4 posts tagged with howardhawks by Carillon.
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Movie: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Showgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiance, as well as a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers. [more inside]
posted by Carillon on Jul 30, 2023 - 5 comments

Movie: The Big Sleep

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love. [more inside]
posted by Carillon on Dec 3, 2022 - 19 comments

Movie: His Girl Friday

A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying. [more inside]
posted by Carillon on Mar 27, 2021 - 13 comments

Movie: Hatari!

Hatari! is the story of a group of adventurers in East Africa, engaged in the exciting and lucrative but dangerous business of catching wild animals for delivery to zoos around the world. As "Momella Game Ltd.", they operate from a compound near the town of Arusha. The head of the group is Sean Mercer (John Wayne); the others are safari veteran Little Wolf, also known as "the Indian" (Bruce Cabot); drivers "Pockets" (Red Buttons), a former Brooklyn taxi driver, and Kurt (Hardy Krüger), a German auto racing driver; roper Luis (Valentin de Vargas), a former Mexican bullfighter, and Brandy (Michele Girardon), a young woman whose late father was a member of the group; she grew up there and owns the business. [more inside]
posted by Carillon on May 28, 2019 - 9 comments

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