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Jul 11, 2018 - 12:12 AM
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Bob DiMucci
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Tab Hunter did considerable stage work, including a national tour of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" with Edgar Buchanan, a Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore" with Tallulah Bankhead, a regional production of Bob Randall's play, "6 RMS, RIV VU," and no fewer than four productions of Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park".
Hunter's autobiography, Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star (2005), co-written with Eddie Muller, became a New York Times best-seller as did the paperback edition in 2007. The book was nominated for several writing awards. It re-entered the New York Times Best Seller list for a third time on June 28, 2015 during the release of a documentary film based on the book.
That film, TAB HUNTER CONFIDENTIAL, was directed by Jeffrey Schwarz and produced by Hunter's partner Allan Glaser. The film won the award for Best Documentary at the 2015 California Independent Film Festival. A feature film is currently in development at Paramount Pictures to be produced by Glaser, J. J. Abrams and Zachary Quinto. Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning writer Doug Wright is attached to create the screenplay.
During Hollywood's studio era, Hunter says, " [life] was difficult for me, because I was living two lives at that time. A private life of my own, which I never discussed, never talked about to anyone. And then my Hollywood life, which was just trying to learn my craft and succeed..." The star emphasized that "the word 'gay' "wasn't even around in those days, and if anyone ever confronted me with it, I'd just kinda freak out. I was in total denial. I was just not comfortable in that Hollywood scene, other than the work process." "There was a lot written about my sexuality, and the press was pretty darn cruel", the actor says, but what "moviegoers wanted to hold in their hearts were the boy-next-door marines, cowboys and swoon-bait sweethearts I portrayed."
Despite his personal turmoil, those portrayals will be remembered, as the fruits of a 4-decades-long career. That's why they call it "acting."
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Thanks for this tribute Bob. I just found out today that Tab Hunter died this past July, and was directed here to this tribute by Jim Phelps. In the documentary 'Tab Hunter Confidential', he mentions some truly terrible films he did just to pay the bills (and to take care of his dear Mother), but there are some here that aren't mentioned at all in the documentary. 'The Loved One', 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean', and 'War Gods of the Deep' aren't touched upon. 'War Gods of the Deep'? Sci-Fi? Anyway, thanks for this moving tribute to Tab Hunter!
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