Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood

By Karina Longworth

Categories: History, Humor & Entertainment

In Seduction (2018), Karina Longworth, creator of the film history podcast You Must Remember This, tells the story of Howard Hughes's years in Hollywood through the actresses he pursued, signed and controlled. Longworth follows Hughes from his early films in the 1920s through his ownership of RKO, and the lives of women such as Jean Harlow, Katharine Hepburn, Ava Gardner and Jane Russell. She uses their stories to examine the treatment of women in the studio system.

Recommended by 1 person

• Edgar Wright: “Books: Pictures At A Revolution, Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood, Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine & Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood, Buzz: The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley, Hollywood Babylon”