Michael Curtiz directed the 1928 film Noah’s Ark, a major Warner Bros. biblical spectacle.
The film was produced during the transition from silent cinema to sound. It stars Dolores Costello and George O’Brien and combines a modern World War I framing story with a dramatized account of Noah’s Flood. The production is especially associated with large sets and an elaborate flood sequence.
Noah’s Ark was not directed by Cecil B. DeMille, although DeMille is strongly associated with large-scale biblical films such as The Ten Commandments. That common association can lead to a mistaken answer when viewers remember the genre rather than the film’s credits.
Michael Curtiz later directed Casablanca, released in 1942. His career covered silent films and sound-era Hollywood, while Noah’s Ark belongs to his earlier period at Warner Bros.