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Seduction

Author : Karina Longworth
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062440535
Total Pages : 735 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Seduction written by Karina Longworth and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this riveting popular history, the creator of You Must Remember This probes the inner workings of Hollywood’s glamorous golden age through the stories of some of the dozens of actresses pursued by Howard Hughes, to reveal how the millionaire mogul’s obsessions with sex, power and publicity trapped, abused, or benefitted women who dreamt of screen stardom. In recent months, the media has reported on scores of entertainment figures who used their power and money in Hollywood to sexually harass and coerce some of the most talented women in cinema and television. But as Karina Longworth reminds us, long before the Harvey Weinsteins there was Howard Hughes—the Texas millionaire, pilot, and filmmaker whose reputation as a cinematic provocateur was matched only by that as a prolific womanizer. His supposed conquests between his first divorce in the late 1920s and his marriage to actress Jean Peters in 1957 included many of Hollywood’s most famous actresses, among them Billie Dove, Katharine Hepburn, Ava Gardner, and Lana Turner. From promoting bombshells like Jean Harlow and Jane Russell 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. Yet there were also numerous women pulled into Hughes’s grasp who never made it to the screen, sometimes virtually imprisoned by an increasingly paranoid and disturbed Hughes, who retained multitudes of private investigators, security personnel, and informers to make certain these actresses would not escape his clutches. Vivid, perceptive, timely, and ridiculously entertaining, The Seducer is a landmark work that examines women, sex, and male power in Hollywood during its golden age—a legacy that endures nearly a century later.

Hoax

Author : Stephen Fay
Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Hoax written by Stephen Fay and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1972 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Clifford Michael Irving (born November 5, 1930) is an American investigative reporter and writer. He is known for a fake "autobiography" of Howard Hughes in the early 1970s. After Hughes denounced him and sued McGraw-Hill, the publisher, Irving confessed the hoax and was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison, serving 17 months."--Wikipedia.

The Howard Hughes Affair

Author : Stuart M. Kaminsky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780600203308
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book The Howard Hughes Affair written by Stuart M. Kaminsky and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Howard Hughes Affair

Author : Stuart M. Kaminsky
Publisher : Ace Books
ISBN 13 : 9780441344628
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (446 download)

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Download or read book Howard Hughes Affair written by Stuart M. Kaminsky and published by Ace Books. This book was released on 1980-11-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ava Gardner

Author : Ava Gardner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471101169
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Ava Gardner written by Ava Gardner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ava Gardner was one of the most glamorous and famous stars in Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s. Her list of films includes The Killers, Showboat and Mogambo, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for best actress, and her co-stars included Clark Gable, Gregory Peck, Burt Lancaster, Humphrey Bogart, Charlton Heston, and Richard Burton - the A-list of male Hollywood stars. Married three times - to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra - the first two lasted only about a year each whilst her marriage to Sinatra lasted several. She had a long-running affair with Howard Hughes, and a briefer one with George C. Scott, among others. In Ava Gardner, she has much to say about her husbands and lovers, and some of her co-stars,all of whom get Gardner's unflinchingly honest treatment. Ava Gardner is irresistibly candid and surprising. She began the book because, as she told Evans, 'it's either write the book or sell the jewels and I'm kinda fond of the jewels.' At the time of their collaboration Gardner was living in London, where she had lived for decades, smoking and drinking heavily. Having suffered a stroke that damaged the left side of her face and her left arm she had trouble sleeping and was often depressed - the glamorous wardrobes replaced by grey. Her story could itself have been depressing except for her wit and wickedness, which are on full display in this book. This book tells the story of her life as she wanted to tell it. Ava Gardner is the autobiography that Ava Gardner began with writer Peter Evans in 1988. She never finished it and decided against publishing it because of its frankness. She later collaborated on a tamer autobiography, which was published at her death in 1990. After Gardner's death, her estate authorised the book to be published much as she and Evans had originally conceived it.

Howard Hughes Affair

Author : Stuart M. Kaminsky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book Howard Hughes Affair written by Stuart M. Kaminsky and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Howard Hughes

Author : Peter Harry Brown
Publisher : Warner Books
ISBN 13 : 9780751536362
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book Howard Hughes written by Peter Harry Brown and published by Warner Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just in time for the November release of Miramax's "The Aviator," starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Martin Scorsese, this fascinating biography tells the full story of one of the most daring, enigmatic, and reclusive power brokers America has ever known. Photos.

