By Steve Jordon, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Jul. 1--Howard Hawks was stuck. A credit problem threatened to squash his dream company before it had a chance to succeed. Round-the-clock meetings with bankers and lawyers in Chicago had produced only sleep deprivation, not a solution.

By Bob Fischbach, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Oct. 19--If you head to Bruce Crawford's screening of "Casablanca" at the Joslyn Art Museum on Saturday night, it's good to keep in mind that fate and luck sometimes decide a film's classic status as much as scripts, actors and directors.

By Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune Jul. 28--Howard Hawks' 1944 "To Have and Have Not"--in which immortal tough guy Humphrey Bogart met his match in 19-year-old first-time movie actress Lauren Bacall--is one of the great Golden Age Hollywood entertainments.