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

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by Karina Longworth

Barr, Alva, 332

  Barrett, Rona, 446

  Barry, Philip, 166, 172

  Barrymore, John, 123, 153

  Barton, Ralph, 26

  Bautzer, Greg, 223–24, 290, 403, 408–9, 459

  Beat the Devil, 317

  Beauty and the Billionaire, The (Moore), 464–65, 464n

  Beauty standards, 64

  Beck, Myer, 222

  Bed of Roses, 286

  Beery, Wallace, 207

  Bel Air Country Club, 159

  Bel Air rental house (1942), 230–31

  Bel Air rental house (1961), 437–38

  Bel Geddes, Barbara, 286, 300–303

  Bello, Marino, 84, 87, 119

  Bells of Saint Mary, The, 303

  Bergman, Ingrid, 303–7

  Caught, 300–303

  Gaslight, 303, 307

  Hughes and, 304–5, 306–7, 312–13

  Joan of Arc, 304

  movie career of, 303–7, 312–16, 419

  Notorious, 419

  Stromboli, 305–7, 312–16, 316n

  Berman, Pandro, 163, 166

  Bern, Paul, 51, 91, 119, 122, 128–30, 134

  Better America Foundation, 347

  Better Business Bureau, 354

  Beutel, Jack, 235–36, 238, 239

  Beverly Hills Emergency Hospital, 263

  Beverly Hills Hotel, 209, 306, 310, 358, 360, 361, 370, 393, 418–19, 421, 428, 432–33, 436, 444, 446, 450

  Beverly Wilshire Hotel, 307, 308–9

  Beyond the Rainbow, 17

  Bichloride of mercury, 20

  Bicycle Thief, The, 317

  Bigamist, The, 355–56

  Big Shot, The, 206

  Big Steal, The, 333–34

  Bikinis, 384–85

  Bill of Divorcement, A, 150, 151–54, 163, 165

  Biltmore Hotel, 74–75

  Binoculars, 136

  Biograph Company, 12

  Birdwell, Russell, 188–91

  background of, 189–90

  biographical sketch, xi–xii

  hiring as publicist, 190–91, 265

  Russell and The Outlaw, 191, 194, 196, 199, 220–22, 224, 235–36, 237, 259–60, 387

