Medford, Ben, 393
Mencken, H. L., 117
Mérimée, Prosper, 249
Metropolitan Pictures, 87
Metropolitan Studios, 51
Meyer, Charles E., 263
Meyer, Johnny
background of, 225
biographical sketch, xiii
De Carlo and, 254
Domergue and, 208, 216
FBI and, 225, 274, 275
Gardner and, 247, 248, 401, 403
hiring of, 225
Hughes’s women and, 207, 274, 275, 294, 401
Meyers, Bennett E., 277–78
MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), 17, 165, 331
Dove and, 70
FBI and Hughes, 273–74
formation of, 23
Gardner and, 204, 210–11, 218, 219–20, 232–35, 246, 248, 249, 399, 400
Harlow and, 122, 124, 134, 136, 139
Hepburn and, 172
Turner and, 288
Michelsen, Twain, 259
Midland Theater, 118
Mighty Joe Young, 308–9, 311–12
Mildred Pierce, 299
Milestone, Lewis, 44–45, 47–48, 99–100, 126
Miller, Ann, 270–71
Miller, Arthur, 324
Miller, Marilyn, 20–21, 268
Minter, Mary Miles, 21
Miracle, The, 316n
Miranda, Carmen, 211
Mitchum, Dorothy, 331, 333–34
Mitchum, Robert, xiii, 282, 330–40, 351, 352
Mocambo (nightclub), 253, 275
Modern Screen (magazine), 102, 147, 169–70, 262, 426, 427
Mogambo, 400
Monkey Business, 138
Monogram Pictures Corporation, 232–33
Monroe, Marilyn, 367, 405
arrival in Hollywood, 267–68
Clash by Night, 349
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 380–81, 393
Harlow’s image and, 141
Hughes and, 267–68, 466
Niagara, 365–66
Slatzer’s marriage allegation, 458n
stage name, 268
Montemayor, Dr., 451
Montieth, Walter, 39
Moon Is Blue, The, 383
Moore, Colleen, 70
Moore, Terry
background of, 307
The Beauty and the Billionaire, 464–65, 464n
biographical sketch, x
Come Back, Little Sheba, 371–72, 376, 397, 458
Cramer and, 407, 418, 446, 457
Davis and, 358–59, 360, 374–75, 451
Hughes and, 307–12, 357–61, 371–77, 397, 399, 406, 407, 420n, 446, 450–51, 453
birth of child, 373–74
marriage claims after death, 456–64
marriage proposals, 309–10
Mitchum comparison, 340
Vegas incident, 357–58
Kane and, 225, 357–58, 399, 458
Mighty Joe Young, 308–9, 311–12
movie career of, 307–9, 359–60, 371–73, 375–76, 457
The Passions of Howard Hughes, 464, 466–67
The Return of October, 307–8
Morals clause, 352–53, 352n
Morgan, Michelle, 139
Morley, Karen, 125, 322
Morlión, Félix, 312–13
Mormonism, 307, 311, 312, 375, 420, 420n, 455
Morning Glory, 156–57
Morocco, 336
Morris, Chester, 104, 106
Mother Carey’s Chickens, 164
Motion Picture (magazine), 14
Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, 322
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), 199, 257–59, 272, 313–14, 383–84
Motion Picture Herald, 302
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, 25–26
Movie business of Hughes, 43–48, 98–110, 124–27, 188, 249–50, 307–13, 327–40, 383–89, 392–93. See also RKO Pictures; and specific movies
role in procuring women, 125–26, 287–91, 294, 299–300, 346, 377
role of Mickey Neilan, 45–47, 50–51
Muirfield Road house, 48–49, 161, 209, 214, 216, 227–28, 230
Mulholland Drive, 311
Multicolor, 99, 113, 128, 192, 289
Muni, Paul, 108
Munsters, The (TV show), 254
Murrin, Lee, 169
My Forbidden Past, 399
Nash, Alden, 182
National Insider (tabloid), 438
Neilan, Marshall “Mickey”
early movie career of, 12, 17, 30–31
Hell’s Angels, 90–91, 138
role in Hughes’s movie career, 45–47, 50–51, 91n
