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I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move!

Howard Hawks

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Howard Hawks
Age: 81 †
Born: 1896
Born: May 30
Died: 1977
Died: December 26
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Elkhart County
Indiana
Howard Winchester Hawks
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