SEDUCTION: Sex Lies and Stardom in Howard Hughes’s Hollywood

by Karina Longworth

Howard Hughes is one of the more enigmatic characters of the Classic Hollywood era. He built and destroyed studios, broke rules and created new ones, constantly pushing the boundaries of sex, spectacle and violence. The movies he made aren't usually in conversation, but his reputation and the women he dated are.  As author Karina Longworth points out, Hollywood is built on the bodies of its actresses, and this couldn't be truer for Hughes. Longworth digs into the lurid and tragic lives of the glamorous and explores what being a bombshell really meant.​

​- Reviewed by Lindsay​

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