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Jane Russell’s film debut in Howard Hughes’ THE OUTLAW (1943).  This is from the colorized version of the movie, which was shot in black & white

Jane Russell in what I THINK is costume test for SON OF PALEFACE (1952). 

Jane Russell in her dressing room of MONTANA BELLE (1952).   The film was made at Republic Studios in 1948.  However, Howard Hughes, bought the rights to the movie for his newly purchased movie studio, RKO Radio Productions and held up it’s release until the winter of 1952.  

TM11 - As the rough-cut frontierwoman who fall in with an ambitious frontier entrepreneur, JANE RUSSELL winces as she is laced tightly into a corset by a determined couturier in her first brush with city fashions in this scene from 20th Century-Fox’s Cinemascope production of “The Tall Men” in color by DeLuxe. 

One of the many iconic “haystack” photos of Jane Russell for her film debut in Howard Hughes’ THE OUTLAW (1943). Photo by the legendary George Hurrell. 

San Francisco, 1943.  Howard Hughes’ THE OUTLAW starring his latest discovery, Jane Russell, premieres and the lines form.   The film would be in and out of release in select cities  from 1943 all the way until it’s general release in 1950.   It would break box office records where ever it played.  It co-starred, Jack Buetel as Billy The Kid, Thomas Mitchell as Pat Garrett and Walter Houston (John’s father) as Doc Holliday.  This movie was supposed to be directed by another Howard, Howard Hawks.  After disagreements with Hughes, Hawks left the production after only a few weeks of filming.   Hughes decided he would take over the reigns as director.   What should have been a 4 to 6 week shoot, took longer than 8 months and years of editing and re-editing. 

A 19-year-old Jane Russell poses with co-star Jack Beutel for their film debut in Howard Hughes’ THE OUTLAW (1943)