Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood
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“Ava just wasn’t that good a dancer”: Laffel, “Joseph L. Mankiewicz,” 195.
an amalgam of Meyer and later Hughes aide Walter Kane: Geist and Burton, Pictures Will Talk, 243.
“put Gina Lollobrigida under contract”: Ibid., 247.
Mankiewicz agreed: Ibid., 248.
“self-exploitative, bizarre”: Shearer, “The Tragic Pattern of Sex Symbols.”
“approval of advertising”: Jane Russell, interviewed by Hedda Hopper, September 4, 1955.
“she couldn’t do close-ups”: Johnson, “In Hollywood: Jean Peters Falls Victim to L.A. Smog.”
settling down on the East Coast: “Jean Peters Prefers East to Hollywood.”
hiding out in Florida: Elizabeth Jean Hough deposition, January 23, 1984.
Cramer and Peters were divorcing: Parsons, “Jean Peters, Who Leaped to Stardom, Plans Divorce.”
thirty-three days: “Jean Peters Ending 33-Day Marriage.”
“cheapest way out”: Lyons, “America’s Richest Wife.”
“I have had my belly full”: Schary, “I Remember Hughes.”
“knows more about corporate law”: Sherman, “A Billionaire Fights the Mafia.”
“It was a write-off”: Mate and McGilligan, “W. R. Burnett: The Outsider,” 62.
“to make money!”: Jewell, Slow Fade to Black, 188.
sell the facilities to Desi Arnaz: Dixon, Death of the Moguls, 34.
“out with some of my girls”: Gregson Bautzer deposition, October 24, 1978.
left the check behind: Walter Kane, interviewed by Raymond Fowler.
CHAPTER 25: PLAYACTING
Rumors swirled: Phillips, “Egotist’s Peak.”
wonder if Hughes was having a nervous breakdown: Walter Kane, interviewed by Raymond Fowler.
“Barbara Hilgenberg and Patte Dee”: “Walter Kane” call log, April 31, 1956.
Others under careful watch: “Mike Conrad” call log.
“dial her number every (1) minute”: “Peters, Jean” call log.
“I want her followed”: “Yvonne Schubert” call log.
“Have someone go to the Ambassador right away”: Ibid.
“a community-property state”: Elizabeth Jean Hough deposition, January 23, 1984.
“replighted his troth”: Graham, “Chasing Howard Hughes.”
Cramer had his own ties to the CIA: Drosnin, Citizen Hughes, 65.
so she could then “corner” Howard: Walter Kane, interviewed by Raymond Fowler.
Kane also blamed Peters: Ibid.
all topics having to do with Howard Hughes: Finstad, Heir Not Apparent, 53.
“she had something on him”: Noah Dietrich, interviewed by Terry Moore.
“to the Beverly Hills Hotel briefly”: Elizabeth Jean Hough deposition, January 23, 1984.
“HRH will call you the minute he wakes up”: “Peters, Jean” call log.
A “food checker”: Howard Hughes, memo, “Special Instructions Regarding Food for Bungalow 10.”
“advised immediately” when Jean ordered alcohol: “Peters, Jean” call log.
“some lovely flowers”: “Yvonne Schubert” call logs.
“dark haired, heavy bosomed”: Kistler, “I Caught Flies for Howard Hughes.”
“They were allowed one ice cream cone a day”: Ron Kistler deposition, August 20, 1977.
“consummate tit-men”: Kistler, “I Caught Flies for Howard Hughes.”
“other girls like her”: Ron Kistler deposition, August 20, 1977.
“no hanky-panky”: Kistler, “I Caught Flies for Howard Hughes.”
“None of the starlets we escorted”: Ibid.
Ralph Damon: Dietrich, Hughes, 251.
“I am not about to play doctor”: Ibid. 292.
“our conversation was not being recorded”: Ibid., 293.
CHAPTER 26: PRISONER
“kidnapped”: “The Jean Peters Mystery.”
“I CANT HELP IT”: Ibid.
“No one in Hollywood saw her”: Graham, “Chasing Howard Hughes.”
“curiously withdrawn”: Parsons, “In Hollywood with Louella O. Parsons.”
By the end of 1957: Raymond Fowler, “Summary of Roy Edward Crawford’s Deposition on June 2 and 3, 1977.”
“She seemed to enjoy Hughes’ company”: Kistler, “I Caught Flies for Howard Hughes.”
The projectionist would then call Operations: Ron Kistler deposition, August 20, 1977.
