Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood
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“Lo ti amo”: Garrison, “The Bergman Story.”
“probably subconsciously”: Bergman and Burgess, Ingrid Bergman, My Story, 257.
“I’ve just bought a film studio for you”: Ibid., 246.
budget of $600,000: Garrison, “The Bergman Story.”
“bewildered and confused”: St. Johns, Love, Laughter and Tears, 276.
“box-office value ruined”: Johnson, Miracles and Sacrilege: Robert Rossellini, the Church, and Film Censorship in Hollywood, 265.
“[g]ive Ingrid a break”: Steele, Ingrid Bergman: An Intimate Portrait, 259–61.
“There aren’t many girls”: Moore, The Beauty and the Billionaire, 18.
“There is only one thing I lie about”: Terry Moore deposition, June 11, 1979.
“It was terrifying.”: Collis, “The Hughes Legacy.”
“my life in Glendale”: Ibid.
“He raised me”: Ibid.
“Helen has you”: Terry Moore deposition, April 23, 1977.
“We would go bowling”: Ibid.
some of Howard and Terry’s dates: Mathison, “Howard Hughes: Cradle-Robbing Baron.”
“his image would hurt mine”: Terry Moore deposition, June 11, 1979.
“big stars”: Ibid.
“He lied a lot”: Ibid.
“to go to bed with him”: Ibid.
“to feel legally married”: Ibid.
“We are going to do it your way”: Ibid.
didn’t want anyone to know they were married: Ibid.
gave her a string of pearls and a diamond brooch: Terry Moore deposition, April 23, 1977.
“we marry for all time and eternity”: Terry Moore deposition, June 11, 1979.
“There’s a lot of Italian in it”: “Ingrid’s Film Stromboli Proves Flop at Preview.”
the priest believed was a too-cute reference: Father Félix Morlión to Howard Hughes, January 26, 1950.
“prohibit the showing of the film Stromboli”: Letter to Eric Johnston, February 5, 1950.
“add no fuel to the fire”: Gordon S. White, memo to “Mr. Johnston,” February 27, 1950.
“They are vulgar.” Schary, “I Remember Hughes.”
Catholic Legion of Decency declared Stromboli “acceptable”: “Hollywood Calls ‘Stromboli’ a Gold Mine Despite Bans.”
“evening business was at capacity”: “Stromboli Erupts Over US: Smash Biz Reported In Many Spots.”
grossed more than $1.2 million,: “Stromboli First Weekend Reported at $1,248,000.”
“doing better than The Outlaw”: “Stromboli Opens Strong in Controversial Storm.”
“pornographic”: “Rossellini Renounces RKO’d Stromboli.”
“disgusting publicity campaign”: “Movie Morals: Whose Business?”
“immoral acts”: Ibid.
“commissar of Hollywood’s morals”: Ibid.
Italian beauty named Gina Lollobrigida: Garrison, “Refusal to Marry Hughes Revealed by Italian Beauty.”
“I went alone”: Reginato, “Gina Lollobrigida Breaks the Silence on Her Outrageous Tabloid Scandals.”
“All I saw was Howard Hughes”: Garrison, “Refusal to Marry Hughes Revealed by Italian Beauty.”
“a fast, brilliant career”: Schuyler, “The Girl Who Said No to Howard Hughes.”
Hughes brought De Sica from Rome to Hollywood: “De Sica Due on Coast for Huddles with Hughes.”
“like a prostitute”: Cardullo, Vittorio De Sica: Actor, Director, Auteur, 199.
CHAPTER 20: “MOTHER” AND A MALE IDOL
“movie-starrish like mad”: Hall, “‘I Have Made Myself an Ugly Girl!’ Says Ida Lupino.”
“become a real actress”: Hedda Hopper interviewing Ida Lupino, May 25, 1965.
“such a wretchedly unhappy little painted doll”: Hall, “‘I Have Made Myself an Ugly Girl!’”
“a coy thing lounging in a boat”: Hill, “Hollywood’s Beautiful Bulldozer.”
put out a number of press releases: 20th Century Fox, press releases, 1948.
“that louse”: Donati, Ida Lupino: A Biography, 141.
“would leave the United States”: Ida Lupino FBI file.
“extreme caution”: Ibid.
The FBI recommended: Ibid.
“pictures about ordinary people”: Thomas, “In Hollywood . . .”
a drama about unwed mothers: Ibid.
“without being too messagey”: Weiner, “Interview with Ida Lupino.”
what she’d later call a “crusader”: Varney, “Ida Lupino, Director.”
“Darlings, Mother has a problem”: Lupino, “Me, Mother Directress.”
