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Henry Hathaway (March 13, 1898 – February 11, 1985) was an American film director and producer. He is best known as a director of Westerns, especially starring Randolph Scott and John Wayne. He directed Gary Cooper in seven films.
Henry Hathaway. Director: True Grit. Henry Hathaway, son of a stage actress and manager, started his career as a child actor in westerns directed by Allan Dwan. His movie career was interrupted by World War I.
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Henry Hathaway: His 20 best films. A very good director, who wasn't a master but he made some solid films during the 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's.
May 7, 2024 · Henry Hathaway (born March 13, 1898, Sacramento, California, U.S.—died February 11, 1985, Los Angeles, California) was an American film director who worked in a number of genres but was perhaps best known for his film noirs and westerns. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
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- To the Last Man (1933) While he’s best remembered for the cycle of westerns he made with Budd Boetticher in the 1950s, Randolph Scott’s first actor-director partnership was with Henry Hathaway, starring in seven films for the director over the course of 1932 and 1933.
- The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) Hathaway’s sole Oscar nomination for best director was for this Kiplingesque adventure. Gary Cooper stars as the “Scotch-Canadian” soldier in a California doubling for British India, tasked with the rescue of a comrade captured by rebel leader, Mohammed Khan.
- Peter Ibbetson (1935) “Peter Ibbetson is a lesson in how to look,” wrote David Thomson. “You will find people who can hardly live without the film, and who treasure it as the key that opens the locked door.”
- The Shepherd of the Hills (1941) With John Wayne as the lead, and a supporting cast that includes John Qualen, Ward Bond and the great Harry Carey, you’d be forgiven for mistaking The Shepherd of the Hills for a John Ford picture.
Henry Hathaway was a Hollywood director who worked on westerns, action films and dramas. He directed John Wayne in six movies, including True Grit, and was nominated for two Oscars.
Mar 17, 2021 · Find out what Roger Ebert thought of Henry Hathaway's movies, such as True Grit, Five Card Stud, and The Quiet Man. Read his reviews, blog posts, and interviews with John Wayne and other actors.
