Kenneth Hawks

Birth : 1898-08-12, Goshen, Indiana, USA

Death : 1930-01-02

History

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 Such Men are Dangerous.

Movies

Such Men Are Dangerous
Such Men Are Dangerous
Director
A wealthy and powerful industrialist changes his identity to avenge himself on the wife that spurned him on their wedding night.
Big Time
Big Time
Director
The relationship between a male dancer and his actress girlfriend is threatened by a scheming chorister.
Masked Emotions
Masked Emotions
Director
Ankles Preferred
Ankles Preferred
Story
Nora, a department store clerk, is determined to succeed on the basis of her brain power despite her attractive ankles. She gets a job as model at the shop of McGuire and Goldberg, and they announce that Nora may be given a trip abroad if she persuades their financer to lend the partners additional funds. The financer, Hornsbee, becomes presumptuous, leading to an encounter between him and Barney, Nora's young suitor; and she is ultimately glad to accept Barney's modest attentions.