Late era Hughes photo?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Howard Hughes
Tempelton — 21 years ago(January 08, 2005 04:28 PM)
Folks,
I am wondering if there are any known photos of Hughes in his later years in existence? I saw one on a documentary which was only 'alleged' to be of Hughes (taken in about 1970) but that is all.
In that 'alleged' photo he was clean shaven and shrivelled looking (i.e. old and weak in appearance) and it simp5b4ly was impossible to confidently identify the man in the photo as being one in the same with the high-flying Hughes of yesteryear.
I have been unable to find any confirmed photo of Hughes from this later ultra-reclusive period. (Obviously his 'minders' would not have looked too favourably upon any such photos been taken.) And I have certainly been unable to discover any photos of him in his bearded, dishevelled state that has since become his most renowned incarnation (althogh hopefully Scorcese's plodding but worthy film may help to redress that imbalance somewhat!).
Anyway, I suspect that someone somewhere (some Mormon?) does indeed have some photos of the sorry son-of-a-bitch, as he tragically became. I am just wondering though if anyone here knows of any such photos or, at least of, rumours of there possible existence?
True, it is a morbid enquiry. But it is also an interesting one
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coralee-1 — 21 years ago(February 10, 2005 10:32 PM)
Cannot verify this..and had not thought of it for decades..when I was in my college years I met a young woman who was convinced that Howard Hughes was her biological father. I saw pictures she had of him and her mother from the time before her birth. Looked just like the pictures we saw of him at the time.
I asked what happened: she claimed that her mother married him in the 40's or thought she did..by another name..he worked in a factory in Detroit where they lived. The mother became pregnant with her, the husband simply disappearedno effort to locate him was successful. Her mother was shaken, convinced she had married someone who didn't exist. At that time the idea that it was Howard Hughes was not considered.
I asked why the mother didn't pursue the question later in life when she found out that was the man she had married. The girl said that by that time her mother had married , and she had been adopted by the husband and she had a nice life and wasn't interested in getting involved in situation where people would think she weird.
She didn't tell her about this until she was grown. I am trying to remember her name. Had not thought about her in very long time.
But its interesting because even in the 60's when I heard this story, it tracked with things that I had heard about him. That he would go off and establish himself under a fake I.D. And now finding out he worked for Am16d0erican Airlines under a fake name..it has more credibility.
But also I was curious that the mother or the daughter were not keen on locating Howard Hughes. I suppose thta the mother had found out the power the man had to destroy people who got in his way.
And after all she had been deserted and pregnant. And turned out wise enough not to ruin her life and privacy for a few minutes of fame.
Oh, the movie? Aviator? Saw it last night. I thought they filmed it thinking A Beautiful Mind was such a success, and so made another one with an aviator Schizo ..had too much stolen from that film.
On his morals? I think that they were no better or no worse then any other rich film maker in those days.
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coralee-1 — 21 years ago(February 11, 2005 02:27 PM)
I figure you right.. But life had so many twists and turns ..I didnt' know til just lately that HH owned the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff , Dallas even with all the publicity over it in those years after the assination..or that the movie houses he used might have been good places for CIA to meet operatives.
My deceased husband was and is in the films shown as they bring Oswald out of the movie house ..he was just a bystander..all he was doing was having lunch with his friend who owned a jewelry store next door and they were just standing outside the shop finishing up conversation when they brought him out
I kind of not high on the IQ scale, MENSA certainly not knocking on my door..and rich certainly not that..but when Irving was doing his book on Hughes and all that stuff came out about how he lived..makes one wonder if the smaller blessing aren't the best..and I have lots of those..
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wd_40 — 20 years ago(June 07, 2005 03:19 PM)
I wonder where you pulled this crap from because that is an utter fabrication. I know there are elements of his life that are well-documented in reference to the public's fascination and attention to him, but on a personal level, very little is known about Hughes. He had many mental conditions that kept him in recluse alot, not to mention his multiple rumored phobias. The personal life of Hughes is only preserved by the FEW people he actually trusted and of course even all of them don't know everything. Some will claim to know, but ultimately it all died with Hughes. Try looking around on the net and you will find one common theme and that is that there isn't any. There are tons of different stories and tales, but few of them are unanimously reported.
