EPISODE 20 - “Greg Bautzer: Hollywood’s Legal Lothario” - 01/29/2024

Long before notorious trials like O.J. SIMPSON's made momentary celebrities out of legal eagles like JOHNNIE COCHRAN, ROBERT SHAPIRO and ROBERT KARDASHIAN, there was attorney GREG BAUTZER. From the working class docks of San Pedro, this ambitious Golden Boy with movie-star good looks and a brilliant legal mind became the most trusted confidante of the elite of Hollywood. Not only was he a peerless power broker for the likes of HOWARD HUGHES and KIRK KERKORIAN, but he also dated the most eligible Hollywood actresses, including LANA TURNER, DOROTHY LAMOUR, GINGER ROGERS and JOAN CRAWFORD. This week, we explore the cases, the women, and the life of this legal Lothario. 

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Sources:

The Man Who Seduced Hollywood: The Life & Loves of Greg Bautzer, Tinseltown’s Most Powerful Lawyer (2013), by B. James Gladstone

“Greg Bautzer Weds Actress Dana Winter,” June 11, 1956, The Los Angeles Times

“Dana Wynter, Husband Back In Hollywood,” June 11, 1956, The Hollywood Citizen News

“Actress Sues Greg Bautzer For Divorce,” September 1, 1967, The Los Angeles Herald Examiner

“A Conversation With Greg Bautzer,” December 1984, The Hollywood Reporter

“Services Thursday for Attorney Gregson Bautzer,” October 27, 1987, Variety

“Greg Bautzer, Attorney for Film Stars, Dies,” October 27, 1987, by William Overhand, The Los Angeles Times

“Gone With The Winds,” July 1988, by Paul McNamara, Los Angeles Magazine

“Howard Hughes and the Original Power Lawyer,” May 31, 2013, by B. James Gladstone, The Hollywood Reporter

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