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Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood

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by Karina Longworth

“Death Car Driver Free.” Los Angeles Times, February 9, 1924.

  “Praise for Histrionic Ability.” Los Angeles Times, October 21, 1928.

  “‘Hell’s Angels’ Completed.” American Cinematographer, January 1930.

  “The Painted Angel.” Variety, January 8, 1930.

  “Lovely Billie Dove Faces Big Handicap.” Daily Mirror, April 26, 1930.

  “Stage Show Helped ‘Bad One’ Out to $31,500 at Penn, Ptsbg; Wk Not Good.” Variety, June 18, 1930.

  “Comparative Grosses for May.” Variety, June 11, 1930.

  “Billie Dove Obtains Divorce; Beatings by Willat, Director, Related.” Los Angeles Times, July 2, 1930.

  “Sweethearts and Wives.” Variety, July 9, 1930.

  “A Texan with Ideas of His Own Risks His Millions in Movies but Finds Originality Pays.” Kansas City Star, August 3, 1930.

  “Louisville at 130, 6-Month Drought.” Variety, August 6, 1930.

  No headline or byline, Los Angeles Paper, September 2, 1930.

  “Fulton Opens in Ptsbgh to $8,200; Good Enough as Usual Thing There.” Variety, October 15, 1930.

  “Hughes Asserts United Artists Price Too High.” Los Angeles Paper, October 15, 1930.

  “$10,000,000 Film Merger Completed.” Los Angeles Paper, October, 24 1930.

  “Lady Who Dared.” Variety, June 9, 1931.

  “Frisco Spotty; Orph Up at $14,000; for $25,000.” Variety, May 27, 1931.

  Modern Screen, November 30, 1931.

  “Screen News.” Screenland, November, 1931.

  “Shortest Run Record for ‘Age,’ Rivoli.” Variety, November 18, 1931.

  “Hughes Not Discoverer of Harlow: Jean Gives Credit to Jim Hall and Ben Lyon.” Syracuse Herald, March 15, 1932.

  “The Mighty Censor.” Los Angeles Times, April 27, 1932.

  “‘Sold Down the River’ Declares Ann Dvorak.” Los Angeles Times, July 19, 1932.

  “Bill of Divorcement.” Hollywood Reporter, August 31, 1932.

  “Color Plant Re-Acquired.” Los Angeles Paper, September 20, 1932.

  “The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan.” Time, February 19, 1934.

  “Can Hepburn Ever Find True Love?” Hollywood, August 1934.

  “Hughes Sets 347 MPH Air Record, Foils Crash Death.” Los Angeles Paper, September 13, 1935.

  “Irving Thalberg, Genius, Is Dead.” Pittsburgh Press, September 15, 1936.

  “Nothing Sensational.” Time, January 27, 1936.

  “Jean Harlow Recovering; William Powell Is Visitor.” Detroit Free Press, June 4, 1937.

  “Jean Harlow, Movie Star, Dies in Los Angeles.” St. Louis Post Dispatch, June 7, 1937.

  “Is Jean Harlow Dead? Her Mother Says No!” Modern Romances, March and April 1938.

  “WAKE UP! Hollywood Producers.” Hollywood Reporter, May 3, 1938.

  “‘Brushed Death 3 Times’-Hughes.” New York Daily News, July 15, 1938.

  “Walter Winchell on Broadway.” Wilkes-Barre Evening News, October 3, 1938.

  “Harmon Nelson Prepares to Divorce Film Star.” San Francisco Call-Bulletin, November 22, 1938.

  “Nelson Sues Bette Davis for Divorce.” Los Angeles Examiner, November 23, 1938.

  “MPPDA to Review Outlaw on Appeal.” Motion Picture Daily, April 2, 1941.

  “20th Begs Off on Releasing ‘Outlaw,’ Howard Hughes Pic.” Variety, July 8, 1942.

  “Cinema: Hughes’ Western.” Time, February 22, 1943.

  “Stop Train! Films Calling Jean Peters.” Los Angeles Times, January 11, 1946.

  “Theater Manager, ‘Outlaw’ Film Held.” Bakersfield Californian, April 24, 1946.

