Howard Hughes: The Untold Story

by Peter Brown (Author), Pat Broeske (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1996

  $3.26

  Since his death in 1976, Howard Hughes has been remembered primarily as an eccentric billionaire, compulsively secretive and strangely deluded. The grotesque details of his last years obscured the fact that he had once been America's golden boy , a celebrated aviator and Hollywood legend who romanced hundreds of beautiful women, including many stars. This investigation seeks to shed new light on this eccentric figure, tracing the tycoon's tangle of relationships, his efforts to reshape Hollywood, his health problems and his increasingly erratic behaviour over the years. Among the revelations the book presents are details of Hughes's affairs with some of the most beautiful and talented actresses of the era, including Bette Davis, Katherine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Olivia de Havilland, Lana Turner, Ava Gardner and Rita Hayworth. It also aims to reveal the truth about his participation in the Watergate scandal, and his mysterious death.

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  Paperback
  1997

  $3.26

  Howard Hughes (1905-1976), aviator, film producer, entrepreneur and famous recluse, was the most mysterious - and richest - man of the century. This work reveals the truth about Hughes' secret love affair with Katherine Hepburn; his boundless sexual appetite, where he romanced women in shifts - three or four a night; his uniqueness as the Hollywood figure who successfully enticed the three sex goddesses of the 1940s - Ava Gardner, Lana Turner and Rita Hayworth; his private harem involving more than 200 young starlets; his active participation in the Watergate scandal; and his mysterious death.

• New

  Paperback
  2005

  $14.98

  Remembered primarily as an eccentric and deluded billionaire, Howard Hughes was once America's golden boy, a celebrated aviator and Hollywood legend who romanced hundreds of beautiful women. The scope of his life made him one of the most influential figures in America. Where previous biographies have concentrated on Hughes's business empire, Howard Hughes: The Untold Story unveils the full story of the tycoon, tracing his bold efforts to reshape Hollywood, his devastating health problems, his erratic behaviour during his last decades and his tangle of steamy relationships with stars such as Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Ava Gardner and Ginger Rogers. Drawing on hundreds of exclusive interviews and documents charting, among many other revelations, his troubled family relationships, drug addiction, secret harem of teenage mistresses and the part he played in the Watergate scandal, Howard Hughes: The Untold Story follows Hughes's transformation from lover and business innovator into reclusive captive of his own fears.