Nelson, Harmon “Ham,” 176, 177–78
Never Fear, 326–27, 328
“Never Gonna Dance” (song), 180
New Deal, 321, 323
New Faces Inc., 190
New Year’s Eve, 216, 393
New York Herald-Tribune, 315
New York Journal, 189
New York Sun, 65n
New York Times, 33, 329, 451
New York Times Magazine, 278
New York World-Telegram, 351
Niagara, 365–66
Nier, Henry Victor, 259
Nissen, Greta, 51–52, 83
Niven, David, 383
Nixon, Donald, 390
Nixon, Richard, 349, 390
Normand, Mabel, 21
Nosseck Studio, 430, 432
Notorious, 419
Notorious Affair, A, 96
Not Wanted, 325–26, 343
Novak, Kim, 301
Oakland Airport, 52–53
Oberon, Merle, 380, 382
O’Brien, Edmond, 403
O’Brien, Larry, 444n
Odekirk, Glenn, 145
Odets, Clifford, 348
Odlum, Floyd, 283–84
O’Dwyer, William, 278
O’Neal, Ryan, 457
O’Neill, Thomas F., 407–8
O’Neill, William, 408
One Million B.C., 293
One Night at Susie’s, 96–97
Open City, 304, 324–25
Ophuls, Max, 261, 280–81, 300–303
Orgies, 3–4, 11
Oscars. See Academy Awards
O’Sullivan, Maureen, 330–31
Oui (magazine), 462–63
Ouspenskaya, Maria, 192
Outlaw, The, 193–99, 327
Catholic Legion of Decency and, 237–38, 277–78, 314
musical score, 231
production, 194–99
Production Code and, 197–99, 236, 237–38, 257–59, 272
promotion campaign, 191, 221–22, 238–39, 256–61, 272
rape scene, 220–21, 239–40, 258
reviews, 236–37, 260–61
road show release strategy, 235–42
Russell and, 191, 193–99, 226–27, 235–42, 256, 257–61, 381, 387–88
photo shoots, 194–96, 220–23, 387–88
Outrage, 344–47
Owen, Reginald, 119–20
Pageant (magazine), 266
Painted Angel, The, 96
Paisa, 304
Palm Beach Story, The, 249
Palm Springs, 135, 211–12, 251–52
Panama Canal, 84
Pan American Airlines, 276–77
Parade Magazine, 387
Paramount Pictures, 23, 192, 319, 376
Parker, Dorothy, 75, 156
Parks, Larry, 322
Parry, Florence Fisher, 139
Parsons, Louella, 7, 18–19, 25, 93
Bergman and, 306
Davis and, 177
Domergue and, 213, 228, 229
Harlow and, 139–40
Mitchum and, 332, 334
Monroe and, 268
Peters and, 291–92, 364, 406, 416, 419, 419n, 427
Pasadena Junior League, 58
Pasolini, Pier Paulo, 304
Passions of Howard Hughes, The (Moore), 464, 466–67
P
ayne, John, 223
Payton, Barbara, 352n
People (magazine), 457
People’s World (newspaper), 322, 347
People vs. John Doe, The, 70
Perils of Pauline, The, 13–14
Perino’s Restaurant, 290–91, 421, 435
Perkins, Emily, 167
Peters, Jean
arrival in Hollywood, 269–70
biographical sketch, x
Captain from Castile, 271, 362–63, 365, 367
Cramer and, 397–98, 406–7, 416–18
Hughes and, 291–93, 369–70, 374–75, 377, 393, 397–98, 406–7, 447–48
death and estate affairs, 149, 454–55
divorce, 438, 447, 448
first meetings, 262, 268–72
marriage, 8, 415–19, 424, 426–34, 436–39, 441–45
separation, 444–46
A Man Called Peter, 398–99, 406
movie career of, 362–70, 396–97, 398–99, 406, 446–47
Niagara, 365–66
Pickup on South Street, 366–70, 396
Skolsky Tintype, 363–64
Strada Vecchia Road house of, 418
Peters, Susan, 206–7
Peterson, Les, 218, 219, 220
Petrali, Joe, 244, 246, 250–52
Peyton Place, 407, 456
Philadelphia Story, The, 147, 172, 173–74, 180, 188, 199–200
Phillips, Clement, 53
Photoplay (magazine), 14, 16, 32, 54, 55, 92, 93, 100, 101, 260–61, 365
Pickford, Jack, 19–21, 189–90
Pickford, Mary, 12, 14, 17, 19, 20–21, 66, 117, 189