  “Women Hiss as Outlaw Declared Clean.” Tennessean, May 18, 1946.

  “Howard Hughes Critical: Millionaire Flyer Given 50–50 Chance, Plane Hits 4 Houses in Beverly Hills.” Los Angeles Times, July, 8 1946.

  “Pneumonia Hughes Peril; Lana Turner Keeps Night Vigil.” Los Angeles Examiner, July 10, 1946.

  “Howard Hughes Near Death as Latest Plane Creation Wipes Out Three Houses in Maiden Flight.” Daily Messenger, July 8, 1946.

  “Howard Hughes Given Fighting Chance to Live as Plane He Is Flying Crashes.” Northwest Arkansas Times, July 8, 1946.

  “Hughes Still Critical, but Holds Parleys.” Hollywood Citizen-News, July 9, 1946.

  “Hughes’ Lung Fails, Condition Worse.” Los Angeles Times, July 12, 1946.

  “Hughes Faces Operation.” Los Angeles Times, July 13, 1946.

  “Looking at Hollywood.” Chicago Tribune, July 29, 1946.

  “Linda Darnell to Seek Divorce.” Alexandria Daily Town Talk, July 15, 1946.

  “Howard Hughes Flies East for Film Battle.” Los Angeles Times, September 11, 1946.

  “Hughes Tells ’Em Off.” Los Angeles Daily News, July 25, 1947.

  “Gay Hughes Parties Told by Actress.” Los Angeles Herald Express, July 23, 1947.

  “The Congress: Duel Under the Klieg Lights.” Time, August 18, 1947.

  “Senators Suddenly Drop Hughes Probe; Other Business Held Reason.” Hollywood Citizen-News, August 11, 1947.

  “Hughes Denies $100,000 Offer to Lift Movie Ban.” Hollywood Citizen-News, November 11, 1947.

  “Jubilant Hughes Hops off for Home; Ready to Resume Fight in November.” Los Angeles Daily News, August 12, 1947.

  “Casualty in Hollywood.” Time, July 19, 1948.

  “The Mechanical Man.” Time, July 19, 1948.

  “Outlaw Gets 300G in 21 Spots.” Variety, January 3, 1950.

  “Ingrid’s Film Stromboli Proves Flop at Preview.” United Press International, January 25, 1950.

  “Hollywood Calls ‘Stromboli’ a Gold Mine Despite Bans.” New York Post, February 8, 1950.

  “Stromboli Erupts Over US: Smash Biz Reported In Many Spots.” Variety, February 16, 1950.

  “Stromboli First Weekend Reported at $1,248,000.” Variety, February 20, 1950.

  “Stromboli Opens Strong in Controversial Storm.” Box Office, February 18, 1950.

  “Rossellini Renounces RKO’d Stromboli.” United Press International, February 21, 1950.

  “Movie Morals: Whose Business?” U.S. News & World Report, April 25, 1950.

  “At the Globe.” New York Times, December 26, 1950.

  “Rep. Jackson Urges Hollywood to Regain Public Confidence.” Hollywood Reporter, April 17, 1952.

  “Outrage Review.” Film Daily, August 24, 1950.

  “Outrage.” Hollywood Reporter, August 23, 1950

  “Outrage.” Variety, August 23, 1950.

  “Cinema: The New Pictures.” Time, January 22, 1951.

  “Jane Russell’s Black Eye Stirs Vegas Stories.” Mirror, February 13, 1952.

  “De Sica Due on Coast for Huddles with Hughes.” Variety, March 12, 1952.

  “Hughes Defies Film Writers.” Los Angeles Times, March 18, 1952.

  “Hughes’ Defiance.” Los Angeles Times, March 29, 1952.

  “Short Subjects.” Wall Street Journal, August 11, 1952.

  “Jarrico Counters with Suit Against RKO for $350,000.” Los Angeles Examiner, March 29, 1952.

  “Hughes Sued on His RKO Operations.” Los Angeles Times, December 16, 1952.

  “Two Stockholders Ask RKO Receiver.” Los Angeles Times, October 14, 1953.

