Pics of howard hughes before he died

In lieu of friends, young Howard Jr. had the movies. He loved them so much he decided to make them and thanks to his fortune he could.

He began by producing a stinker called "Swell Hogan" that bombed. "Two Arabian Knights" won an Academy Award and then came "Hell's Angels." After a series of directors quit because working with Hughes was too difficult, he took the helm himself and poured so much money into the production that it became the most expensive film made in Hollywood at the time.

It was a World War I epic full of aerial combat scenes (hence the expense), and Hughes himself piloted one of the planes.

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"Hell's Angels" was a massive hit and established him as a serious player in Hollywood. He would go on to produce films like 's "Scarface," based on the life of Al Capone, and "The Outlaw," which starred a young Jane Russell.

Here, once again, his tendency to microman