  Birth of a Nation, The, 13, 14, 22

  Black, Caroline, 55–57

  Black Pirate, The, 70, 115

  Blandford, Gene, 245

  Blonde Venus, 336

  Blondie of the Follies, 114–15

  Blood and Sand, 267

  Blot, The, 70–71

  Blue, Ben, 341, 342

  Blueprint for Murder, A, 365

  Boardman, Eleanor, 30–32, 30n, 33

  Bodeen, DeWitt, 66n

  Bogart, Humphrey, 126, 206, 319, 322, 339, 347, 403, 404

  Bohny, Lillian, 14–15, 16–17. See also Dove, Billie

  Bombardment of Ellwood, 221

  Bombshell, 132–33, 134

  “Boner,” 170, 170n

  Booth, Shirley, 371–72

  Boston Ritz-Carlton, 160, 439

  Bow, Clara, 4, 17, 63, 87, 99–89

  Bowers, Scotty, 148–49

  Boyer, Charles, 123, 158

  Bracken, Eddie, 249

  Braille Institute, 443

  Brando, Marlon, 332, 363, 365, 377

  Brandstatter, Eddie, 93

  Brandt, Harry, 165–66, 175

  Bras, 196

  Brazzi, Rossano, 404

  Bread, Love, and Dreams, 317

  Breakfast at Tiffany’s, 449

  Break of Hearts, 158, 162

  Breen, Joseph, 181, 197–99, 238, 258, 305–7, 383–89

  Brewster, Owen, 276–77

  Bringing Up Baby, 147, 164, 165

  Broccoli, Albert “Cubby,” 112, 207, 450

  Broeske, Pat H., 429n, 443

  Brooks, Paul, 253

  Brown, Peter Harry, 429n, 443

  Brownlow, Kevin, 12n

  Buckingham, Tom, 105

  Burgess, Carter, 423

  Burke, Billie, 68, 154

  Burnett, W. R., 281–82, 408

  Burton, Richard, 66, 441, 442

  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 450

  Caddo Company, 47, 94, 99, 101–2, 113–14

  Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 26–27, 252

  Cafe Montmartre, 93–94

  Cagney, Bill, 262

  Cagney, James, 120, 262

  Cahuenga Peak, 180–81

  California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 29

  California Pictures (Cal-Pix), 249, 251

  Callas, Maria, 465

  Callaway, Kitty, 30

  Callow, Reggie, 76

  Cameron, Barbara Lapp, 456

  Cancer, 246, 394

  Capone, Al, 108

  Capra, Frank, 120

  Captain from Castile, 271, 362–63, 365, 367

  Carbon monoxide poisoning, 138

  Carl Byoir and Associates, 349

  Carter (night watchman), 215

  Carter, Jack, 445

  Casablanca, 303, 339

  Cassavetes, John, 363

  Castleman, Eli B., 379

  Castleman, Marion V., 379

  Castleman lawsuit, 380–81

  Catholic Legion of Decency, 237–38, 277–78, 314

  Caught, 300–303

  Cavell, Stanley, 147

  Censors (censorship), 25–26, 63

  Cock of the Air, 105–6, 108–9

  The French Line, 385–89

  Kitty Foyle, 181

  The Miracle, 316n

  The Outlaw, 197–99, 237–38, 257–59

  Pre-Code Era, 63

  The Racket, 47–48

  Scarface, 108–10

  Stromboli, 313–16, 316n

  Supreme Court and, 316n

  Central Casting, 84, 85

  Chandler, Charlotte, 173

  Chandler, Helen, 154

  Chaney, Lon, 69

  Chaplin, Charlie, 17, 31

  China, 32, 33

  Chinese Theatre, 90–91

  Chouinard, Gerald “Jeff,” (aka Mike Conrad), 310, 360–61, 414–15

  Christian Science, 140

  Christine, Virginia, 255

  Christmas in July, 234

  Christopher Strong, 154–55

  Christy, Jack, 289

  CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 416–17

  Ciro’s (nightclub), 216–17, 331

  Citizen Kane, 197

  Civil Aeronautics Agency, 245

  Civil War, 40, 203

  Clark County District Court, 457

  Clash by Night, 349

  Classical Hollywood Era, 9–10

  Cleopatra, 377

  Cleveland Rams, 256–57

  Clifton, Elmer, 325

  Cline, William, 245

  Clive, Colin, 154

  Clover Club, 112

  Coburn, Charles, 322

  Cock of the Air, 97, 104–7, 108–9

  Cockrell, Alston, Jr., 42

  Cocoanut Grove, 3–4, 93, 310

  Cohn, Harry, 320, 376

  Colbert, Claudette, 249

  Collins, Jackie, 465

  Collins, LeRoy, 390

  Colman, Ronald, 272, 362

  Colony Club, 112

  Columba. See Vendetta

  Columbia Pictures, 120, 198, 307, 320, 376

  Columbia University, 199

  Come Back, Little Sheba, 371–72, 376, 397, 458

  Committee for the First Amendment, 322, 347

  Communism, 283, 321–24, 343, 347, 348–54

  Confidential (magazine), 394, 400

  Conlin, Hal, 34–35, 37

  Connery, Sean, 450

  Conqueror, The, 391, 392–93, 394

  Contract girls, 211, 287–91, 419–22

  Cook, Judy, 273, 275–76

  Cooper, Gary, 269, 286, 362

  Cooper, Merian C., 152n

  Cosmopolitan (magazine), 265–66

  Costello, Frank, 354

  Cotten, Joseph, 365–66, 377

  Courtland, Jerome “Cojo,” 307, 309

  Cramer, H
enry A., 378–79

  Cramer, Stuart, III, 397–98, 406–7, 416–18, 446, 457

  Crane, Norman F., 379

  Crawford, Joan, 70, 73, 123, 126

  Cronyn, Hume, 322

  Crosby, Bing, 303–4

  Crossfire, 282–83

  Crowd Roars, The, 125

  Cuba, 107, 402

