Cinema: Midnight Sale

With his talent for exploiting all the theatrical possibilities of the female bosom, plus some solid moviemaking savvy, RKO Boss Howard Hughes made his mark in Hollywood years ago. His famed Hell's Angels (1930) made a star of Jean Harlow. He ballyhooed the charms of Jane Russell so successfully that she was a national celebrity long before the public ever saw her first movie, The Outlaw. In its day, too, RKO has been known for making both its audiences and its stockholders happy. As releasing agent for Walt Disney productions, it has gladdened the hearts of both; and such RKO-produced pictures...

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