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===Comedic roles=== On October 6, 1961, Curtis formed a new film production company, [[Curtis Enterprises]], Incorporated.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CURTIS ENTERPRISES, INC. :: California (US) :: OpenCorporates|url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/C0421366|access-date=June 28, 2021|website=opencorporates.com}}</ref> The company would make ''[[40 Pounds of Trouble]]'', which co-starred Curtis, [[Suzanne Pleshette]] and [[Phil Silvers]]; it was the first motion picture ever filmed at [[Disneyland]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Boxoffice|url=http://archive.org/details/boxofficeaprjun180boxo|title=Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1962)|last2=Boxoffice|date=1962|publisher=New York, Boxoffice|others=Media History Digital Library}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Evening Sun from Baltimore, Maryland on May 31, 1962 Β· 50|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/370917372/|access-date=July 5, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=May 31, 1962 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Valley Times from North Hollywood, California on May 14, 1962 Β· 6|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/580393232/|access-date=July 5, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=May 14, 1962 |language=en}}</ref> On August 3, 1962, Curtis formed another new film production company, Reynard Productions, Incorporated.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reynard Productions, Inc. :: California (US) :: OpenCorporates|url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/C0437006|access-date=June 27, 2021|website=opencorporates.com}}</ref> Curtis was one of many stars who had small roles in ''[[The List of Adrian Messenger]]'' (1963). He supported [[Gregory Peck]] in ''[[Captain Newman, M.D.]]'' (1963) and had an uncredited dual role in ''[[Paris When It Sizzles]]'' (1964). He and Kaufmann made their third movie together, the comedy ''[[Wild and Wonderful]]'' (1964). His focus remained on comedies: ''[[Goodbye Charlie]]'' (1964), with Debbie Reynolds; ''[[Sex and the Single Girl (film)|Sex and the Single Girl]]'' (1964), with Natalie Wood; ''[[The Great Race]]'' (1965), with Wood and Lemmon for Blake Edwards β the most expensive comedy film up till that time, but popular; ''[[Boeing Boeing (1965 film)|Boeing Boeing]]'' (1965) a sex farce with [[Jerry Lewis]]; ''[[Not with My Wife, You Don't!]]'' (1966) with [[George C. Scott]]; ''[[Drop Dead Darling]]'' (1966), a British comedy with [[Rosanna Schiaffino]]; ''[[Don't Make Waves]]'' (1967), a satire of beach life from director Alexander Mackendrick, with [[Claudia Cardinale]]; and ''[[On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...]]'' (1967), an Italian comedy with [[Monica Vitti]]. In the early 1960s, he was a voice-over guest star on ''[[The Flintstones]]'' as "Stoney Curtis".
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