- Rupert Hughes
Rupert Hughes (1872—1956) was a historian, novelist, film director and composer based in
Hollywood . Hughes was born inLancaster, Missouri . His parents were Felix Turner Hughes and Jean Amelia Summerlin, who were married in 1865. His brotherHoward R. Hughes, Sr. , co-founded the Hughes Tool Company. He was the uncle ofHoward Hughes , the famous aviation magnate and filmmaker. His three volume scholarly biography ofGeorge Washington broke new ground in demythologizing the general and was well received by historians. Hughes, active in state politics, was one of the founders of the California State Guard in 1940. [Kemm (1997)]Works
* "Famous American Composers" (1900)
* "The Biographical Dictionary of Musicans" (1903)
* "Destiny" (1925), novel
* "George Washington: The Human Being and the Hero" (1926)
* "The Triumphant Clay" (1951), novel
* "The War of the Mayan King" (1952, his final novel)
* "The Dozen from Lakerim"
* "The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 and Volume 2Hughes'
short story "Don't Call Me Madame" was filmed as "Tillie and Gus " in 1933.Bibliography
* James O. Kemm. "Rupert Hughes: A Hollywood Legend" (1997)
Footnotes
External links
* [http://time-proxy.yaga.com/time/archive/printout/0,23657,744421,00.html Rupert Hughes' rebuttal of the
John Gano baptism ofGeorge Washington legend in Time magazine on 26 September 1932]
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