Henry Hathaway Discussion

Henry Hathaway: Henry Hathaway. Director: True Grit. Henry Hathaway, son of a stage actress and manager, started his career as a child actor in westerns directed by Allan Dwan. His movie career was interrupted by World War I. After his discharge he briefly tried a career in finance but returned to Hollywood to work as an assistant director under such directors as Frank Lloyd, Paul Bern, Josef von Sternberg and Victor Fleming,...

Known For: True Grit (Director), How the West Was Won (Director(segments The Rivers, The Plains, The Outlaws)), Call Northside 777 (Director), The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (Director)