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Director: Howard Hawks

Ball of Fire

Directed by Howard Hawks

In this atypical Hawksian broad comedy, a group of nebbish roommate-intellectuals—led by young man of the group Bertram Potts (the …

Bringing Up Baby

Directed by Howard Hawks

In Howard Hawks' celebrated comedic masterpiece, a chronically flustered paleontologist (Cary Grant) comes under the spell of a free-spirited society …

His Girl Friday

Directed by Howard Hawks

One of the most famous products to come out of Columbia Pictures during its late-’30s/early-’40s heyday, His Girl Friday is …

Only Angels Have Wings

Directed by Howard Hawks

Hawks’ fourth film about air-bound transit stars Cary Grant as Geoff Carter, a pilot for a small airline whose main …

Rio Bravo

Directed by Howard Hawks

John Wayne, Dean Martin, and Ricky Nelson team up in this idiosyncratic take on the “singing cowboy” Western from the …

The Big Sleep

Directed by Howard Hawks

One of the key noirs of the 1940s, The Big Sleep features several legends of the American page and screen—Lauren …