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“I'm a storyteller; that's the chief function of a director.
And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move!"

“There's action only if there is danger.”

“A good movie is three good scenes and no bad scenes.”

— Howard Hawks

Howard Hawks entry at Wikipedia

Howard Hawks won an Honorary Oscar in 1975 and was nominated for a Best Director Oscar for "Sergeant York" [1941]

He also received
three D.G.A. Award nominations [1949-60]
the Western Heritage Trustees Award [1974]
and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
and was listed by The Atlantic Monthly among America's Most Influential Filmmakers [Dec 2006]

Links

Howard Hawks credits at Internet Movie Database
Howard Hawks entry at Wikipedia
Howard Hawks posters category at AllPosters.com

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Movies  By  Howard  Hawks

"The Premiere Frank Capra Collection" box set [2006]

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"The Road To Glory (1926)

"Fig Leaves (1926)

"The Cradle Snatchers (1927)

"Paid To Love (1927)

"A Girl In Every Port (1928)

"Fazil (1928)

"The Air Circus (1928)

"Trent's Last Case (1929)

"The Dawn Patrol (1930)

"The Criminal Code (1931)

"La Foule hurle (1932)

"Scarface: The Shame of A Nation"
[United Artists March 1932; re-released 1979]

The rise & fall of Italian ganglord Tony Camonte in Chicago, circa 1930. Co-produced by Howard Hughes; directed by Howard Hawks & Richard Rosson; script by Ben Hecht, W.R. Burnett & others; starring Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Osgood Perkins & George Raft; listed at National Film Registry (1994) Universal b&w VHS [4/90] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb

"The Crowd Roars (1932)

"Tiger Shark (1932)

"Today We Live (1933)

"The Prizefighter and The Lady (1933) (uncredited)

"Viva Villa !" [MGM April 1934]

Directed by Jack Conway & Howard Hawks; starring Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo & Fay Wray; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Script, Best Sound, won for Best Asst Director Warner Video b&w VHS [4/93] for $14.95 full credits from IMDb

"Twentieth  Century"
[Columbia Pictures May 1934]

The actress protege of a Broadway director decamps for Hollywood; her career soars and his fades. When he meets her on the train to the West Coast, he tries to persuade her to return to the stage. Co-produced & directed by Howard Hawks; script by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur, based on their Broadway play; starring John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns, Ralph Forbes, Charles Lane, Etienne Girardot & Edgar Kennedy Sony b&w DVD [2/2005] for $12.99 Sony b&w VHS [6/98] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • credits on Broadway

"Barbary Coast (1935)

"Ceiling Zero (1936)

"Sutter's Gold (1936) (uncredited)

"The  Road  To  Glory"  [Fox Aug 1936]

In the trenches of 1916 World War I, new recruits alter relationships, including competition for the nurse's affections. Then the unit is ordered to the front to install a telephone to direct artillery. Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck; directed by Howard Hawks; co-written by William Faulkner; cinematography by Gregg Toland; starring Fredric March, Warner Baxter, Lionel Barrymore, Gregory Ratoff & June Lang video/DVD not available; full credits at IMDb

"Come and Get It (1936)

"Bringing Up Baby (1938) - Starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant.

"Only Angels Have Wings (1939) - Starring Cary Grant and Jean Arthur.
Remade again in 1942 (Flying Tigers) and again (loosely) in 1983 as a TV series (Tales of the Gold Monkey).

"His Girl Friday (1940) - Starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell.

