Movieland director John Huston dies at 81 in Rhode Island
Veteran filmmaker John Huston died in his sleep at a rented Middletown home at 81 after a hospital stay for pneumonia and emphysema. The Academy Award winning writer director, son of Walter Huston and father of Anjelica Huston, directed classics including The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and The Asphalt Jungle. His career spanned five decades with work on The African Queen and Chinatown among others.