{"id":18356,"date":"2023-05-18T15:06:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T19:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/?page_id=18356"},"modified":"2023-06-08T11:26:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T15:26:11","slug":"harry-hathaway-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/exhibitions\/harry-hathaway-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Hathaway Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color\">Harry Hathaway (American, 1902-1985) <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hathaway was an American film director with a prolific career in Hollywood spanning over three decades. Before directing over sixty films, Hathaway started in silent films as an actor and transitioned to behind the screen in the 1930s. His most notable works include <em>True Grit <\/em>(1969), <em>Niagra<\/em> (1953), and <em>How the West Has Won <\/em>(1963). Known for his versatility and innovative use of location, Hathaway was an expert at creating tension and drama on screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the work by artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/exhibitions\/marguerite-zorach-biography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marguerite Zorach<\/a>, Hathaway stands in a space devoid of background with his arms crossed. Zorach\u2019s use of negative space creates a minimalist portrait of the director, and her use of color highlights some of his most unique features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"900\" data-id=\"18354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/2002.15.1-e1684436730439-707x900.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/2002.15.1-e1684436730439-707x900.webp 707w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/2002.15.1-e1684436730439-236x300.webp 236w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/2002.15.1-e1684436730439-768x977.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/2002.15.1-e1684436730439-1207x1536.webp 1207w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/2002.15.1-e1684436730439-494x628.jpg 494w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/2002.15.1-e1684436730439-157x200.webp 157w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/05\/2002.15.1-e1684436730439.webp 1304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" data-id=\"14895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2021\/01\/blank-image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14895\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" data-id=\"14895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2021\/01\/blank-image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14895\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Hathaway (American, 1902-1985) Hathaway was an American film director with a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1626,"featured_media":0,"parent":1152,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-18356","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1626"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18356"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19516,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18356\/revisions\/19516"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}