Pickup on South Street, 366–70, 396
Pilate’s Wife, 415
Pitts, Zasu, 138
Plastic Age, The, 3–4
Platinum Blonde, 120–21
Playboy (magazine), 467–68
Players Club, 234, 458–59
Pollock, Dale, 465
Porgy and Bess, 430
Porter, Darwin, 148–49n
Portrait of Madame X (Sargent), 384
Post, Wiley, 168
Pot and Spigot Grill, 34
Powell, Dick, 392–93, 394
Powell, William, 136–37, 139–40, 141
Power, Tyrone, 267, 362
Powers, Mala, 344–46
Pre-Code Era, 63
Preminger, Otto, 430
Price, Vincent, 272, 335–36, 342
Private Hell 36, 356
Production Code, 9, 25–26, 63, 155
Cock of the Air, 105–6, 108–9
The French Line, 383–89
Kitty Foyle, 181
The Miracle, 316n
The Outlaw, 197–99, 236, 237–38, 257–59, 272
Pre-Code Era, 63
The Racket, 47–48
Scarface, 108–10
Stromboli, 305–7, 313–16, 316n
Supreme Court and, 316n
Prohibition, 19, 19n
“Project Baker,” 382–83
Prostitution, 4, 16, 18, 46–47
Public Enemy, The, 120
Publicity and press coverage of Hughes, 7–8, 168–70, 215, 228n, 265–67, 278, 293–95, 370–71, 413, 448–49, 453
Quality Street, 162
Quarberg, Lincoln
biographical sketch, xi
Dove and, 101, 102, 103, 104, 107–8
Harlow and, 122
Hell’s Angels, 55–57, 81, 88, 90n, 99, 124
hiring as publicist, 55
Hughes publicity and, 99, 265
Scarface, 107–9
Quine, Richard, 206
Quirk, James R., 92
“Rabbit tests,” 333n
Rachel and the Stranger, 332
Racism, 13, 27–28, 429–30
Racket, The, 47–48, 105, 108
Raft, George, 125, 319
Rain (1932), 126
Rains, Claude, 330
Ramsden, Frances, 249–50, 281
Rancho Santa Fe, 436–37
Rapf, Harry, 4
Rappe, Virginia, 21, 25
Rashomon, 351
Rathvon, Peter, 287
Ray, Nicholas, 338, 392, 393
Real, Jack, 413n, 449–50
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, 17
Red Channels (pamphlet), 347
Red Dust, 129, 130–32
Red-Headed Woman, 117–18, 122–24, 380
Reed, Luther, 51
Reenie (Ava Gardner’s maid), 401–2
Reinhardt, Max, 192
Reno, 32–33, 41
Return of October, The, 307–8
Revere, Anne, 322
Rex Motion Picture Company, 15
Reynolds, Debbie, 405
Rice, Ella. See Hughes, Ella Rice
Rice, William Marsh, 40
Rice Institute. See Rice University
Rice University, 33, 40
Rivers, Jerry, 463, 465, 466
RKO Pictures, 8, 190, 282–89, 294, 340
Bel Geddes and, 300–301
Bergman and, 304–5, 306, 312–13, 314–15
Domergue and, 328–30
Hepburn and, 151–52, 156, 162–63, 165–66, 377
Hughes and Communist infiltration, 264–65, 347–54
Hughes and women, 288–91, 294, 346, 377
Hughes purchase of, 283–89
Hughes’s sale of, 352, 407–9
Hughes’s shareholder buyout, 390–92
Jarrico and, 352–54
Lollobrigida and, 316, 317
Lupino and, 327–28, 347–48, 354–56
Mitchum and, 331–34, 340, 351
Moore and, 308–9, 311–12, 359
public relations and publicity, 315, 330
Rogers and, 111, 162–63, 180, 181, 200, 377
Russell and, 340, 341, 342–43
Schary and, 282–84, 286–87, 291
shareholder lawsuits, 379–83, 391
Roach, Hal, 85, 86–87, 293
Road House, 320–21, 324
Roberts, Agnes Lapp, 456
Rogers, Ginger
arrival in Hollywood, 110–12
biographical sketch, ix–x
Hepburn and, 162–64, 163n
Hughes and, 111–12, 179–87, 204, 377, 454
Kitty Foyle, 181, 183–87, 200
marriages, 110–11, 179–80
movie career of, 180, 181, 183–87, 300, 320, 343
Rogers, Lela, 111, 112, 180, 181, 182, 320
Roman Holiday, 396
Rooney, Mickey, 165, 211, 218–20, 376
