Word: hawksian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fall; in Palm Springs, Calif. "For me, the best drama is the one that deals with a man in danger," said Hawks, and the endangered men of his movies included such giants as Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, James Cagney and Gary Cooper, matched with sexy, strong-willed Hawksian discoveries such as Lauren Bacall, Rita Hayworth, Carole Lombard and Jane Russell. When French cineasts made a cult of the tall, quiet director, claiming for example that he "incarnates the classic American cinema," Hawks commented: "I get open-mouthed and wonder where they find some of the stuff they say about...
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