He became an instant star and a #1 box office attraction recorded a #1 hit song and survived a major sex scandal&mdash all by the time he was twenty-five. Five years later new stars had been developed to meet the demands of fickle fans and Tab Hunter found himself scrambling to find work struggling just to survive. Yet survive he did re-creating himself as a cult star and film producer in a career that spans five decades and more than fifty films from Island of Desire to Lust in the Dust. But first he was Art Gelien an introverted and extremely attractive young boy who was discovered by a Hollywood agent and transformed&mdash with the help of studio publicity hacks&mdash into Tab Hunter Movie Star. This book tells how it all happened and what it felt like to be created packaged and sold to the American public. How it felt to appear on-screen off-screen and on every newsstand in America with the biggest leading ladies of the day&mdash Linda Darnell Natalie Wood Debbie Reynolds Lana Turner and Rita Hayworth&mdash while dealing with the reality of being gay in a time when the word didn&rsquo t exist. It&rsquo s his story of how he kept his bearings when he was suddenly no longer the boy-next-door heartthrob no longer under the protective wing of the Warner Bros. publicity department no longer in demand as a &ldquo star.&rdquo It is his story of how he soldiered on&mdash with perseverance determination and faith. And like the best-loved Hollywood movies it has a happy ending. Hardback: 408 Pages
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