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Which 1926 film was Howard Hawks's directing debut?

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Howard Hawks stands at right, speaking with actors John Wayne, Dean Martin, and Ricky Nelson in cowboy costumes on the set of the western film Rio Bravo. — Howard Hawks Howard Hawks (right) directing (from left to right) John Wayne, Dean Martin, and Ricky Nelson in Rio Bravo (1959).

Howard Hawks's directing debut was the 1926 film The Road to Glory.1