Howard Hawks by Todd McCarthy. Grove Press, 756 pp., $35.00. Until now, Hawks, a cult favorite, had no biography. McCarthy, chief film critic of Variety, has written one that does not shy away from Hawks's lying or vanity, but it is appreciative of his large talent. Certainly not as well known as John Ford or William Wyler, Hawks nonetheless is a rare American filmmaker whose body of work cuts across genres and spans the silent era to 1970. His achievements show an ability to make pure films that answer to film aesthetics and not external agendas. Politically conservative, ...

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