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| Henry
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| Director
/ Producer |
| 1898 - 1985 |
| Born March 13,
Sacramento, California, USA |
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Production Country: USA |
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Genres: Western, Drama, Thriller, Action, Film Noir, Romance,
Mystery, Crime, Adventure |
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Collaborators: Lyle
Wheeler (Production Designer),
Lucien Ballard (Cinematographer), Joseph MacDonald (Cinematographer), Alfred Newman (Composer), John Wayne (Leading Player), Hal Wallis (Producer),
Karl Malden (Leading Character Player),
Dennis Hopper (Leading Character Player), Charles Lang
(Cinematographer), J. Watson Webb (Editor) |
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Highly Recommended: Kiss
of Death (1947), Call Northside 777 (1948), Niagara (1953) |
| Recommended: Peter Ibbetson
(1935), Shepherd
of the Hills (1941), The Dark Corner (1946) |
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a Look: The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935), The House on 92nd St. (1945), Fourteen
Hours (1951), Diplomatic Courier (1952), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965),
Nevada Smith (1966), True Grit (1969) |
| Links: [
IMDB ] [ All-Movie
Guide ] [ Henry
Hathaway: The Toughest Director Living ] [
Classic
Film and Television Home Page ] [
Wikipedia ] |
| Books: [
Henry
Hathaway ] |
| DVD's:
[ Amazon
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Greatest Films: Peter
Ibbetson (1935) |
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250 Quintessential Noir Films:
The House on 92nd Street (1945), The Dark Corner (1946), Kiss of Death
(1947), Call Northside 777 (1948), Niagara (1953) |
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"Durability
cannot conceal great oscillations in his work. And
professionalism and the legend of his colorful temper should not
excuse frequent dullness. Because a man has directed for so long
does not ensure that his character has matured. Close study of
Hathaway reveals, at best, an amiable enthusiasm for adventure,
but at worst, the considerable endurance test, of say, the
overrated Call Northside 777." -
David Thomson (The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, 2002) |
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"They don't make
them like Hathaway anymore, especially in the lengths of their
careers...Perhaps it was because he was so resolutely
anti-intellectual that he lasted so long, for he was certainly
not unintelligent, as he showed with the very strange, heady,
and really rather fantastical Peter Ibbetson (1935)." -
Mario Reading (The Movie Companion, 2006) |
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"Henry
Hathaway is a director without complexes or neuroses even when
his material is saturated with these modern
accoutrements...Hathaway's charm consists chiefly of minor
virtues, particularly a sense of humor, uncorrupted by major
pretensions, but this charm is also a limiting factor." - Andrew
Sarris (The American Cinema, 1968) |
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"Although Hathaway is not the master of theme as are fellow
action directors, Ford,
Wellman, and
Hawks, the director's career
nonetheless brilliantly reflects Hollywood trends. His work can
be broken up into five stages: (1) The solidarity of men in
action (The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, 35); (2) Patriotism
(The House on 92nd Street, 45); (3) Complex psychology (Call
Northside 777, 48), (4) Personal quests (From Hell to
Texas, 58); (5) Reflective aging protagonists (True Grit,
69)." -
William R. Meyer (The Film Buff's Catalog, 1978) |
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