Died Today (December 26th): Howard Hawks (1896–1977)

Howard Hawks (1896–1977)

Born: May 30, 1896 in Goshen, Indiana, USA
Died: December 26, 1977 (age 81) in Palm Springs, California, USA

Rio Bravo (1959) was made because I didn’t like a picture called High Noon (1952). I saw “High Noon” at about the same time I saw another western picture, and we were talking about western pictures and they asked me if I liked it, and I said, “Not particularly”. I didn’t think a good sheriff was going to go running around town like a chicken with his head off asking for help, and finally his Quaker wife had to save him. That isn’t my idea of a good western sheriff. I said that a good sheriff would turn around and say, “How good are you? Are you good enough to take the best man they’ve got?” The fellow would probably say no, and he’d say, “Well, then I’d just have to take care of you”. And that scene was in “Rio Bravo”.

[on Humphrey Bogart] He was an extremely hard-working actor. He’d always pretend that he wasn’t, that he didn’t give a damn, but that wasn’t true. One day I said to him, “Bogey, you’re just a great big phony.” He put his finger to his lips and grinned at me. “Sure,” he said, “but don’t tell anyone.”

Bringing Up Baby 1938 dir. Howard Hawks starring Cary Grant Katharine Hepburn

TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT 1944 dir. Howard Hawks Stars: Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacall

His Girl Friday 1940 dir. Hawks starring Cary Grant Rosalind Russell

Sergeant York 1941 dir. Howard Hawks Cast Gary Cooper Walter Brennan

SCARFACE 1932 dir. Howard Hawks Richard Rosson Stars: Paul Muni Boris Karloff

The Big Sleep 1946 dir. Hawks starring Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacall

Ball of Fire 1946 dir. Hawks starring Gary Cooper Barbara Stanwyck

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 dir. Hawks Starring Jane Russell Marilyn Monroe

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