  Cukor, George, 147, 150–52, 157, 166, 172, 303

  homophobia and, 151

  Culpepper, Jack, 110–11

  Curtis, James, 148

  Dade County Juvenile Council, 314

  Damon, Ralph, 422–23

  D’Arcy, Alex, 208

  Daredevil, The, 457

  Darnell, Linda, xiii, 267, 267n, 270–71, 274, 402

  Darvi, Bella, 377

  Da Silva, Howard, 322, 323

  Davenport, Russell, 158

  Davies, Marion, 74–75, 76, 104, 114–15

  Davis, Bette, 175–78, 319

  biographical sketch, xi

  Hughes and, 176–77, 178, 466

  Jezebel, 176, 178

  movie career of, 175–76, 178, 319

  Nelson (first husband) and, 176, 177–78

  Davis, Glenn, 358–59, 360, 374–75, 451, 456

  Davis, Richard, 353

  Davis, Sammy, Jr., 400

  Dean, George, 454

  Dean, James, 332

  De Carlo, Yvonne, xiii, 254, 257

  De Cicco, Pat, 112, 175

  biographical sketch, xi

  Domergue and, 207–8, 216

  Hughes’s estate and, 408–9

  “talent scout” for Hughes, 139, 207–8, 225

  Todd and, 112, 138, 139, 207, 210, 318

  Vanderbilt and, 209–10, 225

  Dee, Patte, 414

  Deep Are the Roots, 301

  De Havilland, Olivia, xi, 178–79

  Del Mar Beach Club, 205

  DeMille, Cecil B., 23

  Depinet, Ned, 162

  DePould, Elspeth Lapp, 456

  Desert Inn, 357–58, 440–49

  De Sica, Vittorio, 304, 317, 351

  Dial, Elizabeth Patterson, 41–42, 252–53

  Dietrich, Marlene, 73, 147, 154, 336

  Dietrich, Noah

  background of, 45

  Hell’s Angels, 53–54

  hiring of, 45

  Hughes, Sr., and, 30

  Hughes’s affairs, 59

  Hughes’s breakdown, 210

  Hughes’s estate and Moore, 455, 458, 460–62

  Hughes’s finances, 422–23, 424–25

  Hughes’s interest in Hollywood, 58, 98–99

  Hughes’s marriage to Ella, 40, 49, 58, 59

  Hughes’s strange behaviors, 250

  Peters and Hughes, 417, 418

  on RKO board, 287, 388

  Rogers and Hughes, 183

  Russell and Hughes, 191

  Scarface and Hughes, 195

  Dinkins, O. Theodore, Jr., 455–56

  Dinner at Eight, 133–34

  Disney, Walt, 391

  Divorce laws, 32, 77–78

  Dmytryk, Edward, 283

  Docks of New York, 47

  Dodger Stadium, 427

  Doherty, Thomas, 385n

  Domergue, Adabelle, 214, 243–44

  Domergue, Faith, 205–8

  age of, 205n

  arrival in Hollywood, 205–6

  background of, 205

  biographical sketch, x

  Hughes and, 182n, 205–8, 211–17, 225, 226–31, 235, 242–44, 245, 253, 261, 274–75, 280–82, 290, 328–30, 431

  movie career of, 249–50, 253, 261, 280–81, 282, 300, 328–30

  Stauffer and, 253, 281–82

  Vendetta, 249–50, 261, 280–81, 291, 300, 328–30

  Domergue, Leo, 214

  Donati, William, 139, 149n, 323

  Donen, Stanley, 370–71

  Dor, Karin, 449

  Dove, Billie, 63–70. See also Bohny, Lillian

  The Age for Love, 97, 100–104, 115

  age of, 65–66, 65n

  background of, 67–68

  beauty of, 63–65

  biographical sketch, ix

  Blondie of the Follies, 114–15

  Cock of the Air, 97, 104–7, 108–9

  Hughes and, 74–79, 93–94, 97–98, 100–103, 104, 107–8, 113–14, 182

  The Lady Who Dared, 97, 102

  movie career of, 63, 69–74, 95–98, 100–107, 114–15

  stage names, 63–64, 67

  Willat and, 65, 66, 69–70, 74, 76–77, 79n, 94, 97, 115

  Dove, Charles, 94

  Duel at Silver Creek, The, 330

  Duff, Howard, 328, 347–48, 350, 356

  Duggan, Shirle, 346

  Duhan, Barney, 204

  Durkin, William Lloyd, 263

  Dvorak, Ann, xi, 124–27, 126n, 322

  Dwan, Allan, 134–35

  Earrings of Madame de . . ., The, 303

  Edison, Thomas, 15

  Edmonds, Andy, 139

  Einfeld, Charles, 300

  Eldridge, Florence, 163

  El Rancho Las Vegas, 450

  Embassy Club, 93

  Emerson, John, 117

  Empire, 456–57

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 24

  Engel, Joe, 68–69

  Enterprise Studios, 300, 301–2

  Entwistle, Peggy, 151–52

  Equitable Life Insurance Company, 422

  Evans, Vicky, 331–32

  Everybody’s Acting, 47, 49

  Fairbanks, Douglas, 66, 70, 117

  Fairchild, Sherman, 210

  Farrow, John, 330, 334

  Fast and Furious franchise, 333

  FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 225, 273–76, 321–24, 347–48, 350, 357, 360–61

  Federal Trade Commission, 354

  Feeder, Bill, 7

  Feldman, Charlie, 209, 320, 327

  Felt, Richard, 245

  Felton, Earl, 343–44

  Fenton, Leslie, 126–27

  Fenwick, 159–60, 166, 168, 170

  Ferber, Edna, 160

  Ferrer, Mel, 281–82, 338

  Feuerman, Louis, 379

  Fidler, Jimmie, 236–37, 349–50

  Fielding, Benjamin, 278

  Fighting Heart, The, 69

  Filmakers, the, 325–28

  Film Daily, 346, 349

  Fires of Impulse, 135

  First National Pictures, 70, 94, 96–97, 102, 103, 107. See also Warner Bros.