Porgy and Bess: Ibid.
“would have thought I was nuts”: Kistler, “I Caught Flies for Howard Hughes.”
“developed a very severe pain”: “Bertrandez, Major” call log.
“Darling”: Ibid.
“Love again, Howard”: Ibid.
“When he talked with them on the phone”: Kistler, “I Caught Flies for Howard Hughes.”
“had become a nudist”: Ron Kistler deposition, August 20, 1977.
“had on the same outfit”: Kistler, “I Caught Flies for Howard Hughes.”
“I wanted a house of my own”: Elizabeth Jean Hough deposition, January 23, 1984.
“stalling her off”: Ron Kistler deposition, August 20, 1977.
“effectiveness with Coldwater”: “Kane, Walter” call log.
“impotent old slob”: Drosnin, Citizen Hughes, 172.
Yvonne Schubert had “been terminated”: “Yvonne Schubert” call logs.
“they were lying to me”: “553Gs Asked for Promises.”
$450 per week: Ibid.
an envelope of money: Lefkowitz, “Endowed by Hughes.”
“had to have my dinner hour free”: “They Must Have been Married Because They’re Getting a Divorce!”
“constantly being watched”: Ibid.
Gail Ganley sued Hughes: “553Gs Asked for Promises.”
“He’s out of business”: Lefkowitz, “Endowed by Hughes.”
$40,500: Raymond M. Holliday letter to Herbert Schwab, October 26, 1962.
a twin bed: Fowler, “A Brief History of Howard R. Hughes.”
“very manipulative”: Elizabeth Jean Hough deposition, January 23, 1984.
Howard was under twenty-four-hour-attendance: Jean Peters Hough deposition, January 6, 1978.
“small amounts of Empirin codeine.”: Elizabeth Jean Hough deposition, January 23, 1984.
inject the drug with a hypodermic needle: Fowler, “A Brief History of Howard R. Hughes.”
drop off multiple prescriptions: Fowler, “Summary of Roy Edward Crawford’s deposition on June 2 and 3, 1977.”
“virtual prisoner for years”: “Divorce,” National Insider, October 6, 1963.
“Life is too short”: Elizabeth Jean Hough deposition, January 23, 1984.
“I heard them leave”: Jean Peters Hough deposition, January 6, 1978.
“read it in the newspaper”: Elizabeth Jean Hough deposition, January 23, 1984.
“I just didn’t believe him”: Ibid.
never saw one another in the flesh again: Elizabeth Peters Hough deposition, July 26, 1977.
CHAPTER 27: FROM VEGAS TO THE GRAVE
four years: “Records Show Hughes in Suite Four Years.”
“$13 million”: Sherman, “A Billionaire Fights the Mafia.”
“goodies”: Jack Real deposition, March 20, 1984.
“He would eat a spoonful”: Phelan, “Scenes from the Hidden Year.”
“trial period”: Ibid.
“I was not going to live in a Las Vegas hotel”: Elizabeth Jean Hough deposition, January 23, 1984.
“to one day have a ranch”: Jean Peters Hough deposition, January 6, 1978.
“He sent me pictures of it”: Elizabeth Jean Hough deposition, January 23, 1984.
“two or three days with her busy husband”: Scott, “Weekends With Howard in Las Vegas.”
“married and unmarried”: Lyons, “America’s Richest Wife.”
“I’ve never recognized her”: Ibid.
“Scott used the nom de plume D. L. Lyons”: Brown and Br
oeske. Howard Hughes: The Untold Story, loc. 4616.
“more than anyone else in the world”: Lyons, “America’s Richest Wife.”
“too much Empirin codeine”: Elizabeth Jean Hough deposition, January 23, 1984.
“I would never get him out”: Ibid.
“resolved privately between us”: Lyons, “The Liberation of Mrs. Howard Hughes.”
“everything but a happy marriage”: Scott, “Mystery Shrouds Jean Peters.”
“a check for $980,000,000”: Wilson, “California Divorce Now Hope Without Hollering.”
“irrevocable loss of my wife”: Howard Hughes to Bob Maheu, in Fowler, “A Brief History of Howard R. Hughes.”
Jean and Stan had appeared together: Scott, “Walter Scott’s Personality Parade.”
have photos taken of her in her dress: Lieber, “Academy Awards Photographs” memo, April 4, 1970.
“the former Jean Peters”: Los Angeles Times, April 9, 1970.
“sink or swim”: Rosenfeld, “Terry Moore: Life After Howard.”
