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Music Lights, camera, action. Even in an age of streaming media and abundant influencers,

the glamour of Hollywood is undeniable and for many irresistible. But imagine for a moment

that it's not 2025, but in 1925.

Hollywood is brimming with stars and starlets with more to come.

Los Angeles is a shimmering beacon,

drawing ambitious and talented hopefuls from around the country.

No one knows it yet,

but the motion picture industry is about to enter its golden age

when the talkies replace silent movies in 1927, and some of the most foundational films

of all time are going to be made in the next decade. So yes, it's 1925, and you've just inherited

a fortune, vast enough to make you one of the most wealthy people in America, and you're just 18 years old. You've just inherited a fortune, vast enough to make you one of the most wealthy people in America,

and you're just 18 years old. You very well might do exactly what Howard Hughes did in this

situation. Pack up and move to L.A., determined to break it into the movie business, or just buy into it.

You've got money to burn, right? What do you have the vision, the ambition, the cunning

to make it in Hollywood? On today's Saturday matinee, we're bringing you the first episode of a four-part

series on Howard Hughes and Hollywood from one of my other podcasts, Business Movers. I hope you

enjoy. While you're listening, be sure to search for and follow Business Moors. We put a link in the show notes to make it easy for you.

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