  “Court Cuts Jarrico’s Claims Against RKO As Hughes Testifies.” Variety, November 21, 1952.

  “Her Lips ‘Most Kissable’ in Filmland, Says Artist.” Los Angeles Examiner, March 6, 1952.

  “Jane Russell May Break Association with Hughes.” Long Beach Press-Telegram, August 28, 1953.

  “Hughes Starlet Tries to Kill Self.” Mirror, November 19, 1953.

  “Hughes Starlet, Impatient to Be Star, Tries Death.” Mirror, November 19, 1953.

  “Movie Review: Two Gals from Texas.” Look, December 3, 1953.

  “Actor Punched Her in the Nose, Dancer Tells Court.” Los Angeles Times, December 14, 1953.

  “More Liberal Movie Code Asked.” Associated Press, Decem
ber 29, 1953.

  “Who Does Jane Russell Think She’s Kidding?” Top Secret, n.d. UNLV files.

  “Anyone Here for Love?” Screen Album, Spring 1954.

  “8 Top Movie Producers OK Morality Code.” Daily News, February 15, 1954.

  “Suit Cites Hughes’ Dimmed-Out Stars.” New York World and Telegram, February 10, 1954.

  “Hughes Coup.” BusinessWeek, February 13, 1954.

  “‘I’ll Take It All,’ Hughes Tells the Stockholders.” Fortnight, March 3, 1954.

  “Jane Russell Not Wasted; Judge Kills Suit Vs. Hughes.” Hollywood Citizen-News, March 31, 1954.

  “Hughes News.” Mirror, February 26, 1954.

  “Thrown in Swimming Pool, Hurled Over Hedge, Says Miss Hayward.” Los Angeles Examiner, February 26, 1954.

  “Jean Peters Missing on Eve of Film Role.” Los Angeles Times, September 14, 1954.

  “Always Carried a Torch, Says Ava.” News, November 17, 1954.

  “Jean Peters Prefers East to Hollywood.” United Press, November 7, 1954.

  “Jean Peters Ending 33-Day Marriage.” Los Angeles Times, December 10, 1955.

  “The Top Box-Office Hits of 1956.” Variety, January 2, 1957.

  “The Jean Peters Mystery.” Modern Screen, May 1957.

  “Probe Death of Ex-Actress Rose Stradner.” Chicago Tribune, September 29, 1958.

  “All-Time Domestic Champs.” Variety, January 6, 1960.

  “553Gs Asked for Promises.” New York Mirror, July 14, 1962.

  “Divorce.” National Insider, October 6, 1963.

  “For Norma Jeane a New Name.” Detroit Free-Press, October 27, 1969.

  “They Must Have Been Married Because They’re Getting a Divorce!” Photoplay, April 1970.

  “Rambling Reporter.” Hollywood Reporter, February 25, 1971.

  “Tell Me, Jean Peters.” Gambit, 1972.

  “Howard Hughes by Women Who Knew Him.” Ladies’ Home Journal, April 1972.

  “Most Publicized of His Time: Tycoon a Ladies Man.” Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, April 6, 1976.

  “Hollywood Beauties Recall Hughes.” Salt Lake City Tribune, April 7, 1976.

  “Hughes Women Silent.” Philadelphia Bulletin, April 6, 1976.

  “Hughes Connection?” United Press International, April 12, 1976.

  “Films Were Hughes’ Link with World, Doctor Says.” Los Angeles Times, April 18, 1976.

  “Marriage Claims Disputed.” Lewisville Leader, April 21, 1976.

  “Howard Hughes kept Scores of Secrets, and Terry Moore Claims She Was One of Them.” People, April 26, 1976.

  “Records Show Hughes in Suite Four Years.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 11, 1976.

  “Actress, Claiming to Be Hughes Ex, Wants In on Will.” Variety, May 13, 1976.

  “Picks and Pans Review: The Truth with Jack Anderson.” People, February 13, 1978.

  “Hughes: Drug Addict, Psychotic.” Pantagraph, February 26, 1979.

  “Hughes’ Voice on Tape?” Associated Press, June 6, 1979.

