Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood
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Grim Game, The, 69
Guest, Charlie, 245, 247, 248
Gugas, Chris, 459
Guston, James, 263
Hack, Richard, 30n
Haines, William, 352n
Hall, Gladys, 318
Hall, James, 51–52, 87–90, 124
Hancock Park, 48
Hand That Rocks the Cradle, The (1917), 70
Harding, Laura, 147, 150n, 168
Hard Way, The, 320
Harlow, Jean, 106, 318
arrival in Hollywood, 83–87
background of, 83–84
Bern and, 119, 122, 128–30, 134
biographical sketch, ix
Bombshell, 132–33, 134
death of, 140–41
Dinner at Eight, 133–34
Hell’s Angels, 80–81, 83, 87–90, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 240
Hughes and, 6, 87–90, 118–19, 124, 128, 135, 290, 420
movie career of, 87, 116, 118–24, 129, 130–35, 136–37, 140
personal appearance tours, 119–20, 121–22
Platinum Blonde, 120–21
Powell and, 136–37, 139–40, 141
Red Dust, 129, 130–32
Red-Headed Woman, 117–18, 122–24, 380
Rosson and, 134
screen test, 80–81, 87–88, 122
Wife Versus Secretary, 136
Harlow, Jean Poe Carpenter, 83–87, 134, 136, 140
Harper’s Bazaar, 117
Harrison, Rex, 293–94
Haver, Phyllis, 18
Hawes, Elizabeth, 152
Hawks, Howard, 193–94, 233
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 380
To Have and Have Not, 194, 419
The Outlaw, 188, 193–96
Scarface, 108, 125, 322
Hayden, Sterling, 322, 323
Hays, Will H., 25–26, 63, 105–6, 108–10, 198, 313. See also Production Code
Hayward, Leland, 147, 156, 157, 160, 320, 382
Hayward, Susan, 392–95, 401, 419
Hayward Hotel, 34
Hayworth, Rita, 228, 384, 402
Healy, Ted, 207
Hearst, William Randolph, 74, 114
Hearst Castle, 74, 114
“Heartbreak Town” (Birdwell), 189
Heisler, Stuart, 281–82
Hello, Dolly, 445
Hell’s Angels, 50–58, 79, 99, 229, 236, 260, 265
Ben Lyon photo incident, 55–57
casting, 51
deaths on set, 53
Harlow and, 80–81, 83, 87–90, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 240
premieres, 79n, 90–92, 93–94, 118
production, 51–55, 57
reshooting, 81–83, 87–90
reviews, 91–93
Hemingway, Ernest, 83, 194, 207, 419
Hempstead, David, 181
Hepburn, Audrey, 396, 449
Hepburn, Katharine
affairs and marriages, 155–56, 157, 160
appearance of, 152, 152n
arrival in Hollywood, 150–51
background of, 150–51, 171
A Bill of Divorcement, 150, 151–54, 163, 165
biographical sketch, x
Christopher Strong, 154–55
Hughes and, 146, 147–48, 149, 158–59, 160–61, 166–72, 179, 199–200, 210, 228
legacy of, 146–47, 149–50, 150n
lesbian rumors, 147–48, 149–50, 153n, 168
Little Women, 157–58
“Luddy” Smith and, 150, 156, 157, 170, 171
Mary of Scotland, 159–60, 162–64
Morning Glory, 156–57
movie career of, 147, 150, 151–60, 162–66
The Philadelphia Story, 147, 172, 173–74, 180, 188, 199–200
Rogers and, 162–64, 163n
Sylvia Scarlett, 158–59, 162
Tracy and, 146, 147, 148, 158
Hepburn, Katharine Martha Houghton, 159–60
Hepburn, Richard “Dick,” 172–74
Hepburn, Thomas, 159–60
Hepburn, Thomas, Jr., 159, 171
Her First Affaire, 134–35
Her Private Life, 96
Higham, Charles, 148–49n
High Heels, 359–60
High Sierra, 319
Hilda (yacht), 76, 207–8, 312
Hilgenberg, Barbara, 414
Hilton, Conrad “Nicky,” 375
His Kind of Woman, 334–36, 388
His Picture in the Papers, 117
Hitchcock, Alfred, 300, 301, 449
Hitch-Hiker, The, 354–55
Holden, William, 383
Holiday, 147, 166
Holiday, Billie, 64
Hollywood (magazine), 157
