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

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Record Number 793067
ISBN 9780062440518 (hardback)
Author Longworth, Karina, 1980- author.
Title Seduction : sex, lies, and stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood / Karina Longworth.
Edition First edition.
Publisher/Date New York, NY : Custom House, [2018]
©2018
Pagination etc. xii, 543 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-488), filmography (pages 489-492), and index.
Contents note 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.
Summary Note Describes the Hollywood culture of the first half of the twentieth century as seen in the life and career of influential director and producer Howard Hughes and his complicated entanglements with aspiring actresses and other directors and producers throughout the era.
Subject - Name Hughes, Howard, -- 1905-1976
Hughes, Howard, -- 1905-1976 -- Relations with women
Subject Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography
Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History
Shelf Location B HUGH
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