  “Texas Court Rejects Actress’ Claim on Hughes Estate.” Los Angeles Times, February 5, 1982.

  “Broadway Role as Lover of Black Soldier Got TV’s Miss Ellie in Trouble.” Jet, June 14, 1982.

  “Actress Moore Loses Bid for Hughes Estate Slice.” Variety, June 17, 1982.

  “Mourning Becomes Electric.” Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, April 16, 1983.

  “Rambling Reporter.” Hollywood Reporter, May 20, 1983.

  “Actress Claims She Will Get Money as Hughes’ Widow.” San Bernardino County Sun, May 25, 1983.

  “My Astonishing Life as Howard Hughes’ Wife—by Actress Terry Moore.” Star, June 14, 1983.

  “Moore Files Suit.” Weekly Variety, May 2, 1984.

  “Hate at First Sight Leads to a Tempestuous Secret Marriage.” Los Angeles Times, May 27, 1984.

  “Eternal Love?” US Magazine, June 18, 1984.

  “The Merriest Widow.” Playboy, August 1984.

  “A Star Is Reborn.” Los Angeles Times, September 7, 1984.

  “PASSINGS Robert F. Slatzer, 77; Author Claimed Brief Marriage to Monroe.” Los Angeles Times, April 15, 2006.

  Websites

  “Katharine Hepburn.” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Hepburn.

  Los Angeles Conservancy. https://laconservancy.org.

  “Movie.” Dictionary.com. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/movie, accessed September 12, 2017.

  Paul Revere Williams Project. http://www.paulrwilliamsproject.org/.

  USC Digital Library. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/.

  Interviews

  DeCarlo, Yvonne. Interview by Larry King. Larry King Live. CNN, January 20, 2002.

  De Cicco, Pat. Interview. September 15, 1941. Unpublished transcript, Russell Birdwell papers, UCLA.

  Dietrich, Noah. “Terry Moore–Noah Dietrich Tape Recording #1.” Interview by Terry Moore. c. 1972. Transcript, TSA.

  Forrest, Sally. Interview by Ronald L. Davis. May 22, 1985. Ronald L. Davis Oral History Collection, MHL.

  Gerber, Albert. Interview by Louis Lomax. November 26, 1967. Transcript at UNLV.

  Kane, Walter. Interviewed by Raymond Fowler. June 19, 1978. Transcript at TSA.

  Loos, Mary Anita. Interview by Ronald L. Davis. July 26, 1990. Ronald L. Davis Oral History Collection, MHL.

  Lupino, Ida. Interview by Hedda Hopper. May 25, 1965. Unpublished transcript, Hedda Hopper papers, MHL.

  Moore, Terry. Interviewed by Raymond Fowler. May 17, 1978. Transcript at TSA.

  Russell, Jane. “TCM Private Screenings Uncut: Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell.” Interview by Robert Osbourne. TCM, April 1996. Audio, 1:37:21. http://www.digitalpodcast.com/feeds/45802-tcm-presents-audio-podcasts.

  Russell, Jane. Interview by Hedda Hopper. December 28, 1953. Unpublished transcript, Hedda Hopper papers, MHL.

  Radio Broadcasts

  Fidler, Jimmie. “Howard Hughes to Manufacture Atomic Equipment.” KMPC Radio, June 21, 1953. Transcript in Howard Hughes collection, UNLV.

  Filmography

  Souls for Sale, directed by Rupert Hughes. 1923. Los Angeles: Warner Home Video, 2009, DVD.

  The Marriage Clause, directed by Lois Weber. 1926. Los Angeles: Universal Studios. Incomplete print at Library of Congress.

  Sensation Seekers, directed by Lois Weber. 1927. Los Angeles: Alpha Video, 2016, DVD.

  Hell’s Angels, directed by Howard Hughes. 1930. Los Angeles: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, 2004, DVD.

  The Age for Love, directed by Frank Lloyd. 1931. Los Angeles: United Artists. Lost.

  Platinum Blonde, directed by Frank Capra. 1931. Los Angeles: Columbia Pictures. Digital download.