“Hollywood Babylon,” 22
Hollywood Blacklist, 283, 322–24, 343, 347, 350, 352
Hollywood Boulevard, 22, 90
Hollywood Canteen, 299
Hollywood Citizen-News, 16, 326, 346, 391, 462
Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 14
Hollywood Reporter, 153, 165, 282, 346, 392
Hollywood Tatler, 107
Holmes, Johnny, 413n
Holt, Milton, 462
Homosexuality, 129, 147–49
Hoover, J. Edgar, 273–74, 361
Hoover Dam, 245
Hope, Bob, 352n, 375
Hopper, Hedda, 7, 130, 268, 365
Russell and, 351, 384, 385, 386–87, 405
Horne, Hal, 101, 104
Horse Feathers, 138
Hotel Alexandria, 17–18
Hotel Bel Air, 418, 446
Hôtel Ritz Paris, 19
Hot Toddy (Edmonds), 139, 207
Houdini, Harry, 69
Hough, Christina, 445–46
Hough, Stanley, 445–46, 448
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), 283, 321, 323–24, 343, 349–50, 353–54
Houston Country Club, 39
Houston Riot of 1917, 27–28
Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes (Dietrich), 461
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 389–90, 444n, 447, 454–55
Hudenberg, Clare Benedict, 456
Hudson, Rock, 450
Hughes, Adelaide, 24–25, 32–33, 213, 253
colitis of, 25
Hughes, Agnes Hedge, 24–25
Hughes, Allene Gano, 26–27, 28–29
Hughes, Alma Cruise, 455
Hughes, Alyce Hovespian Gordon, 455–56
Hughes, Avis, 24, 41–42
Hughes, Ella Rice, 5, 40–41
background of, 40
biographical sketch, xi
death of Howard, 454
marriage to Howard, 40–41, 44, 49–50, 57–60, 113, 389
settlement and alimony, 59, 113, 128
Hughes, Felix, Jr., 36–37
Hughes, Felix, Sr., 29, 36–37, 38, 49
Hughes, Howard, Jr.
1944–45 disappearance of, 250–54
in Acapulco, 254, 450–51
airplane crashes, 244–46, 250, 262–64
arrival in Los Angeles, 33–34, 35, 43
aviation, 45, 45n, 127–28, 145–46, 166, 168–69, 175
battles over estate of, 453–68
biographical sketch, ix
birth of, 26–27
car crash of, 34–35
Communist infiltration of Hollywood, 348–54
deafness of, 98, 161
death of, 8, 451–52
at Desert Inn, 357–58, 440–49
drug use of, 8, 390, 424, 437–38, 448
early life of, 27–30
finances, 113–14, 128, 263n, 273, 389–90, 422–25, 444n
inheritance of, 36–39
lizard hallucination of, 430
marriages. See Marriages of Hughes
mental health of, 413–14, 413n, 423–25
movie business. See Movie business of Hughes
paranoia and isolation of, 426–39, 447, 449
possible epilepsy of, 429n, 454
psychological history of, 35–36
&n
bsp; publicity and press coverage, 7–8, 168–70, 215, 228n, 265–67, 278, 293–95, 370–71, 413, 448–49, 453
reputation as a filmmaker, 6
RKO sale, 407–9
RKO shareholder buyout, 390–92
RKO shareholder lawsuits, 379–83, 391
round-the-world flight of, 168–69, 175, 188
rumored venereal disease of, 429, 429n
screening rooms and, 427–30
Senate hearings of, 276–77
strange behavior of, 250–52, 264–65
women and. See Women and Hughes
Hughes, Howard, Sr., 6, 7, 26
background of, 26
business strategy of, 27
death of, 33
marriage and affairs of, 26, 29, 30, 30n, 32
oil career of, 26–27
Hughes, Rupert, 6, 23–26, 166
background of, 24
biographical sketch, xi
Howard’s inheritance and, 37–38
marriages and affairs of, 24–25, 32–33, 252–53
movie career of, 25–26, 29, 30–33, 44–45
Hughes, Rush, 24, 25, 41–42
Hughes Aircraft Corporation, 145–46, 215–16, 227, 246, 273, 274, 284, 389–90
Hughes H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose), 227, 273, 276, 277, 284, 413, 467
