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John Huston: Director John Huston
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One of Hollywood's most distinguished directors, John Huston is profiled in this no-holds-barred documentary. Discounting the hokey framing device of host Robert Mitchum wandering through an attic full of Huston memorabilia, this two-hour plus film is a remarkable chronicle of a remarkable man. We follow Huston's vagabond younger days, first as travelling companion to his equally colorful actor father Walter Huston, then as one of Hollywood's premiere hell-raisers. Huston worked as a screenwriter in the 1930s before getting his first chance to direct with The Maltese Falcon (1941). During World War II, Huston turned out a "propaganda" film titled Let There Be Light, which was so devastating in its depiction of shell-shock that the government ordered that it be removed from distribution. After the war, Huston directed such masterworks as Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Asphalt Jungle, Moulin Rouge and Moby Dick, as well as a few debacles (notably the benighted Red Badge of Courage). He ... tilted with the infamous House UnAmerican Activities Committee.
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For other people named John Huston, see John Huston (disambiguation) John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director and actor. Biography Early life He was born in Nevada, Missouri, the son of the Canadian-born actor, Walter Huston, and Rhea Gore; he was of Scottish and Irish descent on his father's side. Huston was raised by his maternal grandparents, Adelia Richardson and John Marcellus Gore. Career He began his film career as a screenwriter and made films mainly adapted from books or plays. The six-foot-two-inch, brown-eyed director ... acted in
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John Huston directed some of the most famous movies of the 20th century, including the Humphrey Bogart classics The Maltese Falcon (1941), Key Largo (1948), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) and The African Queen (1951). A writer, painter, big-game hunter, actor, director and larger-than-life character off-screen, Huston was the son of actor Walter Huston and grew up around vaudeville until he was a teenager. As a young man John was an amateur boxing champion and an officer in the Mexican cavalry before being hired on as a studio screenwriter in Hollywood in the early 1930s. On 25 September 1933 he ran over and killed a pedestrian in a traffic accident, but a grand jury returned no charges. Huston left the United States and drifted around Europe until 1937, when he returned to write scripts for Warner Brothers. He made his directorial debut with The Maltese Falcon (based on the Dashiell Hammett novel), which established him as a talented writer and director.
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One of the most colorful, durable and brilliantly gifted figures in Hollywood history, the son of actor Walter Huston, director, actor and screenwriter John Huston (1906 – 1987) began his career at age 3 on the vaudeville circuit. Frail and sickly as a child, Huston overcame his disabilities to become an amateur boxing champion in his teens (he carried a broken nose all his life as a result, and once battled Errol Flynn to a standstill in a legendary brawl at David O. Selznick’s house). After a brief stint as an actor in New York in the 1920’s, Huston turned his talents to writing; his work in the 1930’s and 40’s on such films as JEZEBEL, HIGH SIERRA and SERGEANT YORK established him as one of the most sought-after screenwriters in the industry.
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Synopsis: The final film of legendary director John Huston was based on the closing story of James Joyce's Dubliners. Anjelica Huston is top-billed as Gretta Conroy, the niece by marriage of turn-of-century IrishRead More
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John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an Academy Award-winning American film director and actor. He was known for directing several classic films, The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Key Largo (1948), and The African Queen (1951). He is the father of actress Anjelica Huston and director Danny Huston, and his own father was actor Walter Huston.
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