Tag: Howard Hawks

El Dorado Script

Script by:Harry Brown (Novel), Leigh Brackett (Screenplay)
Directed by:Howard Hawks
Year:1966
IMDb:tt0061619

Plot:Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara. Together with an old indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Script

Script by:Anita Loos (Novel), Joseph Fields (Theatre Play), Charles Lederer (Screenplay)
Directed by:Howard Hawks
Year:1953
IMDb:tt0045810

Plot:Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage.
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I Was A Male War Bride Script

Script by:Charles Lederer (Screenplay), Leonard Spigelgass (Screenplay), Hagar Wilde (Screenplay), Henri Rochard (Story)
Directed by:Howard Hawks
Year:1949
IMDb:tt0041498

Plot:Captain Henri Rochard is a French officer assigned to work with Lieut. Catherine Gates. Through a wacky series of misadventures, they fall in love and marry. When the war ends, Capt. Rochard tries to return to America with the other female war brides. Zany gender-confusing antics follow.
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Red River Script

Script by:Borden Chase (Screenplay), Charles Schnee (Screenplay)
Directed by:Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson
Year:1948
IMDb:tt0040724

Plot:Headstrong Thomas Dunson starts a thriving Texas cattle ranch with the help of his faithful trail hand, Groot, and his protégé, Matthew Garth, an orphan Dunson took under his wing when Matt was a boy. In need of money following the Civil War, Dunson and Matt lead a cattle drive to Missouri, where they will get a better price than locally, but the crotchety older man and his willful young partner begin to butt heads on the exhausting journey.
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To Have And Have Not Script

Script by:Jules Furthman (Screenplay), William Faulkner (Screenplay), Ernest Hemingway (Novel)
Directed by:Howard Hawks
Year:1944
IMDb:tt0037382

Plot:A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
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Bringing Up Baby Script

Script by:Dudley Nichols (Screenplay), Hagar Wilde (Screenplay)
Directed by:Howard Hawks
Year:1938
IMDb:tt0029947

Plot:David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.
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Rio Lobo Script

Script by:Burton Wohl (Story), Burton Wohl (Screenplay), Leigh Brackett (Screenplay)
Directed by:Howard Hawks
Year:1970
IMDb:tt0066301

Plot:After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose perfidy caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend.
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Sergeant York Script

Script by:Abem Finkel (Screenplay), Harry Chandlee (Screenplay), Howard Koch (Screenplay), John Huston (Screenplay), Alvin C. York (Writer)
Directed by:Howard Hawks
Year:1941
IMDb:tt0034167

Plot:Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.
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Scarface (1932) Script

Script by:Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Armitage Trail (Novel), John Lee Mahin (Dialogue), Seton I. Miller (Dialogue), W.R. Burnett (Dialogue)
Directed by:Howard Hawks
Year:1932
IMDb:tt0023427

Plot:A murderous thug shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
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The Crowd Roars Script

Script by:Howard Hawks (Story), Kubec Glasmon (Writer), Seton I. Miller (Writer), John Bright (Writer), Niven Busch (Writer)
Directed by:Howard Hawks
Year:1932
IMDb:tt0022792

Plot:Famous motor-racing champion Joe Greer returns to his hometown to compete in a local race. He discovers his younger brother has aspirations to become a racing champion, and during the race Joe loses his nerve when another driver is killed, leaving his brother to win. Joe's luck takes a plunge whilst his brother rises to height of fame.
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