Starting off as a screenwriter, John Huston—born on August 6, 1906 in Nevada, Missouri—would make his debut as a director with what is widely viewed as of of the first great works of film noir and great detective films of all time, The Maltese Falcon, inaugurating a string of remarkable films that constitute one of the celebrated careers in Hollywood history.
Seven years later The Treasure of the Sierra Madre won him Oscars for both direction and screenplay—with his father, Walter winning Best Supporting Actor the same night, the first father and son to take home Academy Awards together. (When his daughter Anjelica won for Prizzi's Honor, which he directed, the Hustons became the first family with three generations of Oscar winners.)
On this afternoon's Classical Music with Foley Schuler, in honor of the 120th anniversary of Huston's birth, we'll hear suites drawn from the scores to both The Maltese Falcon and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (by Adolph Deutsch and Max Steiner resppectively), and much more!
You can hear Foley Schuler's musical selections—and stories behind the music—every weekday on Blue Lake Public Radio.