"Sergeant York (1941) - Starring Gary Cooper;
the highest-grossing film of its year; won two Academy Awards (Best Actor and Best Editing)

"Ball of Fire (1941)

"Air Force (1943)

"The Outlaw: The Story of Billy The Kid"
[United Artists Feb 1943]

Gunfighter Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln, New Mexico, looking for his stolen horse. Sheriff Pat Garrett finds it in the possession of cowboy outlaw Billy the Kid. Doc and Billy become friends, the sheriff wounds Billy, and Doc asks his girlfriend Rio to hide Billy. Romance ensues, Billy assumes possession of both the girl and the horse, and the final showdown is expectedly tragic (and non-historical). Produced & co-directed by Howard Hughes, co-directed by Howard Hawks; cinematography by Gregg Toland; starring Jack Buetel {as Billy}, Jane Russell, Thomas Mitchell, Walter Huston, Ben Johnson & Mimi Aguglia Platinum Disc b&w DVD [6/99] for $6.99 R.O.A.N. b&w DVD [10/99] for $12.99 Madacy Ent. b&w VHS [9/97] out of prodn/used Starcuts b&w VHS [4/2002] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb 16"x20" Jane Russell art print available at AllPosters.com

"To Have and Have Not"
[Warner Bros./First National Oct 1944]

On the island of Martinique just after France fell to the Germans, the local Resistance asks a world-weary fishing boat captain for help transporting freedom fighters. At first he refuses, but circumstances compel him to stand against the local Vichy thugs. Directed by Howard Hawks; script by Leigh Brackett, William Faulkner & Jules Furthman, based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway; first film pairing of Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall; also starring Walter Brennan, Dolores Moran, Hoagy Carmichael, Sheldon Leonard, Walter Szurovy & Marcel Dalio Warner Home Video b&w keepcase DVD [7/2006] for $14.99 Warner Home Video b&w snapcase DVD [11/2003] for $17.99 Warner Home Video b&w VHS [9/98] out of prodn/used 11"x17" cream poster available for $14.99 at AllPosters.com full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"The Big Sleep" [studio mo 1946]

Directed by Howard Hawks; script by Leigh Brackett, William Faulkner & Jules Furthman, based on the 1939 novel by Raymond Chandler; starring Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall; listed in National Film Registry 1997 Warner 114-min. b&w 'theatrical release' VHS [3/2000] for $14.95 Warner 135-min. b&w 'pre-release version' VHS [3/2000] for $14.95 Warner b&w DVD [2/2000] for $16.99 full credits from IMDb purchase 'Big Sleep' movie posters via AllPosters.com

listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Novels (10/2005) Vintage 8x5 pb [8/92] for $8.80 Spanish-language edition "El Sueño Eterno": Alianza pb [6/2005] for $12.95 audio read by Elliott Gould (via Amazon) New Millenium Audio CD [3/2002] for $27.96

"Red River" [studio mo 1948]
Directed by Howard Hawks; starring John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru & Walter Brennan;
listed at National Film Registry 1990; videos/DVDs • credits from IMDb

"Red River" critical text by Suzanne Liandrat-Guigues BFI Publishing, 2000]

"A Song Is Born (1948)

"I Was A Male War Bride (1949)

"The Thing from Another World (1951) (uncredited)

"The Big Sky" [R.K.O. Pictures Aug 1952]

Directed by Howard Hawks, from the A.B. Guthrie Jr. novel; starring Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin, Elizabeth Threatt, Arthur Hunnicutt & Buddy Baer; Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor (AH), Best B&W Cinematography Warner b&w VHS [5/93] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb Novel by A.B. Guthrie, Jr. [1947] Houghton Mifflin 8x5½ pb [1/2002] for $11.20

"Monkey Business (1952)

"O. Henry's  Full  House"
anthology feature film [Fox Oct 1952]

Based on short stories of O. Henry [1862-1910]; on-screen narration by John Steinbeck; includes "The Cop and the Anthem" directed by Henry Koster; "The Clarion Call" directed by Henry Hathaway; "The Last Leaf" directed by Jean Negulesco; "The Ransom of Red Chief" directed by Howard Hawks; and "The Gift of the Magi" directed by Henry King; actors include Lee Aaker, Fred Allen, Anne Baxter, Jeanne Craine, Farley Granger, Charles Laughton, Oscar Levant, Marilyn Monroe, Jean Peters, Gregory Ratoff, Dale Robertson & Richard Widmark; extras include two featurettes & two 1927 silent shorts Fox color DVD [11/2006] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb

