#tab hunter

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Propaganda

Tab Hunter (Damn Yankees)—no propaganda submitted

Toshiro Mifune (Rashumon, Seven Samurai, Grand Prix, Stray Dog)—no propaganda submitted beyond this video and the photos under the cut

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[propaganda photos submitted under the cut]

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Tab Hunter

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Tab Hunter and Roddy McDowall (1953) for Movies magazine. While there is no evidence that Tab and Roddy dated, they were featured in a Movies magazine pictorial entitled "Calling All Girls". The pictorial featured the pair doing things that all straight guys do such as baking cakes and cooking hot dogs shirtless, swimming and sitting around the pool shirtless, and when fully clothed, Roddy introducing his "pal" Tab to his parents.

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Anthony Perkins retratado por Tab Hunter

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THAT KIND OF WOMAN (1959)

dir. Sidney Lumet

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James Dean and Tab Hunter on the set of "Rebel without a Cause" (1955)

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Tab Hunter, on the photo pictured above. Which he took of his then boyfriend Anthony Perkins. It was found accidentally, while at an estate stale ( unbeknownst to Tab the estate sale was being run by one of Anthony's old friends)

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Roddy McDowall was a child actor who made his Hollywood breakthrough in “How Green Was My Valley” (1941). He soon met his life long friend Elizabeth Taylor when they co-starred in “Lassie Come Home” (1943).

Among his friends growing up in Hollywood were Tab Hunter and Farley Granger. Both of whom would later come out as gay.

He successfully transitioned to adult roles and he appeared on Broadway as Mordred in the musical “Camelot” starring Richard Burton (1960). And as Ariel in the “Tempest” with future Apes costar Maurice Evans. He also co-starred with both Taylor and Burton in the epic film “Cleopatra” (1963) in the role of Octavian.

Roddy’s career included a variety of roles in comedies and dramas - including the villain Bookworm in the Batman 66 series. And scifi fans will remember him as Cornelius and Caesar in the “Planet of the Apes” series (he starred in 4 of the 5 films between 1968 and 1973).

Roddy McDowell never married, and searches on the internet say a version of this: “(McDowall) was discreetly homosexual.”

or

“(Roddy’s) relationships with other men were poorly-kept secrets”.

It’s difficult to find actual names. Scott Bower, the infamous gas station pimp, claims McDowall was a steady customer. Another source suggests Montgomery Clift and Merv Griffin were lovers - even brief affair with Marlon Brando (Brando himself has been link to Wally Cox, so he may have been attracted to a certain type.)

Roddy McDowall died of lung cancer on October 3, 1998

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Tab Hunter wearing a blue top, with the sleeves rolled up, with his hands in the pockets of his trousers, circa 1955.

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Tab Hunter

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Tab Hunter

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Tab Hunter acknowledged his relationship with Tony Perkins in his 2005 autobiography. They secretly dated and even went on public double dates with two young actresses.

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Natalie Wood, 1950s