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Howard Hawks - 1930s Films, Comedy, Adventure: Until the mid-1930s Hawks was known primarily as a director of dramas and action films. However, working with a script by Hecht and Charles MacArthur, he crafted Twentieth Century (1934) into an enduring screwball comedy, establishing (along with Frank Capra’s It Happened One Night [1934]) the genre’s conventions: seemingly mismatched lovers ...
May 21, 2002 · Hawks, Howard. Howard Winchester Hawks. b. May 30 1896, Goshen, Indiana. d. December 26 1977, Palm Springs, California. Howard Hawks was born into a wealthy and well-connected Midwestern family who migrated to Southern California in the halcyon days of the early 1900s. He attended Throop Polytechnic Institute (which later became the California ...
Dec 26, 2014 · Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896 – December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. He is popular for his films from a wide range of genres, including screwball comedies [Bringing Up Baby (1938), His Girl Friday (1940), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)], westerns [Red River (1948), Rio Bravo (1959), El Dorado (1967)], adventure ...
When Howard Hawks cast Lauren Bacall at the romantic lead in To Have and Have Not, it was supposed to be her big break in Hollywood. Instead, she wound up on the wrong end of a disturbing love triangle. Despite the fact that his own wife had discovered Bacall, Hawks was a notorious womanizer, and he had his sights set on the young actress.
To Have and Have Not: Directed by Howard Hawks. With Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Moran. During World War II, American expatriate Harry Morgan helps transport a French Resistance leader and his beautiful wife to Martinique while romancing a sensuous lounge singer.
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Feb 15, 1979 · She discusses her career, her mentorship with Howard Hawks and her marriage to Humphrey Bogart. Lauren Bacall: Tenacious Beyond Belief. February 15, 1979 12:31 PM ET. By . Bob Edwards
Dec 20, 2023 · Howard Hawks is a master filmmaker from classic Hollywood. Image via Columbia Pictures. Howard Hawks was one of the preeminent directors of Hollywood's Golden Age. His directing style is ...