"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" [1953]
Starring Marilyn Monroe

"Land of The Pharaohs"
[Warner Bros. June 1955]

Pharoah Khulu wants all the gold in the world, so he can take it with him into the afterlife. He makes a deal with a captive architect to build a robbery-proof pyramid tomb, in return for the freedom of the enslaved people. The pharoah marries a second wife, who murders the first wife and plots to prevent the gold from being entombed, and maybe help the pharoah die early. Co-produced & directed by Howard Hawks; co-written by William Faulkner; starring Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, James Robertson Justice, Dewey Martin, Alex Minotis, Luisella Boni & Sydney Chaplin Warner Home Video widescreen color DVD [6/2007] for $9.99 Warner Home Video color VHS [7/94] for $0.00 full credits at IMDb

"Rio Bravo" [1959]
Starring John Wayne, Dean Martin and Walter Brennan
Remade twice by Hawks: as "El Dorado' [1966] and again as "Rio Lobo" [1970], both also starring John Wayne
videos/DVDs • credits from IMDb

"Rio Bravo" critical text by Robin Wood [BFI Publishing 2003]

"Hatari!" (1962)

"Man's Favorite Sport?" (1964)

"Red Line 7000" (1965)

"El Dorado" remake [1966]
remake of "Rio Bravo" [1959], directed by Howard Hawks; starring John Wayne

"Rio Lobo" remake [1970]
second remake of "Rio Bravo" [1959], directed by Howard Hawks; starring John Wayne

Books  By  Howard  Hawks

"Hawks On Hawks" Edited by Joseph McBride (Univ CA Press, 1982)

Works  About  Howard  Hawks

"Howard Hawks" by Robin Wood (Secker & Warburg, 1968; Wayne State Univ Press, 2006)

"Focus on Howard Hawks" Edited by Joseph McBride [Prentice-Hall 1972]

"The Men Who Made The Movies: Howard Hawks" [1973 TV]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070199/

"The Men Who Made The Movies: Interviews With Frank Capra, George Cukor, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Vincente Minnelli, King Vidor, Raoul Walsh & William A. Wellman" [1975] by Richard Schickel Ivan R. Dee, Publr 9x6 pb [4/2001] for $19.95 Atheneum 10¼x7¼ hardcover [1975] out of print/used

"Howard Hawks: A Jungian Study" by Clark Branson [Garland-Clarke Editions, 1987]

"Romantic Comedy In Hollywood: From Lubitsch To Sturges" [1987] by James Harvey covers masters of the genre Ernst Lubitsch [1892-1947], Frank Capra [1897-1991], George Stevens [1904-75], Howard Hawks [1896-1977] & Preston Sturges [1898-1959], and many actors Da Capo Press 9x6½ pb [1/2001] for $26.00 Knopf hardcover [12/87] out of print/used

"Howard Hawks: American Artist" [1997 TV] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0281920/
"Howard Hawks: American Artist" companion book
(British Film Institute pb 4/1997) by Jim Hillier, Peter Wollen 0851705936

"Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood" by Todd MacCarthy (Grove Press, 1997)

"Conversations With The Great Moviemakers of Hollywood's Golden Age: At The American Film Institute" [2006] by George Stevens, Jr. interviews with 32 major writers, directors & cinematographers, including Ingmar Bergman, writer Ray Bradbury, Richard Brooks, Frank Capra, William Clothier, Stanley Cortez, George Cukor, Federico Fellini, George Folsey, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, James Wong Howe, John Huston, Elia Kazan, Gene Kelly, Stanley Kramer, Fritz Lang, David Lean, Ernest Lehman, Mervyn LeRoy, Harold Lloyd, Rouben Mamoulian, Satyajit Ray, Jean Renoir, George Stevens, King Vidor, Hal Wallis, Raoul Walsh, Billy Wilder, Robert Wise, William Wyler & Fred Zinnemann Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2006] for $23.10

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