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Howard Hawks - Early life and work

Which company hired Howard Hawks to direct his first film?

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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 was hired by the Fox Film Corporation to direct his first film, The Road to Glory, in 1926.1