“bring her to the Bel Air Hotel”: Terry Moore deposition, April 23, 1979.
Beverly Hills Hotel: Terry Moore, interviewed by Raymond Fowler, May 17, 1978.
“It was just personal”: Terry Moore deposition, April 23, 1979.
“14 going on 24”: Hughes Productions internal memo, May 5, 1970.
“I didn’t feel that I was going any place”: “Tell Me, Jean Peters,” Gambit, 1972.
“no comment”: Lyons, “Jean Peters: Howard Hughes’ Ex-wife Speaks Out.”
“only his death gave proof”: Collis, “The Hughes Legacy.”
“Paradise Island in the Bahamas”: “Rambling Reporter.”
“no return was required”: “Answers of Jean Peters Hughes to the Twelve Written Questions Propounded by Revenue Agent James Voelkel Under Date of March 24, 1971.”
avoid paying personal income taxes: Drosnin, Citizen Hughes, 488.
“choking back laughter”: Lyons, “The Liberation of Mrs. Howard Hughes.”
“to prevent publication of this article”: Ibid.
the Hughes-Peters divorce was finalized: Kriss, “Hughes Pact with Jean Peters Filed.”
On the day of the call: Browning, “The Secret Drug Life of Howard Hughes.”
“I am not going to continue being quite as reclusive”: Howard Hughes, press conference, January 7, 1972.
“I haven’t left the Bahamas”: Ibid.
“getting him alive again”: Raymond D. Fowler deposition, April 3, 1984.
“I’m too old for that”: Breo, “Howard Hughes’ Doctor Gives a Chilling Description of His Strange Patient’s Final Hours.”
Ice Station Zebra: Tinnin, “The Secret Life of Howard Hughes”; Jack Real deposition, March 20, 1984.
“a happy call”: Bacon, “His Final Call Yearned for the Vegas Nights.”
“Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers and Terry Moore”: Amory, “Status Quotes.”
operating the projectors by remote control: “Films Were Hughes’ Link with World, Doctor Says.”
“a common cause of death”: Sterba, “Cause of Hughes’ Death Is Given as Kidney Failure.”
possibly overdosed: Raymond Fowler, memo to Paul Smith, “Summary interpretation of Autopsy by James Miller, M.D.,” June 8, 1978.
“We brought nothing into this world”: Collis, “The Hughes Legacy.”
EPILOGUE: LIFE AFTER DEATH
“Most Publicized”: “Most Publicized of His Time: Tycoon a Ladies Man.”
“immediate grounding by the FAA”: Raymond Fowler to George Dean, October 18, 1979.
“incarcerated in a mental institution of his own making”: “Hughes: Drug Addict, Psychotic.”
“loners are very unhappy”: “Hollywood Beauties Recall Hughes.”
“I’m sorry and I’m sad”: “Hughes Women Silent.”
“his monument to his life’s work”: Jean Peters Hough deposition, January 10, 1979.
“unknown heirs”: Finstad, Heir Not Apparent, 15.
a rare condition called scleroderma: “Terry Moore’s Life, Loves on and off the Screen.”
“Howard raised me”: “Hughes Connection?”
“mistaken chronology”: “Marriage Claims Disputed.”
“need for other women”: “Howard Hughes Kept Scores of Secrets.”
“marriages of record”: “Actress, Claiming to Be Hughes Ex, Wants In on Will.”
“a goddamned lie”: Noah Dietrich deposition, December 29, 1977.
“Shoot her”: Walter Kane, interviewed by Raymond Fowler.
Slatzer signed an affidavit: “Affidavit of Robert F. Slatzer,” April 20, 1977.
a bankrupt Sturges had been forced to auction off: Sturges, Preston Sturges by Preston Sturges, 325.
passed the test: Terry Moore deposition, June 27, 1979; Stewart, “Chris Gugas, 86”; “Picks and Pans Review: The Truth with Jack Anderson.”
“Instructions Re: Terry Moore”: Bautzer, “Hughes Death” document, revealed October 24, 1978.
“an obstacle to the administration of the estate”: Terry Moore deposition, April 23, 1979.
“He said he would put something aside for me”: Ibid.
“terrible on [remembering] dates”: Terry Moore deposition, April 23, 1979.
“codeine and Tulenol”: Terry Moore deposition, June 11, 1979.
“Why don’t you let someone take care of you?”: “Hughes’ Voice on Tape?”
in the hands of the tabloid Star: Brennan, “Howard Hughes Shown as Troubled, Loving Man in Movie Star’s Intimate Tapes.”
