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- Curtleigh Productions was an American independent film and television production company established by actor and actress husband-and-wife team Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. The company was formed in 1955 and produced a handful of major motion pictures during its span, including Sweet Smell of Success, The Vikings, The Defiant Ones and Taras Bulba. Although plans originally called for co-starring vehicles for the couple, Leigh took little interest in developing properties. Following the couple's divorce in 1962, Curtis continued to develop and produce properties previously acquired through Curtleigh Productions, first channeling the corporate structure through his own outfit, Curtis Enterprises, then forming a new film production company, Reynard Productions. Four of Curtleigh Productions' films have won and been nominated for awards and prizes at various ceremonies and film festivals, including the Academy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, the British Academy Film Awards, the Bodil Awards, the Directors Guild of America Award, the Writers Guild of America Awards, the Laurel Awards, the Bambi Award, the Golden Reel Awards, the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, the International Film Music Critics Award, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and at the Berlin International Film Festival, the San Sebastián International Film Festival and the Faro Island Film Festival. In addition, Sweet Smell of Success was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States National Film Preservation Board in 1993 and was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. (en)
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- Curtleigh Productions was an American independent film and television production company established by actor and actress husband-and-wife team Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. The company was formed in 1955 and produced a handful of major motion pictures during its span, including Sweet Smell of Success, The Vikings, The Defiant Ones and Taras Bulba. Although plans originally called for co-starring vehicles for the couple, Leigh took little interest in developing properties. Following the couple's divorce in 1962, Curtis continued to develop and produce properties previously acquired through Curtleigh Productions, first channeling the corporate structure through his own outfit, Curtis Enterprises, then forming a new film production company, Reynard Productions. (en)
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