Comments on: Howard Hawks at LACMA

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:18:06 +0000

I agree thta Anne Sheridan was a very good actress.She was good in another one: Shine On Harvest Moon.

By: Maurice

Maurice — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:43:23 +0000

My favorite Hawks is the comedy I Was a Male War Bride. Ann Sheridan was a delight.

By: randy

randy — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:07:01 +0000

Even Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a sort of buddy-buddy movie, but without a female getting in the way for obvious reasons.

By: Andre Soares

Andre Soares — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:42:33 +0000

Yes, there’s a “certain thematic consistency” in some of Howard Hawks’ films. I agree.
However, I just can’t tell by looking at “Bringing Up Baby” or “I Was a Male War Bride” or “To Have and Have Not” or “Fig Leaves” or “A Girl in Every Port” or “Rio Bravo” or “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” that they were all directed by the same man.
Unlike, say, the films of Federico Fellini, or Pedro Almodovar, or Ingmar Bergman, or Michelangelo Antonioni, to name a few.

By: Rapids

Rapids — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:31:27 +0000

Many of Howard Hawks’ films had two men who bonded, and a woman who got in the way. “A Girl in Every Port,” “Only Angels Have Wings,” and others. I know that doesn’t necessarily make him an “auteur,” but there’s a certain thematic consistency there, wouldn’t you say?