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…