<P> Granger had become a Hollywood star in King Solomon's Mines (1950) and was signed to a contract by MGM, so Simmons moved to Los Angeles with him . In 1951, Rank sold her contract to Howard Hughes, who then owned the RKO Pictures . </P> <P> Her first Hollywood film was Androcles and the Lion (1952), produced by Pascal, and co-starring Victor Mature . More liked was Angel Face, directed by Otto Preminger with Robert Mitchum . According to David Thomson, "if she had made only one film--Angel Face--she might now be spoken of with the awe given to Louise Brooks ." Smarting over his rebuff, Hughes instructed Preminger to treat Simmons as roughly as possible, leading the director to demand that co-star Mitchum repeatedly slap the actress harder and harder, until Mitchum turned and punched Preminger, asking if that was how he wanted it . </P> <P> To further punish Simmons and Granger, Hughes refused to lend her to director William Wyler who wanted her for his film Roman Holiday, thereby depriving her of the career - making role that made a star of Audrey Hepburn . He also made her appear in a flop comedy with Mitchum, She Couldn't Say No (1954). </P> <P> A court case freed Simmons from the contract with Hughes in 1952 . They settled out of court; part of the final arrangement was Simmons would do one more film for no extra money . Also, Simmons agreed to make three more movies under the auspices of RKO, but not actually at that studio - she would be loaned out . She would make an additional picture for 20th Century Fox while RKO got the services of Victor Mature for one film . </P>

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