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by Todd McCarthy

Fools First, 55

  Ford, Glenn, 554

  Ford, Greg, 566, 640

  Ford, John, 3, 6, 13, 56–57, 64, 87, 101, 106, 215, 234, 247, 248, 249, 256, 316–17, 332, 400, 412, 418, 420, 432, 445, 449, 450, 477, 549, 560, 564, 622, 638–39, 647, 650, 664

  Foreman, Carl, 540, 548

  Forrest, Alan, 62

  For Whom the Bell Tolls (film), 329–30, 354

  For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemingway), 329, 330, 358, 359

  Four Devils, 73

  Fourteen Hours, 464

  Fowler, Gene, 188, 207, 279

  Fowler, Hugh S., 509

  Fowler, Will, 294

  Fox, 64–100, 175–76, 224

  Fox, William, 64, 123

  Fraker, William, 631

  Francis, Kay, 255

  Frank, Pat, 595

  Frankel, Ben, 108, 109

  Frankenheimer, John, 483

  Franklin, Sidney, 181

  Franzee, Steve, 568

  Frazier, Brenda, 332

  Freeman, Everett, 435

  Friedkin, William, 643

  “From A to Z,” 323

  From This Day Forward, 410

  Frondaie, Pierre, 84

  Front Page, The (1931 film), 9, 130, 197, 244, 279, 281, 588, 663

  rights to remake, 278, 279

  see also His Girl Friday

  Front Page, The (play), 130, 132, 133–34, 279, 280–81, 330

  Fuchs, Daniel, 434

  Fuller, Samuel, 401, 402, 433

  Furies, The, 410

  Furthman, Charles, 76, 245

  Furthman, Jules, 15, 76, 135, 186, 187, 209, 234–35, 237, 242, 352, 374, 401, 404, 425, 448, 460

  The Big Sleep and, 389, 390, 391, 393, 401, 549–50

  Only Angels Have Wings and, 268–69, 274

  The Outlaw and, 292, 294, 296, 298

  Rio Bravo and, 549, 550, 551, 563

  To Have and Have Not and, 359, 362, 363, 366, 367, 368–69, 372, 378

  Gabin, Jean, 333

  Gable, Clark, 133, 180, 182, 183, 184, 246, 302, 342–43, 348, 388, 397, 398, 449, 460, 466, 572

  death of, 574, 589

  Gabriel, John, 620

  Garbo, Greta, 74, 255, 266, 302, 320, 379, 408

  Gardner, Ava, 452, 496

  Gardner, Cyril, 466

  Garfield, John, 337, 339, 342, 343, 357

  Garland, Beverly, 555

  Garmes, Lee, 141, 207, 292, 529

  Garner, James, 555

  Garnett, Tay, 215

  Garnham, Nicholas, 641

  Garr, Terry (Teri), 614

  Garrett, Oliver H. P., 208, 209

  Garrett, Pat, 292

  Garth, Jana, 414–15

  Garth, Matthew, 13

  Gaudio, Tony, 350

  Gellhorn, Martha, 289, 290, 328

  “Genie de Howard Hawks,” 513

  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (first screen version), 42

  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Hawks film), 9, 13, 499, 500, 503–10, 513, 660

  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Loos), 503

  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (play), 503

  George, Christopher, 116

  Gest, Morris, 199

  Ghane, Marina, 625

  Gibbs, A. Hamilton, 122

  Gifford, Frank, 555, 556

  Gift of the Magi, The, 499

  Gilbert, Billy, 285

  Gilbert, John, 62, 103

  Gilda, 274, 504

  Gili, Jean, 642

  Gilmore, Stuart, 582, 589, 590, 598, 601, 622

  Girardon, Michele, 576–77, 585–86, 588

  Girl in Every Port, A, 40, 86–91, 200, 222, 588, 618, 628, 629, 652

  “Girl Who Almost Got Away, The,” 595–96

  Gitt, Bob, 395

  Glasmon, Kubec, 158, 159, 160

  Glazer, Benjamin, 72

  Go and Get It, 52–53

  Godard, JeanLuc, 8, 13, 513, 566, 661

  Goddard, Paulette, 463

  Godfather, The, 644

  Godfrey, Shirley, see Hawks, Shirley (née Godfrey)

