions on this question, as in the link immediately below, for instance.
So, in order to update and clarify this matter of matrimony “once and for all” (until further evidence is unearthed):
(1) Is there any one out there who can prove Lily & Mihaly were NOT married, as so many (perhaps regurgitated) reports claim they were.
(2) When was this first reported – in the 20’s?, 30’s?, … 80’s? And by whom? Where?
(3) Is there any evidence of any kind that Flynn and Curtiz were at odds over Miss Dynamita, or that she used her history with Curtiz to annoy Fleen?
Though not in the particular link above, I note that shangheinz has done outstanding research on this, also. Hopefully, he will weigh in on these questions in his always amazingly-informative and ever-entertaining way, even more especially so with there potentially being some Austrian aspects to this.
Here’s Diva Damita in the Film That Got Goldwyn to Give Her a Gig in Hollywood – Das Spielzeug von Paris , directed by Mihaly Kertesz, aka Michael Courtese.
— Tim
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