Matt Baume on Secret Life & Loves of Tab Hunter

One of the biggest Hollywood heart throbs of the 1950s was discovered shoveling horse manure in a barn. His name was Tab Hunter, and he set the nation’s hearts aflame with his pretty face and even prettier body. Tab built a career playing a macho ladies’ man in picture after picture after picture … But behind the farm-boy physique lurked a secret shadow — one that a sleazy tabloid and unscrupulous agent conspired to expose to the world. At the height of his fame, Tab’s career disintegrated, and he might’ve vanished completely — until he was saved by the unlikeliest of figures. Matt Baume tells the story of Tab Hunter, an international sex symbol who pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in Hollywood history.