  Goetz, Edie (née Mayer), 328

  Goetz, William, 328

  Gold, Max, 108, 109

  Gold of the Seven Saints, 568, 569

  Goldwyn, Frances, 233, 239

  Goldwyn, Samuel, 5, 6, 15, 104, 105, 123, 126, 131, 213, 302–303, 333, 399, 416, 453, 460, 466, 469, 568

  Ball of Fire and, 322, 323, 325, 326, 327

  Barbary Coast and, 208, 211, 212

  Come and Get It and, 231–33, 235, 237–42, 324

  A Song Is Born and, 433–36, 443, 444

  Gone with the Wind, 5, 275, 279, 293, 301, 316, 342–43

  Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Pedro, 556–57

  Goodrich, Marcus, 208

  Gordean, Jack, 569, 571, 591, 595

  Gordon, C. Henry, 155

  Gordon, Gloria, 500

  Goulding, Edmund, 449

  Grabiner, June Dorothea, 219, 222

  Grable, Betty, 503, 510

  Grainger, Edmund, 469

  Grant, Cary, 5, 12, 74, 161, 247, 263, 333, 335, 365, 402, 412, 432, 451, 464, 472, 495, 554, 595, 596–97, 599, 604, 658

  in Bringing Up Baby, 250–54, 256, 327

  in His Girl Friday, 251, 282–85, 287, 327

  in I Was a Female War Bride, 452, 455–57, 460–63

  in Monkey Business, 495, 496, 497–99

  in Only Angels Have Wings, 266, 272, 273, 274, 276

  Graves, Robert, 516–17

  Gray, Coleen, 415, 418

  “Great Sebastian, The,” 596

  Great White North, The, 78

  Green, Abel, 275

  Green, Alfred E., 64

  Greene, Graham, 212

  Green Hills of Africa (Hemingway), 289

  Greenspun, Roger, 640

  Greenway, Lee, 476

  Greer, Jane, 466, 474, 486, 488, 555

  Grey, Zane, 59, 60, 62

  Grider, John McGavock, 186

  Griffin, Eleanore, 268, 269

  Griffin, Frank, 50

  Griffith, D. W., 41, 42, 43, 80, 438

  Griffith, Raymond, 55, 60, 98, 99, 169, 171

  Gross, Buddy, 261, 262

  Gross, Edward, 261–62, 331

  Gross, Nancy Raye, see Hawks, Nancy Raye (née Gross) (Slim) (second wife)

  Gross, Raye Nell (née Boyer), 261, 262, 404

  Gross, Theodora (Teddie), 261, 262

  Gunga Din (film), 244–46, 256–57, 258, 468, 551

  Gunga Din (Kipling), 244

  Gurney, Noll, 320

  Guthrie, A. B., 469, 567

  Haas, Ernst, 527

  Hadfield, Virginia (Ginger), 660

  Haggiag, Robert, 512

  Hakim, André, 399, 499, 513

  Hakim, Robert, 539

  Haller, Ernest, 112

  Hamilton, Edmond, 549

  Hamilton, Neil, 112, 115

  Hamlet (Olivier’s), 453

  Hampton, Lionel, 435

  Hansen, Chuck, 516, 522

  Happy Land (Kantor), 351

  Harding, Ann, 432–33

  Hard Way, The, 333

  Harlan, Russell, 418, 419, 454, 458, 475, 488, 490, 522, 529, 557, 578, 586, 598, 602, 621

  Harlow, Jean, 112, 147, 180, 182, 189–90, 192, 263, 349, 473

  Harper’s Bazaar, 363, 404, 405, 430

  Harriman, Averell, 399

  Harrington, Curtis, 414

  Harris, Jed, 199

  Harris, Thomas, 109

  Hart, Moss, 324, 353, 399

  Hartford, Donna (Dee), see Hawks, Donna (Dee) (née Higgins) (third wife)

  Hartford, Eden, see Marx, Eden (née Higgins)

