EMBED for wordpress. Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Whether he was courting public attention in the roles of aviator, playboy and entrepreneur, or shunning it as a recluse, Howard Hughes commanded headlines throughout his career. Yet the image of his life, his power and his business empire that caught the public imagination was almost completely false. Hughes s fortune actually came from his father s tool company and, later, from the Hughes Aircraft Company, yet these flourished simply because Hughes was prevented from interfering in their workings.
In fact, Hughes was a disastrous businessman - no company under his control ever built a successful aircraft, he nearly destroyed TWA and completely destroyed a major film studio, and even his gambling empire in Las Vegas was crippled by corruption. His personal life was even more disastrous - he feared, rightly, that he was mad and spent most of his fortune and the last 18 years of his life trying to prevent anyone finding out.
He spent his time naked, eating little, addicted to drugs and tranquillisers, a physical wreck, and died surrounded by men who nurtured his madness for their own ends. There are no reviews yet. Be the first one to write a review. His passions were bizarre. Now, the truth about the money, the madness, and the man behind the enigma. Howard Hughes is one of the best known and least understood men of our times-famed for his wealth, his daring, and his descent into madness.
Publication date For print-disabled users. Geraldine Hughes born is an actress from Belfast, Northern Ireland. To get herself through the tough times, Hughes participated in her school's drama club. She loved school, saying it made her feel safe and she enjoyed the structure it provided. It was where she escaped from The Troubles. She had no acting experience beyond her school's drama club before accepting her role as Mary in the movie.
In Belfast, Hughes attended St. Louise's Comprehensive College in the '80s. While they paid her tuition, she paid her living expenses. And in , Queens University in Belfast awarded Hughes an honorary doctorate for her contributions to the performing arts. When Hughes was just 14, American TV producers auditioned hundreds of children in Ireland for their film and of the hundreds, three were chosen to participate in the film, Hughes being one of them.
This first film debut of hers was in the movie, Children of the Crossfire in the year After a theater performance, Hughes was contacted by a casting director and asked to audition for the role of Marie in Rocky Balboa , a role she is arguably most known for. Hughes comes from a working-class family in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She grew up in a Catholic household. Because she lived during The Troubles, Hughes experienced life in a war zone. Belfast Blues is a play she wrote detailing her real life experiences from her life in Belfast.
As a child, Hughes never spoke of the horrors she witnessed in Belfast. Hughes was married to an American from Pennsylvania, Ian Harrington. He also 'came from nothin' as his family was very poor.
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