The Taking of K-129

Author : Josh Dean
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101984457
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Taking of K-129 written by Josh Dean and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incredible true tale of espionage and engineering set at the height of the Cold War--a mix between The Hunt for Red October and Argo--about how the CIA, the U.S. Navy, and America's most eccentric mogul spent six years and nearly a billion dollars to steal the nuclear-armed Soviet submarine K-129 after it had sunk to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean; all while the Russians were watching. In the early hours of February 25, 1968, a Russian submarine armed with three nuclear ballistic missiles set sail from its base in Siberia on a routine combat patrol to Hawaii. Then it vanished. As the Soviet Navy searched in vain for the lost vessel, a small, highly classified American operation using sophisticated deep-sea spy equipment found it--wrecked on the sea floor at a depth of 16,800 feet, far beyond the capabilities of any salvage that existed. But the potential intelligence assets onboard the ship--the nuclear warheads, battle orders, and cryptological machines--justified going to extreme lengths to find a way to raise the submarine. So began Project Azorian, a top secret mission that took six years, cost an estimated $800 million, and would become the largest and most daring covert operation in CIA history. After the U.S. Navy declared retrieving the sub "impossible," the mission fell to the CIA's burgeoning Directorate of Science and Technology, the little-known division responsible for the legendary U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird spy planes. Working with Global Marine Systems, the country's foremost maker of exotic, deep-sea drilling vessels, the CIA commissioned the most expensive ship ever built and told the world that it belonged to the reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, who would use the mammoth ship to mine rare minerals from the ocean floor. In reality, a complex network of spies, scientists, and politicians attempted a project even crazier than Hughes's reputation: raising the sub directly under the watchful eyes of the Russians.

Howard Hughes

Author : Darwin Porter
Publisher : Blood Moon Productions, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9780974811819
Total Pages : 852 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (118 download)

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Download or read book Howard Hughes written by Darwin Porter and published by Blood Moon Productions, Ltd.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set amid descriptions of the unimaginable changes that affected America between Hughes's birth in 1905 and his death in 1976, this book gives an insider's perspective about what money can buy, and what it can't.

The Money

Author : James Phelan
Publisher : Orion Business
ISBN 13 : 9780752813912
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (139 download)

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Download or read book The Money written by James Phelan and published by Orion Business. This book was released on 1998 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Howard Hughes died in 1976, he left no will. His estate had more than 1000 claimants, including 22 cousins and many alleged, illegitimate offspring. This is the story of the battle to settle the final claim.

Mean...Moody...Magnificent!

Author : Christina Rice
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813181097
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Mean...Moody...Magnificent! written by Christina Rice and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the early 1950s, Jane Russell (1921–2011) should have been forgotten. Her career was launched on what is arguably the most notorious advertising campaign in cinema history, which invited filmgoers to see Howard Hughes's The Outlaw (1943) and to "tussle with Russell." Throughout the 1940s, she was nicknamed the "motionless picture actress" and had only three films in theaters. With such a slow, inauspicious start, most aspiring actresses would have given up or faded away. Instead, Russell carved out a place for herself in Hollywood and became a memorable and enduring star. Christina Rice offers the first biography of the actress and activist perhaps most well-known for her role in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953). Despite the fact that her movie career was stalled for nearly a decade, Russell's filmography is respectable. She worked with some of Hollywood's most talented directors—including Howard Hawks, Raoul Walsh, Nicholas Ray, and Josef von Sternberg—and held her own alongside costars such as Marilyn Monroe, Robert Mitchum, Clark Gable, Vincent Price, and Bob Hope. She also learned how to fight back against Howard Hughes, her boss for more than thirty-five years, and his marketing campaigns that exploited her physical appearance. Beyond the screen, Rice reveals Russell as a complex and confident woman. She explores the star's years as a spokeswoman for Playtex as well as her deep faith and work as a Christian vocalist. Rice also discusses Russell's leadership and patronage of the WAIF foundation, which for many years served as the fundraising arm of the International Social Service (ISS) agency. WAIF raised hundreds of thousands of dollars, successfully lobbied Congress to change laws, and resulted in the adoption of tens of thousands of orphaned children. For Russell, the work she did to help unite families overshadowed any of her onscreen achievements. On the surface, Jane Russell seemed to live a charmed life, but Rice illuminates her darker moments and her personal struggles, including her empowered reactions to the controversies surrounding her films and her feelings about being portrayed as a sex symbol. This stunning first biography offers a fresh perspective on a star whose legacy endures not simply because she forged a notable film career, but also because she effectively used her celebrity to benefit others.

