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Author
Publisher
Sea Hill Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xx, 470 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Description
"People everywhere have heard of the eccentric Howard Hughes, but few know that in 1953 he virtually disappeared from the company he had begun in 1932. Under new, creative, and inspired management, Hughes Aircraft Company became the leading military electronics organization in the world and rose to 85,000 employees. Some called it a national treasure. In this new book, Hughes Aircraft Company's past president Ken Richardson shows how this was done....
3) The hoax
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Pathological liar Clifford Irving stages a complex hoax. In the 1970's Irving managed to fool a major publisher and LIFE magazine into thinking he was writing an authorized biography of Howard Hughes. Irving and his best friend and partner, Dick Susskind, go to extreme lengths to pull off the hair-brained scheme. The more outrageous the lies they concoct, the more believable they become and the more money gets thrown at them. Inspired by the unbelievable...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
687 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Aviator, Playboy, Film Producer, Entrepreneur, and Recluse, Howard Hughes lived a life that was the stuff of headlines. Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele's biography is an extraordinary and brilliantly researched work on Hughes's multiple careers; his romances with Katharine Hepburn, Ava Gardner, Lana Turner, and Rita Hayworth; and his turn away from the world into addictions and secrecy.
5) The aviator
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 170 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows the life of Howard Hughes as the twentysomething millionaire, having already made a fortune improving the design of oil-drilling bits, who comes to Hollywood with an interest in getting into the picture business. It doesn't take long for Hughes to jump from producer to director of his first major film project, a World War I air epic. The film was a massive hit, and the eccentric inventor became a mogul in Hollywood, making Jean Harlow a star...
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (50 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Experience the first--and only--flight of the Spruce Goose, Howard Hughes' massive flying machine he had built, and how he finally proved to the world that he could make his 400,000 pound H-4 Hercules aircraft fly.
7) The aviator
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (170 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows the life of Howard Hughes as the twentysomething millionaire, having already made a fortune improving the design of oil-drilling bits, who comes to Hollywood with an interest in getting into the picture business. It doesn't take long for Hughes to jump from producer to director of his first major film project, a World War I air epic. The film was a massive hit, and the eccentric inventor became a mogul in Hollywood, making Jean Harlow a star...
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (579 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
GoodFellas: Focuses on a group of men involved with organized crime while giving an inside look at the Mafia from 1955-80. Based on the life of mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian New York kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" in his impoverished Brooklyn neighborhood.
The departed: In South Boston, the state police force are waging a war on Irish-American organized crime. Undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned...
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