Directing
Kenneth Hawks
Born — Died
1898-08-12 — 1930-01-02
Place of birth
Goshen, Indiana, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
3 titles
Kenneth Hawks, younger brother of director Howard Hawks by two years, and producer William Hawks by one year, was born in 1898 in Goshen, Indiana. A veteran of World War I in the United States Army Air Service and, later, graduating from Yale University, he began directing films for Fox Film Corporation in 1929, three years after older brother Howard began his directorial career. Kenneth Hawks married actress and future Oscar-winner Mary Astor in 1928. Astor was widowed upon his death. On January 2, 1930, with two films to his credit, Hawks and nine other crew members died in the collision of two camera planes over the Pacific Ocean off Southern California while he was directing the film …
Known for
7.5The relationship between a male dancer and his actress girlfriend is threatened by a scheming chorister.
Big Time
1929
5.4A wealthy and powerful industrialist changes his identity to avenge himself on the wife that spurned him on their wedding night.
Such Men Are Dangerous
1930
8.0Set on the Maine coast, a young sloop skipper Bramdlet Dickery discovers a plot to smuggle alien Chinese into the United States. Bramdlet's younger brother Thad is enamored with daughter of the captain of the smuggling ship. A struggle over the smuggling ensues. Masked Emotions is a 1929 American sound adventure crime drama film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation starring George O'Brien and Nora Lane. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.
Masked Emotions
1929
Behind the camera
7.5The relationship between a male dancer and his actress girlfriend is threatened by a scheming chorister.
Big Time
1929
5.4A wealthy and powerful industrialist changes his identity to avenge himself on the wife that spurned him on their wedding night.
Such Men Are Dangerous
1930
8.0Set on the Maine coast, a young sloop skipper Bramdlet Dickery discovers a plot to smuggle alien Chinese into the United States. Bramdlet's younger brother Thad is enamored with daughter of the captain of the smuggling ship. A struggle over the smuggling ensues. Masked Emotions is a 1929 American sound adventure crime drama film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation starring George O'Brien and Nora Lane. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.
Masked Emotions
1929