Talk:Howard Hawks

Low importance
Seriously?--206.188.55.235 (talk) 03:36, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

"Far from the the meek purveyor"
Yes, the online source says exactly this, but this looks like a misquote from the stated print source, "The new biographical dictionary of film". I'm guessing that the book actually says "Far from being", and have changed the article on that basis. A Google search directs me to page 380 of that book, but won't show me the preview. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:26, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Expansion
The lead section and "Legacy" say a bunch about the praise for Howard Hawks without truly saying much about Howard Hawks and his work. AndrewOne (talk) 06:01, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

Improvements to the article
I just followed the link on the talk page that says this article is mentioned in a media source, and in the first paragraph they criticise our citation. I had already fixed that in my copy-edit, though, by adding A Short History of Film, which says the same thing.

There were a couple of other minor points that aren't necessary for GA but I thought were worth mentioning:


 * Early bio says his wealth might have influenced school acceptance. Would be good to provide a citation for such a claim.
 * A relevant image for the early life section is desirable--perhaps commons volunteers can help with a photo of school or house or somesuch?
 * The reference to not using religious iconography or messages is a bit decontextualised. What's it referring to exactly?
 * Why was he fired from Ceiling Zoo?
 * The legacy and the awards section seem to be covering very similar material (placement in top 100 lists). Perhaps merge the sections?

--  • DP •  {huh?} 04:04, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

The last sentence in the lead section's second paragraph for this article is unnecessarily and incorrectly italicized. But that sentence doesn't seem to register as italic on the "edit" page. Explanation, anyone? Mucketymuck (talk) 16:58, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Hello, the italics for one of the preceding films was not closed which was the problem. Fixed. As for the sentence being unnecessary, I don't personally agree, but you are welcome to edit it how you see fit. Thank you. Skyes(BYU) (talk) 18:07, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

You've misunderstood, Skyes: I wrote "unnecessarILY and incorrectly italicized"; didn't suggest the sentence itself wasn't needed. Thanks for the mend, though. Mucketymuck (talk) 20:08, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

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Trimming
There is far too much information about Hawks's individual films. I personally find it appalling that Hawks's lost silent films have their own sections, whereas his later and more well known films are just integrated into prose and mentioned briefly. I'm going to remove the exorbitant information related to his individual films and move it to the film's article as appropriate. I will be using some strong article examples of other film directors to give me some direction in reorganizing this article. Skyes(BYU) (talk) 20:39, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

World War I service
There are no reliable sources found as of yet state that Hawks served in the military in a war zone during the World War I. More specifically, the sources do not establish defining role in World War I. Accordingly, "Category:United States military personnel of World War I" was removed. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 11:53, 19 April 2021 (UTC)