| Description |
xii, 468 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Hollywood's Adonis Factory -- Rock Tab Troy -- Polishing the Rock -- An M-G-M Rejection -- A Note from Walter Winchell -- Ginger Rogers Sat Here -- Bloodsuckers on the Neck -- Junior Hollywood -- Cary Grant's Roommate -- Lana Turner at the Troc -- Memos from David O. Selznick -- Monty Clift Escapes -- The Face and the Beard -- Guy (Madison) Worship -- Saint Jennifer Jones -- Faux Fiancees -- Ex-con Rory Calhoun -- Never a Groom -- Jaguar in the Rain -- Farewell to Tara -- Self-reinvention -- Big Fish, Big Pond -- Dazzling at Ciro's -- From Race to Touch -- Up the Ladder with Tony Curtis -- And Natalie Wood Makes Three -- Wholesome, But Never Fresh -- Tabloid Mole -- BHPD Interrogation -- Around the World at Universal -- Confidential Reports -- Sacrificial Lions -- Jimmy Dean's Maker -- Revenge on Tab Hunter -- Trial of the Tainted Stars -- Giant Step -- Vampira among the Ivy -- Importing John Saxon -- Troy Donahue, Again -- Pick-up on Sunset -- Alain Delon on the Tarmac -- John Gavin Plays Rock Jr. -- Hollywood Leg Breaker -- Suddenly, Last Saturday -- FBI File: Mr. Rock Hudson -- The Trouble with Warren Beatty -- Jock-Turned-Extortionist -- Married to Suzanne Pleshette -- Bazooka and Brillcreem -- Henry's Last Chance -- Losing the Rock -- Bel Air Breakdown -- Camelot Before Dying -- Mannix for Lunch -- Finally, No Name -- Epilogue: Best of Friends. |
| Summary |
"Told for the first time in explicit detail, the uncensored story of how the controversial starmaker of the 1950s discovered Rock Hudson, Troy Donahue, Tab Hunter and forever defined 'beefcake.'" |
| Subject |
Willson, Henry, 1911-1978.
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Theatrical agents -- United States -- Biography.
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Motion picture industry -- United States -- Biography.
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Publicity -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
078671607X: $26.95 |
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