Russell’s provocative performance in “The Outlaw” — and the studio publicity ... with such lines as “How Would You Like to Tussle With Russell?” and “Mean! Moody!

The Outlaw was screened for Joseph Breen ... Billboards screamed: "How would you like to tussle with Russell?" and "What are the two greatest reasons for Jane Russell’s rise to stardom?" ...

Sample ballyhoo line: “How would you like to tussle with Russell?” His efforts were not going unnoticed by the public, the industry, the police, the church. In St. Louis, The Outlaw ...

Long before Maximus plunged a stiletto into Commodus’ throat and Bud White raged against L.A. corruption, Russell Crowe (a.k.a. Rus le Roq) loved to sing “I Want to Be Like Marlon Brando” in ...

A legend for voluptuousness almost from the time filming began on “The Outlaw,” the Howard Hughes production that marked her movie debut, Ms. Russell made many other well-remembered movies ...

Jane Russell had some, and Howard Hughes knew how to exploit them. Having cast the 19-year-old as the female lead in his western The Outlaw, Hughes designed a seamless brassiere for uplift ...

Take for example the story about the bra he designed for Jane Russell to wear in the 1943 Western The Outlaw. A riff on Billy the Kid, the film represented one of Hughes' few directorial efforts.

Russell’s provocative performance in “The Outlaw” — and the studio publicity ... with such lines as “How Would You Like to Tussle With Russell?” and “Mean! Moody!