Jane Russell shifted filmgoers' focus of the feminine from the legs of Betty Grable, courtesy of her Svengali, Howard Hughes, whose fixation on the bosom had launched Jean Harlow. Photos of Russell lolling in a haystack made her a star long before audiences were able to see her onscreen. Later critics and the public would discover Russell had a winning way with songs or wisecracks, but Hughes's…
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