“Hollywood was succumbed”: Hollywood Citizen-News, March 8, 1950.
“he liked her”: Sally Forrest, interview, May 22, 1985.
“on whom Hollywood won’t take a chance”: Heffernan, “Ida Lupino Clicks.”
full-color spread in Life magazine: Berg, “Star Under Wraps.”
“‘Dough-merg’”: Johnson, “Erskine Johnson (Column).”
“OK, good-bye, Faith”: Parla and Mitchell, “Faith Domergue,” 66.
“a garrulous, slow and obvious period piece”: “At the Globe,” December 26, 1950.
“the most extravagant star-making venture”: “Cinema: The New Pictures,” January 22, 1951.
“without the power of him”: Domergue manuscript.
“who should walk in but Mitchum”: Server, Baby I Don’t Care, 169.
Mitchum’s sister Julie believed: Ibid., 180.
“He could still be cured”: Ibid., 170.
“He had spies everywhere”: Ibid., 185.
“two greatest chests”: Ibid., 209.
“the best picture I’ve ever made”: Parsons, “In Hollywood with Louella O. Parsons,” April 8, 1951.
“beautiful girl with no talent”: Russell, My Path, 118.
“acted like natural people”: Russell, “TCM Private Screenings Uncut: Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell.”
“half a dozen clowns”: Baxter, Von Sternberg, 244.
“The fit of the dress around her breasts is not good”: Server, Baby I Don’t Care, 219.
“the greatest sexual powers in the entire world”: Rossi, “Ermine Sex Bomb.”
“don’t give a shit”: Server, Baby I Don’t Care, 206.
CHAPTER 21: THE MORALS CLAUSE
“Jane Russell’s favorite way to relax”: Los Angeles Times, February 19, 1952.
a photo of a smiling Russell in sunglasses: Los Angeles Times, February 14, 1952.
“Jane Russell is doctoring a black eye”: “Jane Russell’s Black Eye Stirs Vegas Stories.”
“we all know Waterfield hit you”: Russell, My Path, 124.
“went off the wagon” Ibid.
insisted that The Las Vegas Story be completely rewritten: “Hughes Defies Film Writers.”
The guild determined Jarrico should share screenplay credit: McCall Jr., “The Hughes-Jarrico Imbroglio.”
Hughes issued a proclamation: “Hughes Defies Film Writers.”
“only woman in the Directors Guild”: Donati, Ida Lupino, 178.
Outrage received some rave reviews: Goodman, “Film Review: Outrage”; Williams, “Outrage Another Triumph.”
“the story hits home”: Duggan, “Outrage Wins Plaudits.”
“its sordid theme of criminal attack”: “Outrage,” Hollywood Reporter, August 23, 1950.
“Over-directed”: “Outrage,” August 23, 1950.
$1,500: ALI to RKO correspondence.
Duff was accused: “Duff, Howard” report from American Library of Information.
Lupino went to New York to see Garfield: Donati, Ida Lupino, 182–85.
“innocent victims of the Communist problem”: Carl Byoir and Associates, “Howard Hughes Statement on Studio Shutdown.”
“most potent product”: Stevens, “Reeling Round . . . Hollywood.”
Representative Donald Jackson of HUAC praised Hughes: “Rep. Jackson Urges Hollywood to Regain Public
Confidence.”
“forces of subversion must be wiped out”: Critchlow, When Hollywood Was Right, loc. 3064.
“If the Screen Writers Guild calls a strike”: “Hughes’ Defiance.”
“dickering with the war department”: Fidler, KMPC Radio.
“capable of murder”: FBI internal memo, January 7, 1952.
“RKO was so peculiar”: Sally Forrest, interview.
“heckle Mitch”: Hopper, “Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood,” April 19, 1952.
“Two Men in Russell’s Life”: Torre, “Two Men in Russell’s Life.”
“box office slump”: “Short Subjects,” August 11, 1952.
$1,250,000: Schallert, “RKO Studio Sold.”
“use of marijuana”: “Jarrico Counters with Suit Against RKO for $350,000.”
“I did think his morality was pertinent”: Ceplair, The Marxist and the Movies, Kindle loc. 5421.
Hughes’s lawyer loudly objected: “Court Cuts Jarrico’s Claims Against RKO as Hughes Testifies.”
“public disgrace”: Ceplair, The Marxist and the Movies, 128.
Stolkin and crew had, among other things: Jewell, Slow Fade to Black, 144.
“a mass of unfavorable publicity”: Jewell, Slow Fade to Black, 164.
assumed the position of chairman: Ibid., 149.
“too much alcohol in the air”: Donati, Ida Lupino, 206.
