Hawks on Hawks
eBook - ePub

Hawks on Hawks

  1. 312 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Hawks on Hawks

About this book

A portrait of the renowned film director based on seven years of interviews: "I am very happy that this book exists." —François Truffaut
Howard Hawks is often credited as the most versatile of the great American directors, having worked with equal ease in screwball comedies, westerns, gangster movies, musicals, and adventure films. He directed an impressive number of Hollywood's greatest stars—including Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Rosalind Russell, and Marilyn Monroe—and some of his most celebrated films include Scarface, Bringing Up Baby, The Big Sleep, Red River, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Rio Bravo.
Hawks on Hawks draws on interviews that author Joseph McBride conducted with the director over the course of seven years, giving rare insight into Hawks's artistic philosophy, his relationships with the stars, and his position in an industry that was rapidly changing. In its new edition, this classic book is both an account of the film legend's life and work and a guidebook on how to make movies.
"There are going to be many biographies of Howard Hawks, but they will all lean heavily on this book; the pioneer so honestly reveals himself and the people with whom he worked." — Los Angeles Times

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. Storytelling
  7. 2. Beginnings
  8. 3. Silent Films
  9. 4. Talking Pictures
  10. 5. The Business of Movies
  11. 6. Working with Writers: I
  12. 7. Working with Actors
  13. 8. Scarface and Howard Hughes
  14. 9. Two Films with James Cagney
  15. 10. William Faulkner
  16. 11. MGM and Viva Villa!
  17. 12. Twentieth Century
  18. 13. Comedy and Tragedy
  19. 14. Grant and Hepburn
  20. 15. Working with Writers: II
  21. 16. His Girl Friday
  22. 17. Camerawork
  23. 18. Samuel Goldwyn
  24. 19. Sergeant York
  25. 20. Air Force
  26. 21. Ernest Hemingway
  27. 22. The Hawksian Woman
  28. 23. Bogart and The Big Sleep
  29. 24. Walter Brennan
  30. 25. John Ford
  31. 26. The Western
  32. 27. John Wayne
  33. 28. Red River
  34. 29. Marilyn Monroe
  35. 30. Music
  36. 31. Themes and Variations: Three Westerns
  37. 32. Hatari!
  38. 33. Critics
  39. 34. Today’s Actresses
  40. 35. Today’s Movies
  41. 36. Late Projects
  42. 37. Advice to Young Directors
  43. Filmography
  44. Selected Bibliography
  45. Index