Turn to your classic movie channel on any given night and chances are you'll see a Howard Hawks movie. His work runs the gamut from comedy to melodrama to westerns to film noir, and he directed the biggest names in Hollywood at one time or another. While he might not have the reputation of a John Ford, an Alfred Hitchcock, or a C. B. DeMille, his style is unmistakable.
Todd McCarthy, Variety's chief film critic and Emmy award-winning writer for a documentary on Preston Sturges, has done a commendable job of compiling this massive b