  Hartley, Diana, 579

  Haskell, Molly, 11, 14, 286–87, 566, 602–603, 661

  Haskin, Byron, 168

  Hat, Coat and Glove, 203

  Hatari!, 14, 70, 116, 532, 553, 562, 570–94, 596, 661

  as Africa project, 541, 544, 553–54, 567, 568, 569, 571

  Hathaway, Henry, 303, 333, 334, 449, 460, 499, 512

  Hawkins, Ja
ck, 12–13, 521, 525, 526, 530

  Hawks, Athole (née Shearer) (first wife), 15–16, 105, 106, 128, 163–65, 207, 210–11, 225, 231, 237, 345–46, 407, 443, 466, 659

  first marriage, 80, 81, 95

  marriage to Hawks, 88, 90, 91, 94–95, 106, 206, 210–11, 225, 231, 245

  divorce, 264, 291, 293–94, 331, 431, 540

  mental problems, 79, 80, 81, 95, 144–45, 164, 206, 231, 245, 263, 264, 281, 293, 294, 407, 607

  romance with Hawks, 71, 78–79, 82–83

  yachting and, 157, 163

  Hawks, Barbara, see McCampbell,

  Barbara (née Hawks)

  Hawks, Celia, 547, 660

  Hawks, David Winchester (son), 48, 163, 207, 221, 231, 245, 260, 293, 294, 328, 418, 448, 482, 658

  adolescence, 345, 397, 405–406, 421–22, 423, 437

  birth of, 105

  career of, 547, 660

  on location with his father, 488, 502

  marriages of, 577, 660

  at Princeton, 406, 447, 461

  Slim and, 264, 281, 294, 421–22, 447

  Hawks, Donna (Dee) (née Higgins) (third wife), 16, 484–85, 486, 488, 496, 500, 502, 516, 518, 520–21, 536, 541, 545, 556, 560, 610, 659

  affairs, 520, 546

  marriage to Hawks, 509, 511–12, 539, 566–67

  divorce, 567, 569

  as mother, 535, 543

  pregnancy, 526, 534

  Hawks, Eleazer (grandfather), 18, 22–23, 24

  Hawks, Frank Winchester (father), 18, 24, 27, 34–35, 36, 49, 128, 245, 282, 346, 407, 448, 478

  death of Kenneth Hawks and, 107, 110

  Hawks, Grace (sister), 30, 35, 38, 82

  Hawks, Gregg (son), 455, 570, 660

  as adolescent, 604, 630, 641, 646, 649, 654, 655–58

  birth of, 535

  childhood of, 540, 541, 543, 545, 560–61, 566–67, 567

  on location with his father, 582, 584, 586

  Red Line 7000 and, 608

  Hawks, Helen (née Howard) (mother), 18, 24–32, 26–31, 33, 128, 245, 282, 346, 407, 448, 478

  as Christian Scientist, 33, 36, 82

  death of Kenneth Hawks and, 107, 110, 111, 116

  education of, 26–27, 43–44

  marriage of, 27–28

  Hawks, Helen Bernice (sister), 31, 36

  Hawks, Howard Winchester:

  affairs, 135–36, 164, 189–90, 206, 210, 229, 231, 237, 348, 349, 360, 375, 385, 404, 466–67

  in later years, 605–607

  birth of, 18, 28

  childhood of, 29–32, 34–39

  critical recognition, 14, 513, 536, 542–43, 566, 592–93, 594, 641–48, 654–55, 660–61

  croquet and, 398–400, 471, 474

  death of, 657–58

  death of his brother Kenneth and, 107, 110

  as director, 6–16, 64–655

  Academy Awards and, 3, 316–17, 649–51

  debut as, 45

  decision to direct, 56–57

  early efforts, 64–100

  female characters, 11, 12, 13, 29, 74, 204, 242, 286–87, 392, 561

  filmography, 667–90

  influence on contemporary filmmakers, 13–14, 566, 642–43, 654, 661–64

  influences on, 46, 73, 75, 84

  motifs in films of, 70, 89, 116, 169, 214, 222, 327–28, 487, 565

  overlapping dialogue and, 197, 203, 222, 283, 284, 285, 482

  philosophy of life expressed by, 11, 166, 276–77, 565, 642, 664

  as starmaker, 13, 201, 228, 235, 365, 374, 384, 414, 450, 604

  studio heads and, 5, 6–7, 8, 63, 64, 85–86, 90–91, 121–28, 169–70, 175–76, 183, 195, 196, 197–98, 220–21, 239–41, 257, 310–11, 324, 338–42, 346, 465, 507, 568–69, 620–21

