Howard Hawks

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Scarface (1932): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley; The most potent ganster flick of the '30s caused great controversy over its violent content when first released, still makes an impact today.…
Twentieth Century (1934): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Barrymore, Carole Lombard; Cracking good comedy staged aboard a luxury express–train, where egomaniac theatre producer John Barrymore attempts to win back…
Barbary Coast (1935): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Edward G. Robinson…; Set as far out west as a Western can go – San Fransisco, circa the 1850s gold–rush days. Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea are two…
Bringing Up Baby (1938): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn; Definitive screwball comedy, has paleatologist Cary Grant and tiger–owning Katharine Hepburn striking sparks.
Only Angels Have Wings (1939): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth; Quintessential Hawks fare in which men are men and women have to be equally tough. At a South American outpost, mail pilot Cary Grant becomes…
His Girl Friday (1940): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy; Fast and furious comic masterpiece with Cary Grant in superb form as a conniving newspaper editor whose ex–wife happens to be his star…
Sergeant York (1941): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Gary Cooper; A wartime classic about a real–life pacifist turned WW1 hero. Gary Cooper won an Oscar for his vivid portrayal.
Air Force (1943): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Garfield; Persuasive propaganda piece focusing on the crew of a B–17 bomber, quite thrilling in the hands of director Hawks.
Outlaw, The (1943): Dir. Howard Hughes, Howard Hawks
Feat. Jack Buetel, Jane Russell, Thomas Mitchell…; Off–beat retelling of the legend of Billy the Kid with Jane Russell's cleavage outraging the censors of the day. Now a tame curiosity.
To Have and Have Not (1944): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart; In the upper–bracket of Bogart films, this first time match–up with Lauren Bacall still sets the screen alight. Adapted from the…
Big Sleep, The (1946): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall; This adaptation of Raymond Chandler's mystery novel has perhaps become the greatest film noir of all time. Humphrey Bogart as detective Marlowe falls…
Red River (1948): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru; Another contender for the best of the west. John Wayne is in prime mode as a tyrannical rancher whose adopted son is determined to prove his…
I Was a Male War Bride (1949): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall…; Warm and nicely absurd comedy brings a French army officer (Grant) and American WAC (Sheridan) near the end of WWII, into proximity, mutual loathing,…
Monkey Business (1952): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn…; Scientist Cary Grant discovers a rejuvenation serum which has screwball side–effects. Stars include the director and writing team – Ben…
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Charles Coburn; Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell are out to rustle a millionaire or two on a seacruise to France in this glistening confection based on the stage…
Land of the Pharaohs (1955): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Dewey Martin; High–camp spectacle about treachery in ancient Egypt during the building of the great Pyramid has procured something of a cult following, with…
Rio Bravo (1959): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson…; John Wayne plays a sheriff who has captured a high profile bandit. With the state Marshall many days away and a gang of thugs planning a raid from…
Hatari (1962): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne; Tremendous, good–natured adventure with John Wayne on safari in the great African wilderness. Memorable score by Henri Mancini.
Man's Favorite Sport? (1964): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Rock Hudson, Paula Prentiss, Maria Perschy…; Tepid late–period Hawks has phony fishing expert Hudson fumbling his way through an angling contest with brash Paula Prentiss the only one in…
El Dorado (1966): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne, Edward Asner, James Caan…; A poignant portrait of cowboys past their prime has boozy sherriff Robert Mitchum and aging gunman John Wayne team up to rid their town of cattle…
Rio Lobo (1970): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne, Jack Elam, Victor French…; The third and final Western collaboration between John Wayne, dir. Hawks and screenwriter Leigh Brackett (after RIO BRAVO and EL DORADO), this…

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