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Kenneth Hawks is a Director and Story American born on 12 august 1898 at Goshen (USA)
Kenneth Neil Hawks (August 12, 1898 in Goshen, Indiana – January 2, 1930 in Santa Monica, California) was an American film director and producer.
Hawks served in the United States Army Air Service during World War I. He then graduated from Yale University in 1919. He soon moved to Hollywood, California with brother Howard Hawks; he was also the brother of producer William Hawks. He became a writer, editor and supervisor at Fox Films Corporation in 1926. He began directing films for Fox in 1929. He was supervising producer of the Fox documentary film True Heaven (1929). On January 2, 1930 while directing filming of aerial scenes for the film Such Men Are Dangerous he was killed in a plane crash over the Pacific Ocean along with 9 others: pilot Walter Ross Cook, cameraman George Eastman, assistant director Ben Frankel, assistant director Max Gold, Tom Harris, Harry Johannes, Otto Jordon, pilot Halleck Rouse, and cinematographer Conrad Wells (also known as Abraham Fried). The planes that crashed into each other were identical Stinson SM-1F Detroiters; sun glare was listed as probable cause.
His body was recovered and after cremation his ashes were scattered over the site of his death.
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Kenneth Hawks
Birth name Kenneth Neil Hawks
Nationality USA
Birth 12 august 1898 at Goshen (USA)
Death 2 january 1930 (at 31 years) at Santa Monica (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 12 august 1898 at Goshen (USA)
Death 2 january 1930 (at 31 years) at Santa Monica (USA)
Hawks served in the United States Army Air Service during World War I. He then graduated from Yale University in 1919. He soon moved to Hollywood, California with brother Howard Hawks; he was also the brother of producer William Hawks. He became a writer, editor and supervisor at Fox Films Corporation in 1926. He began directing films for Fox in 1929. He was supervising producer of the Fox documentary film True Heaven (1929). On January 2, 1930 while directing filming of aerial scenes for the film Such Men Are Dangerous he was killed in a plane crash over the Pacific Ocean along with 9 others: pilot Walter Ross Cook, cameraman George Eastman, assistant director Ben Frankel, assistant director Max Gold, Tom Harris, Harry Johannes, Otto Jordon, pilot Halleck Rouse, and cinematographer Conrad Wells (also known as Abraham Fried). The planes that crashed into each other were identical Stinson SM-1F Detroiters; sun glare was listed as probable cause.
His body was recovered and after cremation his ashes were scattered over the site of his death.
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Such Men Are Dangerous (1930)
, 1h23Directed by Kenneth Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Warner Baxter, Catherine Dale Owen, Hedda Hopper, Claud Allister, Albert Conti, Bela Lugosi
Rating58%
Big Time (1929)
, 1h27Directed by Kenneth Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lee Tracy, Mae Clarke, Josephine Dunn, Stepin Fetchit, John Ford
Rating68%
Masked Emotions (1929)
, 1hDirected by David Butler, Kenneth Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors George O'Brien, James Gordon, Nora Lane, J. Farrell MacDonald, Frank Hagney, Edward Peil Sr.
Set 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.
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Ankles Preferred (1927)
, 1hDirected by John G. Blystone
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Madge Bellamy, Lawrence Gray, Barry Norton, Allan Forrest, Marjorie Beebe, Joyce Compton
Roles Story