Why did Howard Hawks leave the production of Come and Get It?

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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).

Regarding the 1936 film Come and Get It, there is no definitive consensus on why Howard Hawks left the production before its completion. Accounts of the event differ: some reports suggest that producer Samuel Goldwyn fired Hawks, while others indicate that Hawks quit the project. Following his departure, William Wyler was brought in to film the final scenes of the movie.1