're covered in blood.
- Oh, no. That's just beet juice.
- I crashed into a beet field.
- What?
Yeah, I crashed in a beet field.
Let me get you cleaned up.
- Heavens, what is this? Electrical tape?
- Yeah. Odie just sort of slammed it on there.
But all I could think about
was getting home to see you.
I am so proud of you.
Now, this is gonna sting a little bit.
Oh, this is useless.
Come to the bathroom.
- Don't get beet juice on the carpet.
- I won't, I won't.
- Too hot!
- Don't be a baby.
Was the press there?
Some.
But they're calling everyone.
Should be on the wires by now.
What is it?
Kate?
I've been famous,
for better or worse...
...for a long time now...
...and I wonder if you know what it...
...really means.
Yeah. I had my fair share
of press on Hell's Angels.
I'm used to it.
Are you?
Howard, we're...
We're not like everyone else.
Too many acute angles.
Too many eccentricities.
We have to be very careful not to...
...let people in,
or they'll make us into freaks.
Kate, they can't get in here.
We're safe.
They can always get in.
When my brother killed himself...
...there were photographers
at the funeral.
There's no decency to it.
You know, sometimes I...
I get these feelings, Katie.
I get these ideas, these...
...crazy ideas about...
...things that may not...
Things that may not really be there.
Yeah.
Sometimes I truly fear that I'm...
...losing my mind.
And if I did, it would...
It'd be like flying blind.
You understand?
You taught me to fly, Howard.
I'll take the wheel.
Smashing all records, Howard Hughes
outdoes Jules Verne's wildest dreams.
Around the world from New York
to New York in four days.
Even beating Wiley Post's mark
by over three days.
New aviation history is written
when his Lockheed monoplane...
... returns swiftly and safely.
A daring aviator.
A true pioneer of the world's airways.
From New York to Paris, he cuts Lindbergh's
time in half. Then on to Moscow.
Thirty-five hours out of New York,
he roars across Siberia's trackless wastes.
Sixty hours out of New York, he heads
for Alaska, most hazardous hop of all.
Continuing the terrific pace,
he comes home...
... bringing new laurels
to American aviation.
Howard Hughes and his crew
may find more worlds to conquer...
You won't believe this. It just came over the
wires. Hughes has bought control of TWA.
I thought Mr. Hughes
was flying around the world.
Apparently he did it while he was flying,
over the radio.
I have heard some disquieting rumors
about Mr. Hughes.
I'd like to know everything
there is to know about Mr. Hughes.
I'd like you to attend to that for me.
Thoroughly.
The Pantages is glittering tonight.
- Howard!
- Right over here. This way, over to the left.
- Mr. Hughes, how was your flight?
- Miss Hepburn!
- When are you gonna name the day?
- Raise your head.
What's the next movie?
Give us the scoop.
Right here. How many more
records are you gonna set?
Right over here. Come on.
Give us a smile. It won't kill you.
- Howard, this way.
- Beautiful.
Over here, over here, Mr. Hughes.
When are you gonna fly
around the world again?
You gonna fly with Kate next time?
Did you get lonely without her?
- Talk to Lindbergh about your flight yet?
- Where's Linda Darnell tonight?
- Please, Mr. Hughes.
- Right here. Right here, Mr. Hughes.
Are you trying to be more famous
than Lindbergh?
You know,
fame is supposed to be my turf.
L. B!
If you don't get more distinguished
every time I see you.
You look so beautiful.
Is that true?
Don't worry about it, Howard.
She's just working the room.
It's her job, baby.
Sultry Southern tigress Ava Gardner
dazzles the room tonight.
She's the newest star
in the MGM galaxy.
And believe you me,