John Huston Events

1941 Oct 3 "The Maltese Falcon" Is Released
The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 American Warner Bros. film based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. Written and directed by John Huston, the movie stars Humphrey Bogart as pr...
1949 Mar 24 21st Academy Awards
The 21st Academy Awards features numerous firsts. It was the first time a non-Hollywood production won Best Picture, Hamlet. It was the first time an individual (Laurence Olivier) directe...
1950 May 23 "The Asphalt Jungle" Is Released
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) is an Academy Award nominated film noir directed by John Huston. The caper film is based on the novel of the same name by W.R. Burnett and stars an ensemble cast...
1951 Mar 16 "The Red Badge Of Courage" Is Released
The backstory of The Red Badge of Courage involves the toppling of MGM's old Louis B. Mayer regime in favor of Dore Schary and his young Turks. It is also the tale of how an intended epic...
1952 Dec 23 "Moulin Rouge" Is Released
Moulin Rouge (1952) is a film directed by John Huston, produced by Sir John Woolf and James Woolf of Romulus Films and released by United Artists. The film is set in Paris in the late 19t...
1961 Feb 1 "The Misfits" Is Released
The Misfits (1961) is a American drama film, written by Arthur Miller, directed by John Huston, and starring Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter, and Eli Wallach....
1972 Jul 26 "Fat City" Is Released
Fat City (1972) is an American boxing drama film directed by John Huston. The picture stars Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, and Susan Tyrrell. The movie, one of John Huston's later films, i...
1974 Apr 2 46th Academy Awards
The 46th Academy Awards were presented April 2, 1974 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by John Huston, Diana Ross, Burt Reynolds, David Niven.
1974 Jun 20 "Chinatown" Is Released
Chinatown is a 1974 American neo-noir film, directed by Roman Polanski. The film features many elements of the film noir genre, particularly a multi-layered story that is part mystery and...
1985 Jun 13 "Prizzi's Honor" Is Released
Prizzi's Honor is a 1985 black comedy film that tells the story of a mob hit man and hit woman who fall in love with each other, even though they have been hired to kill each other. It st...
1987 Dec 17 "The Dead" Is Released
The Dead is a 1987 film directed by John Huston, starring his daughter Anjelica Huston. The Dead was the last film that Huston directed, and it was released posthumously. "Huston direc...