

Tab Hunter Confidential
Hollywood's all-American boy had a secret.
Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout his years of stardom, Tab had a secret. Tab Hunter was gay, and spent his Hollywood years in a precarious closet that repeatedly threatened to implode and destroy him. Tab Hunter himself shares first hand, for the first time, what it was like to be a studio manufactured movie star during the Golden Age of Hollywood and the consequences of being someone totally different from his studio manufactured image.
Cast

Tab Hunter
Self

Debbie Reynolds
Self

Robert Wagner
Self

John Waters
Self

George Takei
Self

Clint Eastwood
Self

Portia De Rossi
Self

Noah Wyle
Self

Lainie Kazan
Self

Connie Stevens
Self

Liz Torres
Self

Dolores Hart
Self

Don Murray
Self

Robert Osborne
Self

Darryl Hickman
Self
Videos
Storyline
Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout his years of stardom, Tab had a secret. Tab Hunter was gay, and spent his Hollywood years in a precarious closet that repeatedly threatened to implode and destroy him. Tab Hunter himself shares first hand, for the first time, what it was like to be a studio manufactured movie star during the Golden Age of Hollywood and the consequences of being someone totally different from his studio manufactured image.
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