  style of, 3–4, 10–11, 73, 204–205, 214, 391–92

  see also titles of specific films

  divorces, 264, 291, 293–04, 331, 431, 447, 567, 569

  education of, 8, 16, 34–39

  family background, 6, 18–33

  as gambler, 17, 39, 174, 189, 207, 231, 259, 261, 291, 321, 359, 386, 448, 544–45

  health problems and accidents, 544, 654, 656–57

  Hog Canyon home, see S-Bar-S Ranch and Hog Canyon

  literary properties and, 334, 335, 356, 358, 381, 401–404, 416, 432–33, 463, 473, 539–40

  see also names of individual production companies

  marriages of:

  to Athole, see Hawks, Athole (née Shearer) (first wife), marriage to Hawks

  to Dee, see Hawks, Donna (Dee) (née Higgins) (third wife), marriage to Hawks

  to Slim, see Hawks, Nancy Raye (née Gross) (Slim) (second wife), marriage to Hawks

  military service, 46–47, 178

  motorcycle club, 397–98

  personality of, 4, 7, 231, 482, 581, 646, 658

  as pilot, 6, 16, 46, 47, 156

  production companies, see names of individual companies, e.g. Monterey Productions

  race cars and, 6, 16, 32, 39–40, 48, 156, 157, 161, 512

  racehorses and, 207, 260, 322–23, 544–45, 567

  Screen Directors Guild and, 248–50, 259–60, 448

  start in movie business, 8–9, 42–46, 50–63, 300

  as storyteller and exaggerator, 5–6, 16, 17, 32, 44–45, 60, 103–104, 195, 198, 253, 290–91, 303–304, 321, 333, 364, 376, 400, 511, 604, 645–46, 647

  talent agency and, 347–48, 350, 351, 365, 378

  Hawks, Jamin, 547, 660

  Hawks, Jennie L. (née Goff) (grandmother), 22, 24, 27, 28

  Hawks, Judith (née Webb), 577, 660

  Hawks, Kate, 547, 660

  Hawks, Kenneth Neil (brother), 28, 52, 58, 157

  as athlete, 48–49

  childhood of, 28, 29, 35

  death of, 91, 106–10, 116, 128

  as director, 100–101, 106–10

  marriage of, 81–84, 95, 106

  as production supervisor, 65, 78, 83

  Hawks, Kitty Stephen (daughter), 405, 407, 437, 447, 543, 547, 638, 643, 658, 660

  Hawks, Nancy Raye (née Gross) (Slim) (second wife), 16, 261–66, 296, 315, 321, 322–23, 336, 359, 365, 366, 387, 388, 394, 398, 399, 400, 418, 426, 443, 460, 547, 659

  background of, 261–63

  as Best Dressed, 10, 429–30

  film business and, 334, 365, 408

  To Have and Have Not, 363, 367, 374

  Monterey Productions, see Monterey Productions

  Leland Hayward and, 290, 408, 413–14, 421, 422, 429, 430, 436–37, 447, 543–44, 659

  Hemingway and, 289–90, 328–29, 407, 422, 544

  marriage to Hawks:

  breakdown of, 404, 407–408, 422, 429, 436–37

  divorce, 431, 447, 543–44

  Howard’s infidelities and, 348, 349, 375, 404

  wedding, 331–32

  pregnancy, 404, 405

  production company, see Monterey Productions

  romantic involvement with Hawks, 261, 263–64, 277, 281–82, 289–94

  S-Bar-S Ranch and, 292–93

  Hawks, Patricia (niece), 245

  Hawks, Peter John Ward (stepson), 81, 163, 207, 231, 245, 260, 294, 421, 422, 502, 659–60

