The eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes discovered Jane Russell and put her in her first movie, The Outlaw, which stuck her with the sexpot image based on her bosom, the bra for which reportedly was size 38D.
Using his marketing skills, Hughes had the sultry Russell photographed languishing on a bed of straw, looking petulant as her tight-fitting peasant blouse slipped off one shoulder. His publicity mill ground out photos of the beauty and she became famous, especially as a pin-up for World War II soldiers.
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