All that Heaven allows : a biography of Rock Hudson
(Large Print)

Includes bibliographical references.

"Devastatingly handsome and clean-cut, Rock Hudson was the embodiment of romantic masculinity in American cinema throughout the 50's and 60's. Yet as All That Heaven Allows reveals, keeping secrets was a way of life for him. In a more conservative era, Hudson's homosexuality was thought to be at odds with his straight-arrow image. Rock was continuously threatened with public exposure, not only by scandal sheets like Confidential but by a number of his own partners. Then, in 1985, came a shocking announcement: Hudson was battling AIDS. At the end of his life, the actor would assume his most important role, transcending his own celebrity by becoming the face of a global pandemic. Featuring interviews with Carol Burnett, Joel Grey, Piper Laurie, Jack Scalia, Claudia Cardinale, Armistead Maupin, Arlene Dahl, and Robert Osborne, All That Heaven Allows includes new insights from friends, family members, and former partners. More than thirty years after his death, Rock Hudson's complete story--sensational, heartbreaking and courageous--has finally been told"--Back cover.

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