“one fatal mistake”: Lupino, “Me, Mother Directress.”
CHAPTER 22: RIVALRY AT FOX
“I’m very, very busy”: Moore, Beauty and the Billionaire, 92.
“brainwashed”: Ibid., 97.
married on February 9, 1951: Ibid., 102–5.
“We made love”: Ibid., 112.
“pummeled Hughes into unconsciousness”: Mathison, “Cradle-Robbing Baron.”
“suffered several broken ribs”: Carson, “Memorandum for the Director.” Howard Hughes FBI file.
“room service”: Terry Moore, interviewed by Raymond Fowler, May 17, 1978.
“as soon as the weather clears”: Mathison, “Cradle-Robbing Baron.”
“sleeps in a short nightgown”: Skolsky, “Hollywood Is My Beat: Tintypes,” March 11, 1948.
“not particularly chic”: Graham, “Chasing Howard Hughes.”
“a svelte, grown-up beauty”: Scott, “Change to Svelte Becomes Jean Peters.”
“kissable lips”: “Her Lips ‘Most Kissable’ in Filmland, Says Artist,” Los Angeles Examiner, March 6, 1952.
“She’s a tomboy”: Skolsky, “Hollywood Is My Beat: Tintype,” February 28, 1952.
“iron curtain”: Hopper, “Hollywood’s Mystery Girl.”
“gams you get from streetwalking”: Fuller, A Third Face, 300–1.
“small Jeep”: Ibid., 303.
“sexwagon”: “Anyone Here for Love?”
“sex has been overworked”: Thomas, “Jean Peters Gets Sexy Role.”
“breathing heavily”: “Anyone Here for Love?”
Peters’s “chauffeur” was Howard Hughes: Fuller, A Third Face, 301–2.
“All hell broke loose”: Graham, “Chasing Howard Hughes.”
she and Hughes were planning to marry: Fidler, “Views of Hollywood.”
“alligator’s love call”: Kazan, Elia Kazan: A Life, 479.
“pretty far along”: Terry Moore deposition, June 27, 1979.
her child had died: Ibid.
“He didn’t want a child”: “Actress Says She Had Howard Hughes’ Baby.”
“Any studio understands that”: “Transcript of Telephone Conversations of Terry Moore and Howard R. Hughes Jr., Obtained in Deposition Proceedings on June 11, 1979.”
“He could lie better than anyone”: “Howard Hughes Kept Scores of Secrets,” April 26, 1976.
Terry thought she could somehow use recordings: Terry Moore, interviewed by Raymond Fowler, May 17, 1978.
“She is enthusiastic”: Skolsky, “Tintypes: Terry Moore.”
A tabloid story: Inside Magazine, “Scandie Magazine” File, Box 93, University of Nevada Las Vegas Howard Hughes Files.
“I’m your wife!”: Moore, Beauty and the Billionaire, 254.
“get away from Columbia”: Glaser, “Terry Moore’s Life, Loves on and off the Screen.”
“Howard had control”: Ibid.
“we’d both look in opposite directions”: Ibid.
CHAPTER 23: “A MOVIE STUDIO FILLED WITH BEAUTIFUL GIRLS WHO DRAW PAY BUT SELDOM WORK”
“She went on a bender”: “Hughes Starlet Tries to Kill Self.”
“Hughes Starlet, Impatient to Be Star, Tries Death”: “Hughes Starlet, Impatient to Be Star, Tries Death.”
“waste of corporate funds”: “Hughes Sued on His RKO Operations.”
“fantastic sum”: Torre, “Two Men in Russell’s Life.”
“furthering his personal interests”: “Two Stockholders Ask RKO Receiver.”
“first time I played Jane Russell”: “Jane Russell May Break Association with Hughes.”
was worth more than any contract: Howard Hughes deposition, Castleman lawsuit, October 14, 1953.
“could not and was not willing”: Ibid.
“Project Baker”: “Project Baker” report.
“excessive user of intoxicants”: “Special Service Character Credit Report” on David Oliver Selznick, August 22, 1951.
“simply a matter of her cleavage”: Mary Anita Loos, interview.
“Unless the Code is brought reasonably up to date”: “More Liberal Movie Code Asked.”
“Decent Entertainment Is the Best Entertainment”: “8 Top Movie Producers OK Morality Code.”
“bikinis were only worn”: Russell, My Path, 145.
“go the full limit on cleavage”: J. W. Grainger, memo to Howard Hughes, June 16, 1953.
“satisfactory under the provisions of the Production Code”: Joseph Breen to Bill Feeder, August 18, 1953.
“many troublesome elements”: “List of Unacceptable Items, French Line,” November 18, 1953.