Hughes Tool Company, 7, 27, 33, 36–37, 39–40, 41, 45, 58, 113, 114, 145, 252, 314, 389–90, 422, 423, 424–25
Hughes XF-11, 262–64
Hurrell, George, 220–21, 236, 239
Huston, John, 317, 322
Huston, Walter, 239
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, 282
I Can Hear Them Sing, 362
Ice Cream Blonde (Morgan), 139
Ice Station Zebra, 450
Immigration and Naturalization Service, 321
Independent Citizens Committee of Arts, Sciences and Professions (ICCASP), 322, 323
Independent Theatre Owners Association, 165
Inge, William, 371
In Old California, 12
Intermezzo, 303
Intolerance, 22
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 290
IRS (Internal Revenue Service), 390, 447
Irving, Clifford, 448, 449
“Isn’t Anyone Here for Love?” (song), 380–81
Italian Neorealism, 304, 317, 325, 351
It Happened One Night, 100
I Wake Up Screaming, 365
I Want to Live!, 394
I Was a Teenage Werewolf, 430
Jackson, Donald, 349
Jane Eyre, 160, 161
Jarrico, Paul, 325, 343–44, 348–49, 352–54, 379
Jeanmaire, Zizi, 380, 381
Jet Pilot, 336, 349, 392, 407, 422
Jewell, Richard, 284n
Jezebel, 176, 178
Joan of Arc, 304
Johnson, Al, 53
Johnson, Edwin, 315
Johnson, Erskine, 406
Johnston, Eric, 257–58, 315, 386
Jones, Phil, 53
Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson, 316n
Joy, Jason, 105–6
Judith of Bethulia, 12–13
Kahane, B. B., 162
Kaiser, Henry J., 227, 228
Kane, Walter
background of, 225–26
biographical sketch, xiii
Hughes’s estate and, 408–9
Hughes’s mental health and, 413–14, 453
Hughes’s women and, 225–26, 289, 290, 420
Moore and, 225, 357–58, 399, 458
Peters and, 416–17
Rosseau suicide and, 378–79
Schubert and, 434–35
Kansas City Star, 92
Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn (Mann), 148
Kazan, Elia, 323–24, 363, 372–73, 376
Kelley, Tom, 192
Kemm, James O., 32
Kenaston, Robert, 114–15
Kilgallen, Dorothy, 228
Killers, The, 255–56, 399
King, Henry, 362
King Vidor, 32
Kipling, Rudyard, 266
Kirby, A. M., 33
Kistler, Ron, 420–22, 428, 430, 431–32, 433
Kitty Foyle, 181, 183–87, 200
Kiwanis Club, 349
Klansman, The, 450
KLAS, 442
Knickerbocker Hotel, 46
Knox, Alexander, 322
Koford, Louella “Blue,” 309–10, 312, 358, 397
Kon-Tiki, 351
Korda, Alexander, 96
Korean War, 314
Kreuger, Kurt, 253
Krug, Julius, 274, 275
Krupp, Vera, 441
Krupp Ranch, 441–42
Ku Klux Klan, 13
Kuldell, Colonel, 37
Kurosawa, Akira, 351
La Brea Tar Pits, 6
LaCava, Gregory, 163
Lady Eve, The, 234, 249
Lady Who Dared, The, 97, 102
Laemmle, Carl, 15–16
Lake, The, 156
Lake, Veronica, 249
Lake Mead, 245, 250–51
La Marr, Barbara, 128
Lancaster, Burt, 255–56, 371–72, 377
Landis, Carole, 293–94, 365
Langner, Lawrence, 174
La Ronde, 303
Lasky, Jesse L., 23
Las Vegas, 251, 440–49
Las Vegas Story, The, 341, 342–44, 350–51, 353–54
Laurents, Arthur, 299n, 300
Lazar, Swifty, 464–65
Lederer, Charles, 75, 104
Leeds, Arthur, 457, 463–64
Leeds, Lila, 331–32
Leigh, Janet, 336, 407
Leigh, Vivien, 190
Leone, Sergio, 448–49
Le Plaisir, 303
LeRoy, Mervyn, 111–12
Lesbianism, 147–48, 149–50, 153n
Lester, Gene, 194–95
Letter to Three Wives, A, 267
Libeled Lady, 136–37
Liberty (magazine), 166
Lichtman, Al, 99
Lieber, Perry, 330, 332, 349, 388–89, 445
Life (magazine), 221, 328
Life Story of Howard Hughes, The, 169
Light That Fails, The, 319
Lindstrom, Petter, 303, 306
Lindstrom, Pia, 303
Little Women (1933), 157–58, 164
