Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ron Howard's third theatrical feature as a director was also Tom Hanks' first starring movie role. Hanks attempted to put in ...

Tom Hanks got his first big breakthrough on the big screen with Ron Howard’s mermaid-out-of-water comedy Splash. But it ...

Tom Hanks is an Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy-award winning actor whose top movies include “Forrest Gump,” “Toy Story” and ...

The 1984 blockbuster launched both of their careers into the stratosphere. Ron Howard’s third theatrical feature as a director was also Tom Hanks’ first starring movie role. Hanks attempted to put in ...

So with Splash, Howard had a chance to crest into the mainstream, and Hanks had his first starring role in a movie. The stakes were high. “Tom was pushing ... that was it, he was just reaching, he was ...