Title: Howard Hawks
First published: 1968
Description: Prolific director Howard Hawks made films in nearly every genre, from gengster movies like Scarface to comedies like Bringing Up Baby and Monkey Business and westerns like Rio Bravo. In this new edition of a classic text, author Robin Wood explores the ways in which Hawks pushed the boundaries of each genre and transformed the traditional forms in new, interesting, and creative ways. This edition also contains an exciting new introduction by Wood, which shows how his thinking about Hawks has deepened over time without fundamentally changing. --Book Jacket
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation, Aesthetics, Experimental films, History and criticism, Hawks, howard, 1896-1977, Motion picture producers and directors, Biography
People: Howard Hawks (1896-), Howard Hawks (1896-1977,)
Time periods: 1896-1977