Howard Hawks
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"Howard Winchester Hawks" was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the Classical Hollywood cinema/classic Hollywood era. He is popular for his films from a wide range of genres such as Scarface (1932 film)/Scarface (1932), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939),

His Girl Friday (1940), Sergeant York (film)/Sergeant York (1941), To Have and Have Not (film)/To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946 film)/The Big Sleep (1946), Red River (1948 film)/Red River (1948), The Thing from Another World (1951), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film)/Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), and Rio Bravo (film)/Rio Bravo (1959).

In 1942, Hawks was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for Sergeant York (film)/Sergeant York, and in 1975 he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award as "a master American filmmaker whose creative efforts hold a distinguished place in world cinema."

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A good movie is three good scenes and no bad scenes.

There's action only if there is danger.

[Nineteen-year-old Lauren Bacall met 44-year-old star Humphrey Bogart at the Warner Brothers studio in 1943 when the studio signed the young model to a contract. It was a brief meeting, with Bacall writing later that she found him] friendly. ... Cary Grant -- terrific! Humphrey Bogart -- yuck!