Oral history interview with Howard Winchester Hawks, 1971

Biographical Note

Film director; interviewee died 1977

Scope and Contents

Work on "To Have and Have Not," and "The Big Sleep" with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, observations on writers and film; development and shooting of "Red River," "El Dorado," "The Big Sky," "Rio Bravo"; John Wayne; "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"

Subjects

• Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977--Interviews.
• Higham, Charles, interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Motion picture actors and actresses.
• Motion picture authorship.
• Motion picture industry.
• Motion picture producers and directors--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1985