In ancient Egypt, the Pharaoh Khufu (Jack Hawkins) is obsessed with acquiring gold Read More »
Tag Archives: Howard Hawks
Barbary Coast (1935) Howard Hawks, William Wyler, Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robinson, Joel McCrea
Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiance dead, and goes to work Read More »
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973) Richard Schickel, Sydney Pollack, Howard Hawks, Marilyn Monroe
A documentary filmography of Howard Hawks, including lengthy footage of Hawks Read More »
The Dawn Patrol (1930) Howard Hawks, Richard Barthelmess, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Neil Hamilton
World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer Read More »
Corvette K-225 (1943) Richard Rosson, Howard Hawks, Randolph Scott, James Brown, Ella Raines
In 1943, ‘Mac’ MacClain, Canadian Navy, has lost his ship and many men to a German torpedo. Read More »
Red River (1948) Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson, John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru
Fourteen years after starting his cattle ranch in Texas, Tom Dunston is finally ready to drive his 10,000 head of cattle to market. Read More »
Air Force (1943) Howard Hawks, John Garfield, John Ridgely, Gig Young
On December 6, 1941 nine B-17 bomber set off on a flight from San Francisco to Hawaii. Read More »
Man’s Favorite Sport? (1964) Howard Hawks, Rock Hudson, Paula Prentiss, Maria Perschy
Roger Willoughby is considered to be a leading expert on sports fishing. Read More »
Tiger Shark (1932) Howard Hawks, Edward G. Robinson, Richard Arlen, Zita Johann
Mike is a great tuna fisherman though he lost a hand to a shark years earlier saving Pipes Boley. Read More »
The Big Sky (1952) Howard Hawks, Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin, Elizabeth Threatt
Jim Deakins is a frontiersman and Indian trader who is making a perilous journey with a group of other men Read More »
To Have and Have Not (1944) Howard Hawks, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan
Harry Morgan and his alcoholic sidekick, Eddie, are based on the island of Martinique and crew a boat available for hire. Read More »
Monkey Business (1952) Howard Hawks, Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe
Barnaby Fulton is a research chemist working on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. Read More »
Twentieth Century (1934) Howard Hawks, John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly
Broadway director Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore) is a bigger ham than most actors Read More »
Paid to Love (1927) Howard Hawks, George O’Brien, Virginia Valli, J. Farrell MacDonald
An American banker goes to a small Balkan country looking to invest his bank’s money and shore up the country’s weak economy in order to maximize the return on their investment. Read More »
Fig Leaves (1926) Howard Hawks, George O’Brien, Olive Borden, Phyllis Haver
In the modern day (1920s) story, Adam, a plumber, is happily married to Eve, a wardrobe-obsessed housewife, until she accidentally meets a supercilious fashion designer. Read More »