"John Huston: Courage and Art" (Crown Archetype), by Jeffrey Meyers: The art behind films like "The African Queen" and "The Maltese Falcon" is impressive, as is director John Huston's courage in ...

Very few filmmakers have the distinction of creating a classic on their first effort. But John Huston, one of the greatest screenwriters and directors of the 20th century, did just that in 1941 with ...

In 1945 at a Hollywood dinner party at the home of producer David O. Selznick, John Huston had a ferocious fistfight with Errol Flynn over the affections of Flynn’s estranged wife, Nora Eddington. The ...

A new biography fleshes out the wild sex life of the legendary director, writes Todd McCarthy. By Todd McCarthy Crown Archetype, 496 pages, $30 The author of 23 previous biographies, including a good ...

Filmmaker John Huston -- born 100 years ago Saturday, on Aug. 5, 1906 -- made some of cinema's most enduring classics, among them The Maltese Falcon, The African Queen and The Treasure of the Sierra ...

'The Barbarian and the Geisha' actor John Wayne once settled a violent riot on the set by himself, but it only made his working relationship with director John Huston worse. The Barbarian and the ...

The art behind films like "The African Queen" and "The Maltese Falcon" is impressive, as is director John Huston's courage in shooting documentaries amid combat and standing up to the witch hunt for ...

BOOK REVIEW: A new biography fleshes out the wild sex life of the legendary director. By Todd McCarthy "John would screw anything that wasn't nailed down," said his fifth wife. Jeffrey Meyers has very ...