The host of the hugely popular podcast You Must Remember This explores Hollywood’s glamorous Golden Age via the cinematic life of Howard Hughes and the women who encountered him—sometimes at the expense of their minds and souls.

“Vibrant… A compulsive page-turner.”—Los Angeles Times

Howard Hughes’s reputation as a director and producer of films unusually defined by sex dovetails with his image as one of the most prolific womanizers of the twentieth century. On-screen, he promoted bombshell actresses, while off-screen his conquests supposedly included many of the most famous actresses of the era. But there was a price…

In Seduction, Karina Longworth, drawing upon years of unpreceded research, brilliantly illuminates the murkier shades of golden-age Hollywood—as well as its distressing legacy today.