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Howard Hughes

4/17/2022

This Failed Blockbuster Killed Old Hollywood (and Maybe John Wayne, Too)

by Ryan Uytdewilligen

When John Wayne played Genghis Khan in a disastrous Howard Hughes production, it helped to kill RKO studios. Did it also expose the cast and crew to deadly nuclear fallout?

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Howard Hughes

This Failed Blockbuster Killed Old Hollywood (and Maybe John Wayne, Too)

by Ryan Uytdewilligen