“I’m actually heiress”: Noah Dietrich, interviewed by Terry Moore.
“kept you off the screen for fifteen years”: Ibid.
“he destroyed the evidence”: “Estate of Hughes/Cameron et al. Tapes produced by Terry Moore. December 12, 1980. Tape No. 2” [transcript]; Terry Moore deposition, April 27, 1979.
“clearly inconsistent”: “Texas Court Rejects Actress’ Claim on Hughes Estate.”
Texas Supreme Court: “Actress Moore Loses Bid for Hughes Estate Slice.”
“I was legally married to him”: Rossi.
“startling statements and legal documents”: “Rambling Reporter,” May 20, 1983.
“I’ve always loved him”: McGraw, “Hughes’ Heirs to Pay Actress.”
“The family does not accept her claim”: “My Astonishing Life as Howard Hughes’ Wife—by Actress Terry Moore.”
“substantially less than eight figures”: “Actress Claims She Will Get Money as Hughes Widow.”
“Terry Moore-Hughes”: “A Star Is Reborn.”
“And if I’m wrong”: Swertlow, “Moore-ing Right Along.”
“She’s 50 and she’s gorgeous”: Rosenfeld, “Terry Moore: Life After Howard.”
a flurry of projects to follow: “Mourning Becomes Electric.”
“a born again celebrity”: Green, “Hoping to Make a Comeback . . .”
“a court can accept Moore’s ‘marriage’”: “Eternal Love?”
“cashing in on a dead man’s fame”: “Hate at First Sight Leads to a Tempestuous Secret Marriage.”
“never to put anything in writing”: “Howard Hughes Kept Scores of Secrets.”
“I’m writing it as a novel”: Christy, “Terry Moore.”
“A flesh and blood man”: Moore and Rivers, The Passions of Howard Hughes, 13.
“rubbed [it] over his crotch”: Ibid., 153.
“less than ten seconds”: Ibid., 261.
“continuing to stroke him”: Ibid., 190–91.
“they were married anyway”: Ibid., 103.
“and lick it off”: Ibid., 72.
“unretouched”: Martindale, “Terry Moore.”
“I was his lawful widow”: “The Merriest Widow.”
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Abortion
of Davis, 176
of Gardner, 400
of Harlow, 87
in Kitty Foyle, 181
of Russell, 223–25
Academy Awards (Oscars)
1st (1929), 48
Bergman and, 303
Booth and, 372
Davis and, 178
Hayward and, 394
Hepburn and, 156, 200
Jarrico and, 343
Kon-Tiki, 351
Moore and, 372, 375–76
Peters at, 445–46
Shamroy and, 268
Sturges and, 234
Toland and, 197
Wings, 88
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 106, 362
Acapulco, 254, 450–51
Adoration, 63, 73, 95–96
Adventures of Sam Spade, The, 347
Age for Love, The, 97, 100–104, 115
Algonquin Roundtable, 75, 104
Alice Adams, 160, 162
Alice in Wonderland, 135
All the Brothers Were Valiant, 69
Ambassador Hotel, 3–7, 11, 41, 42, 415
America Cinematographer (magazine), 55
American Airlines, 127–28
American Library of Information (ALI), 347
Anderson, Mitzi Lee, 414–15
Antoinette, 4–5
Apache, 377
Appendectomy, 134
Arbuckle, Roscoe “Fatty,” 21, 140
Armstrong, Dale, 221, 224
Armstrong, Robert, 308
Arnaz, Desi, 408
Artist, The, 95
Artists and Models, 318
Arzner, Dorothy, 154–55
Asher, Jerry, 301
Associated Press, 140, 259, 454
Astaire, Fred, 164, 180, 181, 187
Astor, Mary, 47, 131
Attack on Pearl Harbor, 215–16
Aviation, 45, 45n, 127–28, 145–46, 166, 168–69, 175. See also Hughes Aircraft Corporation; TWA
Aviation records, 145–46, 161, 168–69, 175
Hughes’s transcontinental air speed record, 145–46
Aviator, The, 146
Ayres, Lew, 179, 180, 246
Babes on Broadway, 211
Bacall, Lauren, 194, 347
Bacon, James, 450
Bacon, Lloyd, 111
Baer, Max, 134
Baggett, Lynn, 299–300, 299n
Ball, Lucille, 164
Barefoot Contessa, The, 402–4
Bari, Lynn, 379
Barker, Jess, 393–94
Barnsdall Park, 22