  career of, 659

  marriages of, 447–48, 465–66, 659–60

  military service, 345, 405, 421

  Slim and, 264, 281, 294, 422

  Hawks, Shirley (née Godfrey), 448, 465, 659

  Hawks, William Bellinger (brother), 29, 35, 38, 109, 177, 184, 241, 257, 321, 331, 399, 536, 543

  death of, 630

  divorce, 245

  marriages of, 82, 106, 128, 248, 260

  as producer, 321–22, 556, 577, 612

  “Hawks Isn’t Good Enough,” 14, 654–55

  Hawks on Hawks (McBride), 660

  Hayden, Sterling, 554

  Haydn, Richard, 325

  Hayes, Gabby, 555

  Haymes, Dick, 425

  Hays, Will H. and Hays Office, 208, 254, 342–43, 432

  Ceiling Zero and, 2
16–17, 218, 220

  His Girl Friday and, 281

  Scarface and, 137–40, 144–54, 155

  see also Breen, Joseph I.; Production Code

  Hayward, Leland, 460, 464, 547

  as agent, 171, 176, 177, 209, 328, 407, 413–14

  Slim and, 290, 408, 413–14, 421, 422, 429, 430, 436–37, 447, 543–44, 659

  Hayworth, Rita, 13, 270–71, 273–74, 275, 292, 504, 645

  Head, Edith, 600

  Hearst, William Randolph, 263

  Heart of Nora Flynn, The, 43

  Hecht, Ben, 15, 76, 88, 188–89, 206, 234, 235, 279, 280, 285, 292, 330, 353, 432, 500, 514

  affairs, 189, 192

  Astoria Studios and, 207–208

  Barbary Coast and, 209–11, 212

  Gunga Din and, 244–45, 246, 256, 258

  His Girl Friday and, 204

  Monkey Business and, 495, 497

  Scarface and, 129–33, 136, 137, 145, 154

  The Thing and, 473–74, 476, 483

  Twentieth Century and, 198–200, 204

  Viva Villa! and, 189–92, 195

  Hecht, Harold, 67

  Hecht, Rose, 189, 192

  Heerman, Victor, 77

  Heilbron, Adelaide, 62

  Hellfighters, 629

  Hellinger, Mark, 333

  Hellman, Lillian, 353

  Hell’s Angels, 80, 109, 111, 112–15, 129, 153, 185, 440

  Helmick, Paul, 17, 462, 507–508, 516, 522, 591, 608, 614, 615, 634, 654

  Hatari! and, 574, 575, 577, 578, 586

  Man’s Favorite Sport and, 596, 597, 598, 601

  Hemingway, Ernest, 5, 8, 288–91, 326, 334, 354, 358, 366, 617, 645

  Hawks compared to, 289–90

  Slim and, 289–90, 328–29, 407, 422, 544

  sons of, 328, 329, 422

  Hemingway, Hadley, 432

  Hemingway, Mary (née Welsh), 290, 407, 422

  Henshaw, Jere, 631, 632

  Hepburn, Audrey, 540–41, 597

  Hepburn, Katharine, 5, 243, 257–58, 408

  in Bringing Up Baby, 247, 250–56, 257, 327

  Herbert, Hugh, 94, 116

  Heritage of the Desert, The, 60

  Heston, Charlton, 472

  Heydt, Louis Jean, 384

  H-F Productions, 401, 402, 403, 404

  Hickox, Sid, 367, 372, 376

  High Noon, 540, 541, 548–49, 564

  Hill, George, 120

  Hill, George Roy, 644

  Hill, Marianna, 610, 611, 614, 615

  Hill, Walter, 14, 662

  Hire, Gail, 610, 613, 614, 615

  His Girl Friday, 12, 70, 198, 204, 222, 234, 251, 265, 278–87, 327, 648, 661, 663, 664

  His Night Out, 50

  Hitchcock, Alfred, 3, 6, 13, 15, 449, 536, 571, 646, 661

  Hively, George, 254

  Holden, William, 466, 542, 548, 554, 568, 586

  Holiday, 258

  Hollywood Park racetrack, 260

  Hollywood Reporter, 148, 150, 537

 

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