Envied by the most powerful men and desired by the most beautiful women, Howard Hughes embodied the American dream. With age, however, he began to recede from the public limelight, and locked himself away amid rumors of mental illness. Watch the story of his life, and then watch three of the great films that he brought to the big screen.

The fifth and final wife of oil tycoon and art collector J. Paul Getty reveals intimate details of her glamorous, often painful relationship with one of the richest businessmen of the twentieth century who refused to put family first.

"Oil magnate J. Paul Getty, once the richest man in the world, is the patriarch of an extraordinary cast of sons, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. While some have been brought low by mental illness, drug addiction, and one of the most sensational kidnapping cases of the 20th century, many of Getty's heirs have achieved great success. In addition to Mark Getty, a cofounder of Getty Images, and Anne G. Earhart, an award-winning environmentalist,...

A biography of Samuel M. Walton, whose ingenuity and persistence contributed to his becoming one of the wealthiest men in America.

"A prominent historian brings to life the story of a man who defied every convention of his time by becoming Wall Street's first black millionaire in pre-Civil War New York, marrying a white woman, owning railroad stock on trains he was not legally allowed to ride and outsmarting his contemporaries,"--NoveList.

Describes how Bernarr Macfadden overcame personal disadvantages as a tubercular orphan and founded the influential magazine, "Physical Culture," and traces the author's experimentation with some of Macfadden's more extreme diets.

"Describes the life and times of African American entrepreneur C.J. Walker"--