To investigate further, I asked an ex-boss of mine, who is definitely old enough to remember what it was like to have Hughes in the headlines. He said that there were many times when the general public would ask, "What is Hughes up to? Where is he? We haven't seen him for years!" I also asked my grandmother about Hughes and she pretty much verified the sa5b4me thing. She said that people knew very little about Hughes. That's why the public was fascinated by him when he was around.
I am not a Hughes expert, though I would love to read what I can about him. I do know that based on asking those I know who lived then and internet searches, Hughes was a pretty quiet, reserved person -kind of ironic considering the impact he had on the world. -
spideychick1 — 21 years ago(March 18, 2005 09:20 PM)
Quote: Oh, the movie? Aviator? Saw it last night. I thought they filmed it thinking A Beautiful Mind was such a success, and so made another one with an aviator Schizo ..had too much stolen from that film.
How could they have stolen from A Beautiful Mind when The Aviator began filming 8 years ago, and A Beautiful Mind just came out a year or 2 ago. -
sherrybear — 20 years ago(May 27, 2005 01:50 PM)
Howard Hughes had OCD aka obsessive compulsive disorder. It meant he had to do things repeatedly until he got the feeling down right..
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ecisking — 19 years ago(December 02, 2006 06:48 AM)
"Howard Hughes had OCD aka obsessive compulsive disorder. It meant he had to do things repeatedly until he got the feeling down right..
schizophrenias see things and hear things that don't exist. Learn to distinguish the difference."
He had much more than OCD. -
HypocrisyofCake — 20 years ago(May 28, 2005 03:31 AM)
How could they have stolen from A Beautiful Mind when The Aviator began filming 8 years ago, and A Beautiful Mind just came out a year or 2 ago.
I'm sure it took a while for post production and reshoots and all that, but
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years? Scorsese said on many occasions he shot the film in twenty-nine days or somesuch. -
lbradford47 — 20 years ago(June 04, 2005 07:48 AM)
Howard Hughes was no chump. When the USA got into trouble presidents would call on him because in his mind nothing was impossible. Nixon called on him for the impossible job of recove2000ring one of USSR's sunken submarines on the ocean floor since it had live nuclear missles still on board. He said he would handle it and put his engineers to work. He was successful. He had a new ship designed just to cover the operation from prying eyes. The last public photo taken of HH was in 1952. OCD is a chemical imbalance in the brain, his mother had it. After his plane crash in 1946 he became addicted to morphine and codeine during his stay in the hospital. It was a downward spiral after that crash, but he could pull himself together until the early 60's.
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CodenameIceman — 20 years ago(August 23, 2005 07:36 AM)
This is about the only picture I could find of the infamous late-era Hughes, even then I think it's a painting now that I look at it. It's always been creepy to me, what happened to him..
http://www.iluvmags.com/timehughes.jpg
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anatja — 20 years ago(September 03, 2005 01:13 PM)
There is one!
But fuzzy but you can tell it is him!
http://www.nesteklikk.no/20010525/13813.html -
collins_479 — 20 years ago(September 16, 2005 09:34 PM)
go to google type his name and go on the images and go to number 2 then go down to a black poster where it says howard hughes click on that and you'll see some sketch-colord arts of him in his later years
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eCeleb — 19 years ago(December 14, 2006 06:26 AM)
This site here: http://www.bugsweeps.com/info/howard_hughes.html
It had a lot of sketches of Hughes in his latter life, with a lot of cool captions. Definitely something to take a look at. -
jaredpresley — 18 years ago(September 16, 2007 08:24 PM)
There is one I believe, showed at http://pro.corbis.com/search/searchFrame.aspx
