poster

2015

(03/15/2015) (US)

Documentary,

1h 31m

72

User Score

Hollywood's all-American boy had a secret.

Overview

Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout his years of stardom, Tab had a secret. Tab Hunter was gay, and spent his Hollywood years in a precarious closet that repeatedly threatened to implode and destroy him. Tab Hunter himself shares first hand, for the first time, what it was like to be a studio manufactured movie star during the Golden Age of Hollywood and the consequences of being someone totally different from his studio manufactured image.

2015

72

User Score

(03/15/2015) (US)

Documentary,

1h 31m

Hollywood's all-American boy had a secret.

Overview

Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout his years of stardom, Tab had a secret. Tab Hunter was gay, and spent his Hollywood years in a precarious closet that repeatedly threatened to implode and destroy him. Tab Hunter himself shares first hand, for the first time, what it was like to be a studio manufactured movie star during the Golden Age of Hollywood and the consequences of being someone totally different from his studio manufactured image.

Cast

Anthony Perkins

Anthony Perkins

Self (archive footage)

Paul Newman

Paul Newman

Self (archive footage)

Natalie Wood

Natalie Wood

Self (archive footage)

James Dean

James Dean

Self (archive footage)

Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson

Self (archive footage)