The Man Who Seduced Hollywood

Informationen zum Autor B. James Gladstone is the executive vice president of business and legal affairs for Lionsgate Entertainment. He previously served as in-house counsel for Artisan Entertainment and worked in production and marketing at Vestron Pictures before becoming a lawyer. Klappentext Open any movie magazine from the 1930s! '40s! or '50s and you'll find a picture of attorney Greg Bautzer with a beautiful starlet. Columnists dubbed him "Hollywood Bachelor Number One!" and for good reason. His long-term relationships and momentary conquests were a who's who of leading ladies! including Joan Crawford! Lana Turner! Ginger Rogers! Ava Gardner! Rita Hayworth! Jane Wyman! Dorothy Lamour! Ann Sothern! Greer Garson! Merle Oberon! and Peggy Lee! to name just a few. Yet Bautzer was more than a Hollywood Don Juan. As a lawyer! he represented nearly every major star of his era! as well as the richest man in the world! Howard Hughes! for whom he served as adviser! confidant! and best friend. He also handled Hughes's shadier deals! including writing checks for a harem of kept women and quashing potentially embarrassing tell-all biographies. In Hollywood history! no other lawyer has achieved the movie star-like fame and glamour that Bautzer enjoyed.The Man Who Seduced Hollywood tells! for the first time! the amazing story of a self-made man who for fifty years used his irresistible charm and prodigious legal talent to dominate the courtrooms! boardrooms! and bedrooms of Hollywood. In addition to new stories about Hughes! this biography contains countless anecdotes about Bautzer's other well-known clients and friends including Joan Crawford! Frank Sinatra! Ingrid Bergman! Rock Hudson! Bugsy Siegel! Robert Evans! Kirk Kerkorian and many more of the twentieth century's biggest stars.

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The true story of Howard Hughes's playboy lawyer who romanced scores of leading ladies. In Hollywood history, no other lawyer has achieved the movie starlike fame and glamour that Greg Bautzer enjoyed. This revealing biography tells, for the first time, the amazing story of a self-made man who for 50 years used his irresistible charm and prodigious legal talent to dominate the courtrooms, boardrooms, and bedrooms of Hollywood. Columnists of the 1930s through 1950s dubbed him Hollywood Bachelor Number One, and for good reason. His long-term relationships and momentary conquests were a whos who of leading ladies. Through exclusive interviews with those who knew him best, the book uncovers the inner workings of not only Bautzer the high-powered Hollywood lawyerwhose clients included billionaire Howard Hughesbut Bautzer the man.