Seduction : sex, lies, and stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood /

Howard Hughes's reputation as a director and producer of films unusually defined by sex dovetails with his image as one of the most prolific womanizers of the twentieth century. The promoter of bombshell actresses such as Jean Harlow and Jane Russell, Hughes supposedly included among his off-sc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Longworth, Karina, 1980- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Custom House, [2018]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Hughes, Howard, > 1905-1976 > Relations with women. Motion picture industry > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century. Motion picture producers and directors > United States > Biography. Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous. PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning. PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Direction & Production. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > History.

Table of Contents:

Hollywood before Hell's angels, 1910-1928
Introduction : the Ambassador Hotel, 1925
Billie and Jean, 1928-1936
Hepburn and Rogers and Russell, 1932-1940
Life during wartime 1941-1946
Terry, Jean and RKO, 1948-1956
Hughes after RKO
Epilogue: life after death.