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An Exploration Of Hollywood's Glamorous Golden Age Via The Cinematic Life Of Howard Hughes And The Women Who Encountered Him--sometimes At The Expense Of Their Minds And Souls--dust Jacket Flap. Howard Hughes Was Obsessed With Sex, Power And Publicity, And He Used His Power To Trap, Abuse, And/or Benefit Women Who Dreamt Of Screen Stardom. From Promoting Bombshells To His Contentious Battles With The Censors, Hughes-- Perhaps More Than Any Other Filmmaker Of His Era-- Commoditized Male Desire As He Objectified And Sexualized Women. Longworth Examines Women, Sex, And Male Power In Hollywood During Its Golden Age-- And Shows That The Recent Scandals Are, While Nothing New, Only A Ripple In Our Culture In General. -- Adapted From Jacket Howard Hughes's Reputation As A Director And Producer Of Films Unusually Defined By Sex Dovetails With His Image As One Of The Most Prolific Womanizers Of The Twentieth Century. The Promoter Of Bombshell Actresses Such As Jean Harlow And Jane Russell, Hughes Supposedly Included Among His Off-screen Conquests Many Of The Most Famous Actresses Of The Era, Among Them Billie Dove, Katharine Hepburn, Ava Gardner, Ginger Rogers, And Lana Turner. Some Of The

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Author

Longworth, Karina, 1980- author

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780062440518

Category

performing arts

Subjects

Literary Fiction, History, Humanities

Rating

4.2 / 5 (276 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14