Happy Birthday: Howard Hawks (1896–1977)

howardhawks.jpgHappy Birthday director Howard Hawks (1896–1977)

Born: Howard Winchester Hawks
May 30, 1896 in Goshen, Indiana, USA

Died: December 26, 1977 (age 81) in Palm Springs, California, USA

Married to: Dee Hartford (20 February 1953 – 4 March 1960) (divorced) (1 child)

Mary Raye “Nancy” Gross (11 December 1941 – 9 June 1949) (divorced) (1 child)

Athole Shearer (28 May 1928 – 5 December 1940) (divorced) (2 children)

Read reviews of the best of the director:

BRINGING UP BABYBringing Up Baby
1938
dir. Howard Hawks
starring
Cary Grant
Katharine Hepburn

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

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

SERGEANT YORKSergeant York
1941
dir. Howard Hawks
Cast
Gary Cooper
Walter Brennan

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