Lloyd, Harold, 249–50
Lockhart, Bicknell, 287
Lola Montes, 303
Lollobrigida, Gina, xiii, 316–17, 380, 381–82, 404
Lombard, Carole, 137
Look (magazine), 46, 387–88
“Lookin’ for Trouble” (song), 384, 385–87
Loos, Anita, 117–18
Blondie of the Follies, 114
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 117, 118, 380
Harlow and, 117–18, 122–24, 128, 129, 130, 141
Red-Headed Woman, 117–18, 122–24, 380
Loos, Mary, 383
Los Angeles Country Club, 263
Los Angeles Daily Mirror, 96, 341, 379
Los Angeles Daily News, 276, 278, 346, 384
Los Angeles Examiner, 189–90, 346
Los Angeles International Airport, 52, 342
Los Angeles Music Hall, 272
Los Angeles Paper, 59, 109
Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), 332
Los Angeles Rams, 358
Los Angeles Times, 26, 94, 110, 113, 263, 269–70, 272, 341, 344, 349, 364, 445–46
Love Among the Roses, 12
Love Mart, The, 73
Love of the Last Tycoon, The (Fitzgerald), 8
Loy, Myrna, 136–37
Luciano, Charles “Lucky,” 139
Lugosi, Bela, 232–33
Lummis, Annette Gano
death of Howard, 451–52
Ella Hughes and, 40–41, 57–60
Hepburn and, 199–200
Howard’s early life, 29–30, 35
Howard’s movie business, 54–55, 54n
Lummis, Fre
d, 30, 35, 59
Lupino, Connie, 134, 137–38
Lupino, Ida, 134–36, 318–28
appearance of, 135–36
background of, 134–35
The Bigamist, 355–56
biographical sketch, ix
“Collie” Young and, 320, 324, 325, 326–28, 355–56
Duff and, 328, 347–48, 350, 356
FBI and, 321–24, 347–48
Her First Affaire, 134–35
The Hitch-Hiker, 354–55
Hughes and, 318, 327–30, 350–51, 354–55, 454, 466
The Light That Fails, 319
movie career of, 134–35, 319–21, 324–28, 344–47, 350–51, 354–56
Never Fear, 326–27, 328
Not Wanted, 325–26, 343
Outrage, 344–47
Road House, 320–21, 324
Todd’s death and, 137–39
Lupino, Stanley, 134, 137–38, 320
Lusty Men, The, 393
Lyon, Ben, 268
biographical sketch, xi
Hell’s Angels, 51–52, 55–57, 87, 88–89, 124
Lyons, D. L., 443–44, 447–48
Macao, 334, 335, 336–40
MacDonald, Jeanette, 150–51
Machio, Johnny, 307
Madame Butterfly (1915), 17
Maddox, Ben, 169–70
Magnani, Anna, 316n
Maheu, Robert, 416–17, 445
Maltz, Albert, 322, 323
Man Called Peter, A, 398–99, 406
Mankiewicz, Joseph, 344, 402–4
Mann, William J., 148
Mannix, Eddie, 4, 4n, 232
Man on a Tightrope, 372–73, 376
Mansfield, Jayne, 405
March, Jack, 253
March, Joseph Moncure, 80–81, 82–83, 87–88, 89, 90
Margulis, Gordon, 441
Marijuana, 331–33
Marion, Frances, 114, 120n
Mark of Zorro, The, 267
Marley, Pev, 267, 270
Marrenner, Florence, 394–95
Marriage Clause, The, 71–73
Marriage licenses, 416, 416n
Marriages of Hughes, 6, 8, 266–67
Billie Dove, 74–79, 75n, 113
Ella Rice, 5, 40–41, 49–50, 57–60
Jean Peters, 415–19, 424, 426–34, 436–39, 441–45
Moore’s claims, 456–64
Marsh, Mae, 12
Marx, Herbert Manfred “Zeppo,” 205, 226
Marx Brothers, 138
Mary of Scotland, 159–60, 162–64
Mason, James, 250
Mason, Verne R., 264, 373, 379, 390, 423, 424
Maugham, Somerset, 126
Mayer, Louis B., 4, 17, 172, 352n
Gardner and, 218, 219, 220, 232, 234–35
Mayflower Hotel, 276
MCA Inc., 240
McCarthy, Joseph, 321, 324, 347
McCarthy, Neil, 37, 56, 57, 113, 180, 195, 198–99
McDonald, Donald E., 456
McGrath, Eugene, 407, 456
McGraw-Hill, 448, 449
McGregor, Malcolm, 69
McGrew, Chuck, 84, 85–87
McGuire, Dorothy, 396
McHugh, Frank, 236
McLellan, Diana, 153n
McNamara, Maggie, 396
Me (Hepburn), 147, 151, 156