“a bosom peep-show effect”: “Memorandum, January 13, 2:30 PM.”
$25,000 fine: Joseph Breen, interoffice memo to Sidney Schreiber, December, 31, 1953; Breen to James R. Grainger at RKO, December 31, 1953.
sent another letter: Joseph Breen to Eric Johnston, January 6, 1954.
“many unacceptable breast shots”: J. A. Vizzard, “Notes on Re-Review of French Line,” January 14, 1954.
“completely unacceptable”: Harry Zehner, “French Line notes,” January 14, 1954.
“in consonance with the general principles of The Production Code”: J. R. Grainger to Joseph Breen, January 20, 1954.
“crawl up out of the sewer”: Jane Russell, interviewed by Hedda Hopper.
“just a can of tomatoes”: Russell, “They Sold Me.”
“stinking Outlaw publicity”: Bacon, “Jane Russell Tells Big Publicity Build-Up.”
“didn’t know how to say no”: Ibid.
“the costumes smaller”: “Movie Review: Two Gals from Texas.”
“I fought, I hollered”: Bacon, “Jane Russell.”
“I’ll punch him”: Ibid.
“holier-than-thou pose”: “Who Does Jane Russell Think She’s Kidding?”
“no place in Hollywood”: “Actor Punched Her in the Nose, Dancer Tells Court.”
“omits entirely the objectionable patter”: “Memo for the Files Re: The French Line (RKO Radio),” March 8, 1955.
seal of approval: MPA Certificate No. 16570, March 24, 1955.
divide his business into two distinct entities: Barlett and Steele, Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness, loc. 4417.
“beautiful girls who draw pay”: “Suit Cites Hughes’ Dimmed-Out Stars.”
Hughes offered to buy out: “Hughes Coup.”
“collecting a stable of beauties”: “‘I’ll Take It All,’ Hughes Tells the Stockholders.”
“erase from his slate”: Arneel, “Legalistics, Taxes.”
“box-office appeal”: �
�Jane Russell Not Wasted.”
“the studio doesn’t have any policy”: Thomas, “RKO Film Studio Shutdown Looms.”
“The RKO organization”: Wilkerson, “Trade Views,” September 28, 1954.
“He disliked her intensely”: Linet, Susan Hayward, 126.
New Year’s Eve 1953: Versions of this story appear in ibid., Beauty and the Billionaire, Howard Hughes: The Untold Story, and many other sources.
Howard’s name popped up in the divorce proceedings: “Hughes News,” February 26, 1954.
“Mr. Magic”: “Thrown in Swimming Pool, Hurled Over Hedge, Says Miss Hayward.”
“dissolv[ing] in laughter”: Linet, Susan Hayward, 178.
sold more tickets: “The Top Box-Office Hits of 1956.”
been diagnosed with cancer: Jackovich and Sennet, “The Children of John Wayne, Susan Hayward and Dick Powell.”
CHAPTER 24: UNDERWATER
Jean left for Italy hoping: “The Jean Peters Story.”
“It is very important to talk”: Helen Koford (Terry Moore) call logs.
“Thunderbird Party”: Call Sheet, November 20, 1953.
“compelling, unhappy quality”: Lyons, “America’s Richest Wife.”
“How much Mr. Hughes had to do with this”: Graham, “Chasing Howard Hughes.”
“didn’t spend much time together”: Lyons, “America’s Richest Wife.”
“no secret to me”: Hopper, “Love Stirs Vitality in Quiet Jean.”
“I want to be with you”: “The Jean Peters Story.”
“alcoholic and suicidal”: Terry Moore deposition, April 23, 1977.
“We’re supposed to start shooting”: “Jean Peters Missing on Eve of Film Role.”
Kane felt like it was quite a tall order: Walter Kane, interviewed by Raymond Fowler.
Hughes billed Terry $15,000: Moore, Beauty and the Billionaire, 288.
“sphinx-like”: “Always Carried a Torch, Says Ava.”
“sue their asses off”: Evans, Ava Gardner, 239.
“Wet decks”: Ibid., 247.
“or the dumbest”: Grobel, Conversations with Ava Gardner, loc. 1509.
seeing Hughes in Miami: Linet, Susan Hayward, 182.
“someone Howard Hughes didn’t want to know he was there”: Grobel, Conversations with Ava Gardner, loc. 1512.
“Without Howard”: Ibid., locs. 1477–78.
“bitter Cinderella story”: Laffel, “Joseph L. Mankiewicz,” 195.
“an almost undecipherable note”: “Probe Death of Ex-Actress Rose Stradner.”
“Howard was a friend of his”: Evans, Ava Gardner, 235–36.