Oscar-Nominated Actress Terry Moore’s Turbulent Romance With Howard Hughes To Be Told In Documentary ‘Beautiful Dreamer’

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EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated actress Terry Moore, one of the last surviving stars of Hollywood’s golden age, is prepared to tell her story for an upcoming documentary, including her romance with Howard Hughes.

Filmmaker Vladislav Alex Kozlov has secured Moore’s life rights for the documentary titled Beautiful Dreamer. Kozlov began shooting material for the nonfiction project while working with the actress on their narrative feature Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black, which premiered earlier this year at the Sedona International Film Festival. “Beautiful Dreamer will reveal the true story behind her mentally abusive relationship with Howard Hughes,” a release about the project notes. “The documentary will recount the dark side of that romance and how he destroyed both her personal life and her career.” Moore starred in 1949’s Mighty Joe Young, Peyton Place in 1957, and earned her Oscar nomination for 1952’s Come Back, Little Sheba.

She met Hughes in the late 1940s while still in her teens; he was then well into his 40s. She describes the aviation pioneer and motion picture studio owner, who died in 1976, as her first love.

But in an interview with People magazine in April, she characterized their romantic relationship as “very complicated.” She said of Hughes, “He was the most charming man you could ever find.