  Fisher, Wayne, 464

  Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 8, 75, 117–18

  Fitzgerald, Zelda, 75

  Fitzpatrick, Mary, 94

  Flaming Youth, 70

  Flapper, The, 19, 72n

  Flappers, 19–20, 72, 86

  Fleming, Victor, 133

  Flesh and the Devil, 4

  Floyd Bennett Field, 168–69

  Flying Leathernecks, The, 392

  Flynn, Captain Carl, 312, 461

  Flynn, Errol, 148–49n, 179, 225, 274

  Fokker, Anthony, 50

  Fonda, Henry, 176

  Fontaine, Joan, 330, 355–56

  Ford, John, 69, 147, 159–60

  Ford, Mary, 159

  Ford, Robin, 331

  Forever Amber, 271

  Forrest, Sally, 325–26, 327–28, 351

  Fortune (magazine), 158

  42nd Street, 111

  Fowler, Raymond D., 35, 429n, 453–54, 458

  Francis, Kay, 150–51, 175–76

  Frankenstein, 154

  Freedom of Information Act, 347

  Freese, Paul, 459

  Fregonese, Hugo, 282

  French Line, The, 383–89

  From Here to Eternity, 400

  Front Page, The, 99–100

  Frye, Jack, 422

  Fudger, Eva K., 48

  Fuller, Samuel, 367–70

  Full Service (Bowers), 148–49

  Furthman, Jules, 197–98, 235, 244, 336

  Gable, Clark, 129, 131, 132, 136

  Gallagher. See
Platinum Blonde

  Gallagher, Carol, 222–23

  Ganley, Gail, 435–36

  Garbo, Greta, 4, 63–64, 153, 153n, 158

  Gardner, Ava

  arrival in Hollywood, 204, 210–11

  background of, 203–4

  The Barefoot Contessa, 402–4

  biographical sketch, x

  Ghosts on the Loose, 232–33

  From Here to Eternity, 400

  Hughes and, 141, 232, 233–34, 242–43, 245, 254–55, 399–404

  bronze bell incident, 248, 255

  marriage proposals, 247–49

  The Killers, 255–56, 399

  movie career of, 219–20, 232–33, 246, 255–56, 275, 364, 399–400, 402–4

  My Forbidden Past, 399

  Rooney and, 211, 218–20, 232, 234, 246, 248

  Show Boat, 399–400

  Sinatra and, 399, 400–401

  Gardner, Jonas, 203

  Gardner, Molly, 203, 246

  Garfield, John “Julie,” 347–48, 350

  Garland, Judy, 165, 211, 402

  Garrett, Pat, 194, 239

  Gaslight, 303, 307

  Gaslighting, 228

  Gaudio, Tony, 87–88

  Gay, Bill, 376, 434–35, 445

  Gay Divorcee, The, 180

  Gaynor, Janet, 190–91

  Gaynor, Mitzi, 371

  Geary Theater, 236

  Gender politics, 5, 8–9, 239–40

  General Tire and Rubber Company, 407

  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 117, 118, 380–81, 386, 393

  Gerber, Albert, 238

  Ghosts on the Loose, 232–33

  Gibson, Margaret, 21

  Giesler, Jerry, 331–33

  Gilbert, John, 63

  Gilda, 384

  Gillis, Joe, 361

  Gimme, 31

  Girl Crazy, 110, 111

  Girls, The: Sappho Goes to Hollywood (McLellan), 153n

  Gish, Dorothy, 12

  Gish, Lillian, 12

  Glenwood Cemetery, 452

  Gloria’s Romance, 24

  Goff, Lloyd, 322

  Going My Way, 303

  Gold Diggers of 1933, 111

  Golden Boy, 348

  Goldthwaite, Martha, 273, 275–76

  Goldwyn, Samuel, 22–23, 383–84

  Goldwyn Pictures, 23, 29, 30

  Golf, 39, 45

  Gone with the Wind, 57, 190–91, 197, 221, 303

  Goring, Marius, 404

  Goulding, Edmund, 46–47, 51

  Grable, Betty, 239, 346

  Graham, Sheilah, 7, 293, 364, 370–71, 398, 416–17, 427

  Grahame, Gloria, 282

  Grainger, J. E., 384–85, 386, 388

  Grand Hotel, 123

  Grant, Cary, 283

  gay rumors, 148–49

  Hepburn and, 147, 158–59, 166, 172

  Holiday, 147, 166

  Hughes and, 254, 270–71, 286–87, 455

  The Philadelphia Story, 172

  Sylvia Scarlett, 158–59

  Grapes of Wrath, The, 282

  Graves, Ralph, 43–44

  Great Depression, 88, 100, 132, 164

  Great McGinty, The, 234

  Green, Levis, 192

  Greenspun, Hank, 442

  Greer, Howard, 385

  Greer, Jane, 333, 334

  Griffith, David Ware “D.W.”, 12–13, 22

  Griffith Park, 41

 

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