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New Rock Hudson biography reveals the secrets the closeted star tried to hide

Rock Hudson was everything a romantic leading man could be in the s and ‘60s – hunky, clean-cut, extraordinarily handsome – so much so that he ascended to a place where he was considered the “king of Hollywood” and lived in a Beverly Hills mansion nicknamed “The Castle.”

But as author Mark Griffin points out in his exhaustive and empathetic biography “All That Heaven Allows” (Harper,  pp., ★★★ stars out of four), the actor paid a heavy personal price for his pre-eminence.

Deeply closeted in an era where an openly gay man could never be a celluloid hero, Hudson – a matinee idol of the first order who wooed Elizabeth Taylor, Lauren Bacall, Gina Lollobrigida and Doris Day onscreen and starred most successfully and famously in films like “Giant” and “Pillow Talk” – spent his life and career hiding in plain sight.

That’s the narrative thrust of this onscreen/offscreen examination of Hudson: “Long before he landed in Hollywood, he understood that if he wanted to be accepted, the very essence of who he was would have to be edited out of the frame.”

And that’s exactly what Hudson did, until the public disclosure of his AIDS diagnosis shortly before his death in at age 59, cast him in a new role as the

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All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson - Hardcover

Synopsis

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

The definitive biography of the deeply complex and widely misunderstood matinee idol of Hollywood&#x;s Golden Age.

Devastatingly handsome, broad-shouldered and clean-cut, Rock Hudson was the ultimate movie star. The embodiment of romantic masculinity in American film throughout the &#x;50s and &#x;60s, Hudson reigned supreme as the king of Hollywood.

As an Oscar-nominated leading man, Hudson won acclaim for his performances in glossy melodramas (Magnificent Obsession), western epics (Giant) and blockbuster bedroom farces (Pillow Talk). In the &#x;70s and &#x;80s, Hudson successfully transitioned to television; his long-running series McMillan & Wife and a recurring role on Dynasty introduced him to a whole new generation of fans.

The icon worshipped by moviegoers and beloved by his colleagues appeared to have it all. Yet beneath the suave and commanding star persona, there was an insecure, deeply conflicted, and all too vulnerable human being. Growing up poor in Winnetka, Illinois, Hudson was abandoned by his biological father, abused by an alcoholic stepfather, and controlled by his domineering mother.

Despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Hud