Howard Hawks

He followed it with (1966) and Rio Lobo (1970)—essentially remakes of the same premise. Critics call them repetitive; fans call them variations on a perfect theme.

: Bonding through bickering and shared danger. Howard Hawks

Hawks called these women “Hawksian women”—intelligent, capable, equal to any man. He famously told Bacall, “Don’t be a movie actress. Be a real person.” He hated simpering ingénues. He wanted partners. He followed it with (1966) and Rio Lobo

While many directors tried their hand at the 1930s screwball genre, perfected the rhythm. Before Hawks, comedic dialogue was stagey and slow. Hawks realized that if you played dialogue at the speed of thought—with overlapping sentences and interruptions—you created an electric eroticism. perfected the rhythm. Before Hawks