  A Bill of Divorcement, directed by George Cukor. 1932. Los Angeles: RKO Pictures. Out of print.

  Blondie of the Follies, directed by Edmund Goulding. 1932. Los Angeles: Warner Archive Collection. DVD.

  Christopher Strong, directed by Dorothy Arzner. 1932. Los Angeles: Warner Archive Collection. DVD.

  Cock of the Air, directed by Tom Buckingham. 1932. Los Angeles: United Artists. Streaming link provided by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

  Her First Affaire, directed by Allan Dwan. 1932. London: Sterling Films. Out of print.

  Red-Headed Woman, directed by Jack Conway. 1932. Los Angeles: Warner Archive. Digital download.

  Scarface, directed by Howard Hawks. 1932. Los Angeles: Universal Cinema Classics. DVD.

  Red Dust, directed by Victor Fleming. 1932. Los Angeles: Warner Archive. Digital download.

  Bombshell, directed by Victor Fleming. 1933. Los Angeles: Warner Archive. DVD.

  Gold Diggers of 1933, directed by Lloyd Bacon. 1933. Los Angeles: Warner Archive. DVD.

  Morning Glory, directed by Lowell Sherman. 1933. Los Angeles: Warner Archive. Digital download.

  Sylvia Scarlett, directed by George Cukor. 1935. Los Angeles: Warner Archive. Digital download.

  Wife vs. Secretary, directed by Clarence Brown
. 1936. Los Angeles: Warner Archive. Digital download.

  Libeled Lady, directed by Jack Conway. 1936. Los Angeles: Warner Archive. Digital download.

  Swing Time, directed by George Stevens. 1936. Los Angeles: Warner Archive. Digital download.

  Stage Door, directed by Gregory LaCava. 1937. Los Angeles: Warner Archive. Digital download.

  Holiday, directed by George Cukor. 1938. Los Angeles: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Digital download.

  Jezebel, directed by William Wyler. 1938. Los Angeles: Warner Archive. Digital download.

  The Philadelphia Story, directed by George Cukor. 1940. Los Angeles: Warner Archive. Digital download.

  Kitty Foyle, directed by Sam Wood. 1940. Los Angeles: Warner Archive. Digital download.

  They Drive by Night, directed by Raoul Walsh. 1940. Los Angeles: Warner Archive. Digital download.

  The Hard Way, directed by Vincent Sherman. 1943. Los Angeles: Warner Archive. DVD.

  The Outlaw, directed by Howard Hughes. 1943. Los Angeles: Kino Classics. DVD.

  The Killers, directed by Robert Siodmak. 1946. Los Angeles: Criterion Collection. DVD.

  Crossfire, directed by Edward Dmytryk. 1947. Los Angeles: Warner Archive. Digital download.

  Road House, directed by Jean Negelesco. 1948. Los Angeles: Kino Lorber. Blu-Ray.

  The Return of October, directed by Joseph H. Lewis. 1948. Los Angeles: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Digital download.

  The Big Steal, directed by Don Siegel. 1949. Los Angeles: Warner Archive. Digital download.

  Caught, directed by Max Ophuls. 1949. Los Angeles: Olive Films. Blu-Ray.

  Mighty Joe Young, directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack. 1949. Los Angeles: Warner Archive. Digital download.

  Not Wanted, directed by Ida Lupino. 1949. Los Angeles: Reel Enterprises. Digital download.

  Outrage, directed by Ida Lupino. 1950. Los Angeles. Out of print.

  Vendetta, directed by Mel Ferrer. 1950. Los Angeles. Out of print.

  Stromboli, directed by Roberto Rossellini. 1950. Rome: Criterion Collection. Blu-Ray.

  Where Danger Lives, directed by John Farrow. 1950. Los Angeles: Warner Archive. DVD.

  His Kind of Woman, directed by John Farrow. 1951. Los Angeles: Warner Archive. DVD.

  Come Back, Little Sheba, directed by Daniel Mann. 1952. Los Angeles: Paramount. DVD.

  Macao, directed by Josef Von Sternberg. 1952. Los Angeles: Warner Archive. Digital download.

 

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