Gardner and, 211, 218–20, 232, 234, 246, 248
Roosevelt, Elliott, 274, 275
Roosevelt, Franklin, 185–86, 274, 323
Rope, 300
Rosseau, Rene, 378–79, 390
Rossellini, Roberto, 304–5, 314–15, 316n, 324–25
Rossellini, Roberto, Jr., 314
Rossen, Robert, 322, 323
Rosson, Hal, 134
Rowlands, Gena, 363
Roy, Rosalie, 84–85
Russell, Ernestine, 237
Russell, Jane
abortion of, 223–25
arrival in Hollywood, 191, 192
background of, 191–92
biographical sketch, x
The French Line, 383–89
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 117, 118, 380–81, 386, 393
His Kind of Woman, 334–36, 388
Hughes and, 6, 191, 192–93, 195–99, 223–24, 225, 226, 290, 351
The Las Vegas Story, 341, 342–44, 350–51, 353–54
Macao, 334, 335, 336–40
movie career of, 253–54, 334–39, 341–42, 379–81, 383–89, 404–6
The Outlaw, 191, 193–99, 204, 220–23, 226–27, 235–42, 256, 257–61, 381, 387–88
photo shoots, 194–96, 220–23, 387–88
Underwater!, 404–6
Waterfield and, 192, 223, 240, 241–42, 256–57, 341–43, 351
Young Widow, 253, 282
Ryan, Robert, 282, 300–303
Sacks,
Jacob, 380
Sadomasochism, 368–69
Sagor, Frederica, 3–5, 13, 46–47
St. Johns, Adela Rogers, 128–30
Bergman and, 305
Harlow and, 116, 128–30, 131, 137, 141
Hepburn and, 146, 152
Hughes profile, 146, 266
Salome, Where She Danced, 254
Sammis, Fred R., 260–61
Samuel Goldwyn Studio, 23, 29, 30
Saratoga, 140
Sargent, John Singer, 384
Saturday Night Kid, The, 87
Scarface (1932), 101, 108–10, 124–25, 195, 236, 322, 327
Schary, Dore, 282–84, 286–87, 291, 294, 314, 407
Schenck, Joseph, 17, 99, 106, 209
Schenck, Marvin, 204
Schiff, Louis, 380
Schlusser, Freddy, 192
School of the Theatre, 192
Schubert, Tom, 464, 464n
Schubert, Yvonne, xiii, 413, 414–15, 419, 431, 434–35
Schulberg, B. P., 17
Schulberg, Budd, 17
Scleroderma, 457
Scorsese, Martin, 146
Scott, Adrian, 283
Scott, John L., 364
Scott, Randolph, 148–49
Scott, Vernon, 442–45, 449
Scott, Walter, 445
Screen Actors Guild, 322
Screenland (magazine), 79n, 103, 124
Screen Writers Guild, 343–44, 349
Screwball comedies, 100
Sea-Air, 172–74
Sea Wolf, The, 322
Sebille, Bruce G., 56
Selznick, David O., 151–52, 190, 199, 303, 382, 383
Selznick, Irene, 152, 174
Selznick International Pictures (SIP), 190
Sennett, Mack, 17, 18
bathing beauties of, 18
Sennett Studios, 43
Sensation Seekers, 71, 73
Server, Lee, 334
Shalitt, Jack, 290
Shamroy, Leon, 268
Shanghai Express, 336
Shanghai Gesture, The, 336
Sharp, Dudley, 28
Sharp, Estelle, 27
Sharp, Walter, 27
Shaw, Artie, 255
Shearer, Lloyd, 266, 405
Shearer, Norma, 4, 70, 190–91
Sheehan, Pat, 414–15
Sheridan, Ann, 380, 382
Sherwood, Robert, 104
Show Boat (1951), 399–400
Siegel, Don, 333, 334, 356
Sikorsky S-43, 244–46, 250–52, 263
Simon & Schuster, 464
Simpson, O. J., 450
Sinatra, Frank, 399, 400–401
Singin’ in the Rain, 95
Sin of Harold Diddlebock, The, 250
Skeene, Burton, 53
Skofic, Milko, 316–17
Skolsky, Sidney, 65, 65n, 363–64, 375
Sky Devils, The, 110, 126
Slatzer, Robert F., 458, 458n
Smalley, Phillips, 15, 70–71
Smith, Frances McLain, 253
Smith, Ludlow Ogden “Luddy,” 150, 156, 157, 170, 171
Snively, Emmeline, 268
Son of Lassie, 307
Souls for Sale, 31, 128
Soviet Union, 321
Spensley, Dorothy, 101
Spitfire, 162
Split Second, 392–93
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