The Carpetbaggers

Author : Harold Robbins
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0765351463
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (653 download)

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Download or read book The Carpetbaggers written by Harold Robbins and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This legendary masterpiece--the most successful of Robbins's many books--tells a story of money and power, sex and death, and is available once again in an exciting new package. Reissue.

hoax the inside story of the howard hughes- clifford irving affair

Author : stephen fay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book hoax the inside story of the howard hughes- clifford irving affair written by stephen fay and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Man Who Seduced Hollywood

Author : B. James Gladstone
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613745826
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book The Man Who Seduced Hollywood written by B. James Gladstone and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hollywood history, no other lawyer has achieved the movie star–like fame and glamour that Greg Bautzer enjoyed. This revealing biography tells, for the first time, the amazing story of a self-made man who for 50 years used his irresistible charm and prodigious legal talent to dominate the courtrooms, boardrooms, and bedrooms of Hollywood. Columnists of the 1930s through 1950s dubbed him “Hollywood Bachelor Number One,” and for good reason. His long-term relationships and momentary conquests were a who’s who of leading ladies. Through exclusive interviews with those who knew him best, the book uncovers the inner workings of not only Bautzer the high-powered Hollywood lawyer—whose clients included billionaire Howard Hughes—but Bautzer the man.

It Seemed Important at the Time

Author : Gloria Vanderbilt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439137242
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book It Seemed Important at the Time written by Gloria Vanderbilt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-09-09 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An elegant, witty, frank, touching, and deeply personal account of the loves both great and fleeting in the life of one of America's most celebrated and fabled women. Born to great wealth yet kept a virtual prisoner by the custody battle that raged between her proper aunt and her self-absorbed, beautiful mother, Gloria Vanderbilt grew up in a special world. Stunningly beautiful herself, yet insecure and with a touch of wildness, she set out at a very early age to find romance. And find it she did. There were love affairs with Howard Hughes, Bill Paley, and Frank Sinatra, to name a few, and one-night stands, which she writes about with delicacy and humor, including one with the young Marlon Brando. There were marriages to men as diverse as Pat De Cicco, who abused her; the legendary conductor Leopold Stokowski, who kept his innermost secrets from her; film director Sidney Lumet; and finally writer Wyatt Cooper, the love of her life. Now, in an irresistible memoir that is at once ruthlessly forthright, supremely stylish, full of fascinating details, and deeply touching, Gloria Vanderbilt writes at last about the subject on which she has hitherto been silent: the men in her life, why she loved them, and what each affair or marriage meant to her. This is the candid and captivating account of a life that has kept gossip writers speculating for years, as well as Gloria's own intimate description of growing up, living, marrying, and loving in the glare of the limelight and becoming, despite a family as famous and wealthy as America has ever produced, not only her own person but an artist, a designer, a businesswoman, and a writer of rare distinction.

American Tabloid

Author : James Ellroy
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307798437
Total Pages : 589 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book American Tabloid written by James Ellroy and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-06-29 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHOSEN BY TIME MAGAZINE AS ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR "ONE HELLISHLY EXCITING RIDE." --Detroit Free Press The '50s are finished. Zealous young senator Robert Kennedy has a red-hot jones to nail Jimmy Hoffa. JFK has his eyes on the Oval Office. J. Edgar Hoover is swooping down on the Red Menace. Howard Hughes is dodging subpoenas and digging up Kennedy dirt. And Castro is mopping up the bloody aftermath of his new communist nation. "HARD-BITTEN. . . INGENIOUS. . . ELLROY SEGUES INTO POLITICAL INTRIGUE WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT." --The New York Times In the thick of it: FBI men Kemper Boyd and Ward Littell. They work every side of the street, jerking the chains of made men, street scum, and celebrities alike, while Pete Bondurant, ex-rogue cop, freelance enforcer, troubleshooter, and troublemaker, has the conscience to louse it all up. "VASTLY ENTERTAINING." --Los Angeles Times Mob bosses, politicos, snitches, psychos, fall guys, and femmes fatale. They're mixing up a molotov cocktail guaranteed to end the country's innocence with a bang. Dig that crazy beat: it's America's heart racing out of control. . . . "A SUPREMELY CONTROLLED WORK OF ART." --The New York Times Book Review

Howard Hughes: The Secret Life

Author : Charles Higham
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1466853158
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Howard Hughes: The Secret Life written by Charles Higham and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adapted to a major motion picture by director Martin Scorsese, The Aviator stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes! His wealth was legendary. His passions were bizarre. Charles Higham's biography tells the truth about the money, the madness, and the man behind the enigma. Howard Hughes is one of the best known and least understood men of our times--famed for his wealth, his daring, and his descent into madness. Bestselling biographer Higham goes beyond the enigma to reveal the incredible private life of Howard Hughes: * his romances with the great stars of Hollywood--Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Cary Grant, Tyrone Power, and numerous others * his forays into sadomasochism * his involvement with Richard Nixon and Watergate * his bizarre final years This is a compelling portrait of a unique American figure--in a story as revealing as it is unforgettable.