Howard Hawks is a legendary Hollywood filmmaker with such varied classics as western Rio Bravo and screwball comedy His Girl Friday to his name.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT With comedies, dramas, westerns, and war films to his name, Howard Hawks is one of the most versatile directors in Hollywood history. At a time when auteur filmmaking was on the rise, Hawks made a name for himself as a director who could spin any material into a great movie and didn’t allow himself to be pigeonholed.
10 Only Angels Have Wings Only Angels Have Wings combines romance and adventure in the high-flying story of the manager of an air freight company risking his pilots’ lives to land a lucrative deal in a remote South American trading port. The movie features a bunch of classic planes from the golden age of aviation, which has made it popular among airplane aficionados.
8 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Hawks tried his hand at the burgeoning musical genre with 1953’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, an intoxicating blend of comical situations and catchy songs with stunning choreography by Jack Cole. Stars Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe anchor the movie with impeccable performances, Russell with no-nonsense wit and Monroe with unparalleled screen presence and charisma.
6 Scarface After Little Caesar and The Public Enemy introduced the gangster genre to Hollywood filmmaking in 1931, Hawks solidified its tropes with 1932’s Scarface. The classic rise-and-fall arc that can be seen in every other gangster movie was first established in Scarface – with the crucial caveat that the central antihero’s defining flaws end up causing his own downfall.
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