Seduction : sex, lies, and stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood
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New York, NY : Custom House, [2018].
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9780062440518, 0062440519, 9780062440525, 0062440527
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographies.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History.
Hughes, Howard, -- 1905-1976 -- Relations with women.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century.
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History.
Hughes, Howard, -- 1905-1976 -- Relations with women.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century.
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
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Published
New York, NY : Custom House, [2018].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xii, 543 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780062440518, 0062440519, 9780062440525, 0062440527
UPC
40028737922
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Description
"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 women in Hughes's life were or became stars and others would stall out at a variety of points within the Hollywood hierarchy, but all found their professional lives marked by Hughes's presence. In [this book], Karina Longworth draws upon her own unparalleled expertise and an unpreceded trove of archival sources, diaries, and documents to produce a landmark--and wonderfully effervescent and gossipy--work of Hollywood history. It's the story of what it was like to be a woman in Hollywood during the industry's golden age, through the tales of actresses involved with Howard Hughes. This was the era not only of the actresses Hughes sought to dominate, but male stars such as Errol Flynn, Cary Grant, and Robert Mitchum; directors such as John Ford, Howard Hawks, and Preston Sturges; and studio chiefs like Irving Thalberg, Darryl Zanuck, and David O. Selznick--many of whom were complicit in the bedroom and boardroom exploitation that stifled and disappointed so many of the women who came to Los Angeles with hopes of celluloid triumph. In his films, Howard Hughes commodified male desire more blatantly than any mainstream filmmaker of his time and in turn helped produce an incredibly influential, sexualized image of womanhood that has impacted American culture ever since. As a result, the story of him and the women he encountered is about not only the murkier shades of golden-age Hollywood, but also the ripples that still slither across today's entertainment industry and our culture in general."--Dust jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Longworth, K. (2018). Seduction: sex, lies, and stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood (First edition.). Custom House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Longworth, Karina, 1980-. 2018. Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood. Custom House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Longworth, Karina, 1980-. Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood Custom House, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Longworth, Karina. Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood First edition., Custom House, 2018.
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